WYHL

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WYHL
WYHL Fox Sports Meridian logo.png
City Meridian, Mississippi
Frequency 1450 kHz
BrandingFox Sports Meridian 99.7 FM 1450 AM [1]
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
OwnerMississippi Broadcasters LLC
WJDQ, WZKS, WOKK, WJXM, WMOG
History
First air date
1947 (1947)
Former call signs
  • WTOK (1946–1957)
  • WOKK (1957–1973)
  • WQIC (1973–1987)
  • WMDN (1987–1990)
  • WQIC (1990–1991)
  • WMGP (1991–1996)
  • WFFX (1996–2007)
Call sign meaning
"Hallelujah" (previous format)
Technical information
Facility ID 7064
Class C
Power 1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates
 32°23′09″N88°41′36″W / 32.38583°N 88.69333°W / 32.38583; -88.69333
Translator(s) 99.7 W259BP (Meridian)

WYHL (1450 AM) is a sports radio station in Meridian, Mississippi, owned by Mississippi Broadcasters, LLC.

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History

The station was first licensed in 1947 as WTOK, owned by the Meridian Broadcasting Company. [2] It changed its call sign to WOKK on April 1, 1957, after being sold to the New South Broadcasting Corporation by the Southern Television Corporation [2] (which retained WTOK-TV [3] ); to WQIC on October 15, 1973, after a sale to Torgerson Broadcasting Company; [2] to WMDN on April 13, 1987; back to WQIC on February 9, 1990; to WMGP on September 20, 1991; to WFFX on August 16, 1996; and to WYHL on March 23, 2007. [4]

As of September 26, 2016, WYHL is now being heard on W259BP 99.7 FM in Meridian. (Info taken from Radio-Locator and fccdata.org)

As of January 17, 2017, WYHL changed format from gospel to sports, with programming from Fox Sports Radio. (info taken from stationintel.com)

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/foxsportsmeridian/ [ user-generated source ]
  2. 1 2 3 "WQIC (WYHL) history cards". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  3. ↑ "WHIE, WTOK Sales Filed" (PDF). Broadcasting–Telecasting . February 18, 1957. p. 9. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Call Sign History (WYHL)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved April 26, 2022.


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