WHGH

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WHGH
Broadcast area Tallahassee, Florida
Frequency 840 kHz
BrandingHot 840 Jams
Programming
Format Urban Contemporary
Ownership
Owner
  • Moses L. Gross [1]
  • (HGH Investments Corp. [1] )
History
First air date
1980
Former call signs
DWHGH (2012–2013)
Call sign meaning
HGH Investments Corp.
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 25773
Class D
Power 10,000 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
30°47′54.7″N83°56′21.6″W / 30.798528°N 83.939333°W / 30.798528; -83.939333
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Public license information

WHGH (AM 840) is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Contemporary format., and licensed for Thomasville, Georgia, United States, in the Tallahassee, Florida area. The station is owned by Moses L. Gross, a black Thomas County Commissioner, through his HGH Investments Corporation. [1]

The station's license was cancelled and its callsign deleted from the Federal Communications Commission's database on April 6, 2012, for failure to renew. [3] The licensee submitted a petition for waiver and reinstatement, claiming that "the loss of WHGH was represents a severe blow to the people it serves" and "The Commission should not let a rigid adherence to its rules result in the loss of yet another minority-owned voice in our Nation's media landscape." [1] The FCC granted a waiver in June 2013, restoring the callsign and accepting a late renewal application, and granting special temporary authority to resume operations pending renewal. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Oxenford, David (February 11, 2013). "Petition for Waiver and Reinstatement of License (Attachment 12 to BR-20130208ABM)". Letter to Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  2. "Facility Technical Data for WHGH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. "Broadcast Actions, April 11, 2012" (PDF). United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. "Public Notice Comment: BR-20130208ABM". CDBS Public Access. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  5. Doyle, Peter H. (June 7, 2013). "WHGH(AM), Thomasville, Georgia, Facility ID No. 25733, Request for Special Temporary Authorization" (typescript). Letter to David D. Oxenford. Retrieved 2013-08-17.