WIHB-FM

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WIHB-FM
Broadcast area Macon metropolitan area
Frequency 96.5 MHz
Branding96.5 The Bull
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
WIHB, WIBB-FM, WQBZ, WRBV, WMGE
History
First air date
 1995 (as WWIQ)
Former call signs
WWIQ (1992–1997)
WNML-FM (1997–1998)
WIBD (1998–1999)
WRNC-FM (1999–2001)
WJZY-FM (2001–2002)
WYNF (2002–2006)
WPCH (2006–2015) [1]
Call sign meaning
Sister station to WIHB
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 29128
Class C3
ERP 8,000 watts
HAAT 174 m (571 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 32°58′31″N83°47′59″W / 32.97528°N 83.79972°W / 32.97528; -83.79972
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 965thebull.iheart.com

WIHB-FM (96.5 MHz, "96.5 The Bull") is a radio station serving the Macon metropolitan area in central Georgia, and having Gray, Georgia as its city of license. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. It airs a country music format.

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History

This station was assigned the WPCH call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 1, 2006. [1] It was previously used on "Peach 94.9", a station which had a very similar radio format in metro Atlanta, the next media market to the north. That station is now WUBL, "94.9 The Bull".

The call letters actually go back to an AM station in New York City. In the early 1930s, WPCH operated on 570 kHz in the New York metropolitan area. [3]

During the week of March 17, 2008, fans of classic hits station "Peach 96.5" were told that they could listen to the station online until the station returned to the air as "Peach 102.5" on March 24, 2008. During this transition, the country format known as "The Bull" broadcast on both the 102.5 and 96.5 frequencies. In late 2008, the classic hits format returned as a simulcast on both 96.5 and 102.5 FM.

On March 22, 2011, 102.5 broke away from the 96.5 simulcast and now plays country music. Peach 96.5 FM still carries the classic hits format as well as online.

Logo as Peach 96.5 Wpch.jpg
Logo as Peach 96.5

On September 19, 2011, WPCH shifted their format from classic hits to adult contemporary, keeping the "Peach 96.5" branding.

On February 23, 2013, at 12 midnight, WPCH changed their format back to country, branded as "New Country 96.5". [4]

On June 1, 2015, at 6 AM, WPCH rebranded back to the "96.5 The Bull" branding. The new callsign WIHB-FM was adopted at the same time. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WIHB-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "WMCA ad" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 15, 1933. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Macon's Peach Returns to Country".
  5. ↑ iHeart Launches Bull & Bull Icons In Macon


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