WHSX

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WHSX
WHSX logo.jpg
Broadcast areaBowling Green
Frequency 99.1 MHz
BrandingThe Hoss
Programming
Format Country music
Ownership
Owner
  • Vikki Froggett and David Ray Froggett, Jr.
  • (South 65 Communications, LLC)
History
Former call signs
WSRG (1989–1990)
WKNK (1990–2005)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 48707
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates
37°01′33″N85°33′14″W / 37.02583°N 85.55389°W / 37.02583; -85.55389
Links
Public license information
Webcast listen live
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Website thehoss.com

WHSX (99.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Edmonton, Kentucky, the station serves the Bowling Green metropolitan area. The station is owned by Vikki Froggett and David Ray Froggett Jr. through licensee South 65 Communications, LLC. [2]

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History

The station's construction permit was issued on September 29, 1989, with the call sign WSRG. On January 30, 1990, the station changed its call sign to WKNK, with the station airing its inaugural broadcast in April 1990. [3] The station has been airing a country format from its beginning.

On September 1, 2005, the station changed its callsign to the current WHSX. [4]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WHSX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WHSX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State. Host Communications Incorporated. p. 148. ISBN   9781879688933.
  4. "WHSX Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.