WHUN (AM)

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WHUN
Simulcast of WOWY State College
Broadcast area Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Mount Union, Pennsylvania
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Frequency 1150 kHz
Branding97.7 103.1 103.5 WOWY
Programming
Format Classic hits
Affiliations United Stations Radio Networks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Ownership
Owner
  • Kristin Cantrell
  • (Southern Belle, LLC)
WBHV, WBUS, WFGE, WLEJ, WOWY, WZWW
History
First air date
1947;77 years ago (1947)
Former call signs
  • WHUN (1947–2010)
  • WLLI (2010–2013)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 28131
Class D
Power 1,000 watts day
36 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 40°27′18″N77°58′50″W / 40.45500°N 77.98056°W / 40.45500; -77.98056 (WHUN)
Translator(s) see below
Repeater(s) see below
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website wowyonline.com

WHUN (1150 kHz) is a classic hits AM radio station serving the Huntingdon, Pennsylvania area. Owned by Kristin Cantrell, the broadcast license has been held by Southern Belle, LLC.

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On June 28, 2018, the station became known as "97.7 103.1 103.5 WOWY, simulcasting with WOWY (103.1 FM) in State College and WHUN-FM (103.5) in Huntingdon.

History

WHUN began in 1947, and among its original personnel was Cary H. Simpson, who assisted in building the station and would later build a series of his own stations in central and northern Pennsylvania.

For many years, WHUN's ownership would be relatively unchanged, with the station and its FM sister, WLAK (103.5 FM), which would come on the air years later, staying in the Biddle and McMeen families until the stations were sold in the mid-1990s to BARDCOM of Mount Union, Pa. From 1994-2002, WHUN was the sister station of WXMJ 99.5 FM (Majic 99). Both stations were sold to Forever Broadcasting in 2002.

The station's call sign was changed to WLLI on February 8, 2010, and from 2010 to 2012, the station was a country music station known as Willy AM 1150. On December 31, 2012, the format changed to sports radio, and the station became known as ESPN Radio 1150. The call sign was changed back to WHUN on January 2, 2013.

Effective September 1, 2015, Forever Broadcasting sold WHUN and sister station WHUN-FM (106.3 FM) to Southern Belle, LLC for $100,000.

In 2016, WHUN’s format changed from sports to a simulcast of classic hits-formatted WHUN-FM (103.5 FM).

On June 28, 2019, WHUN and WHUN-FM switched to a simulcast of oldies WOWY 97.1 FM University Park. [2]

On August 24, 2021, WOWY, WHUN, and WHUN-FM completed their evolution from 60s-70s oldies to 70s-80s classic hits. [3]

Repeaters

Call sign Frequency City of license Facility ID Class ERP
(W)		 Height
(m (ft))		Transmitter coordinatesFormer call signs
WHUN-FM103.5 FM Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 42135 A160435 meters (1,427 ft) 40°29′51″N78°8′0″W / 40.49750°N 78.13333°W / 40.49750; -78.13333 (WHUN-FM) WLAK (1989–2015)
Broadcast translator for WHUN (AM)
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W249DD97.7 FM Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 139876108412  m (1,352  ft)D 40°24′52″N77°54′10″W / 40.41444°N 77.90278°W / 40.41444; -77.90278 (W249DD) LMS
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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WHUN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Hunny Merges With WOWY Rdaioinsight - June 28, 2019
  3. ↑ WOWY Completes Evolution To Classic Hits Radioinsight - August 24, 2021
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