WKHZ

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WKHZ
Frequency 1460 kHz
Programming
Format Top 40 (CHR)
Ownership
Owner
  • Bill Parris
  • (Radio Broadcast Communications, Inc.)
WAMD
History
First air date
1960 (1960)
Former call signs
  • WEMD (1960–1981)
  • WCEI (1981–2002)
  • WEMD (2002–2010)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 11667
Class B
Power
  • 1,000 watts day
  • 500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
38°46′13.42″N76°4′53.79″W / 38.7703944°N 76.0816083°W / 38.7703944; -76.0816083
Translator(s) 96.1 W241AO (Wye Mills)
Links
Public license information
Website khztv.com/wkhz/

WKHZ (1460 AM) is a radio station licensed to Easton, Maryland, United States. The station is owned by Bill Parris.

In October 2010, the station was transferred from its former owner, First Media Radio, LLC, to Radio Broadcast Communications, Inc. [2] The station's call letters were then changed from WEMD to WKHZ on December 30, 2010. [3]

The station became part of the KHZTV network with stations throughout Maryland including WAMD in Harford County and WYRE in Annapolis. Considered a multimedia platform with an internet TV channel playing videos and the audio on the networked radio stations, personalities such as Tracy Hart work as VJs.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WKHZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. FCC Internet Services Staff. "Application Search Details". Licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  3. FCC Internet Services Staff. "Call Sign History". Licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved November 12, 2012.