WHHD
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| Broadcast area | Augusta, Georgia |
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| Frequency | 98.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | HD98.3 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Subchannels | HD2: WCHZ-FM simulcast |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WCHZ-FM, WDRR, WGAC, WGAC-FM, WGUS-FM, WKXC-FM, | |
| History | |
First air date | April 1987 (as WCNA) |
Former call signs | WCNA (1987–1993) WSLT (1993–2006) |
Call sign meaning | W Hit music in HD radio |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 24148 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 11,500 watts |
| HAAT | 148 meters (486 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33° 30' 44" N, 82° 04' 48" W |
| Translator(s) | 95.5 W238AU (Augusta, relays HD2) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live Link (High) Listen Live Link (Low) Listen Live Player |
| Website | hd983.com |
WHHD (98.3 FM) is a top 40 (CHR) station serving the Augusta, Georgia metro area. It is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., through licensee Beasley Media Group, LLC, and is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Clearwater, South Carolina to broadcast with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 11.5 kW.[2] Its studios are located just two blocks from the Augusta-Richmond County border in unincorporated Columbia County, Georgia and the transmitter is in Martinez, Georgia. It is the only Top 40 formatted station in the Augusta market.
History
[edit]98.3 signed on as WCNA in April 1987 with an easy listening format. It became WSLT in 1993 with an adult contemporary format under the handle "Lite 98.3".[3]
In February 2006, the station dropped the AC format and aired a loop of a brief snippet of Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc." (the laughing heard in the beginning and end of the song) nonstop for 24 hours. When the stunt ended, "HD98.3" was born with a CHR format, filling the void left when the former WZNY flipped to country as WIBL a little more than a year previous.
Previous logo
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See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHHD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WHHD". FCC. Broadcast area map
- ^ Unmacht, Robert, ed. (January 6, 1993). "Format Changes" (PDF). The M Street Journal. 10 (1).
External links
[edit]- HD98.3 — official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 24148 (WHHD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WHHD in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
33°30′44″N 82°4′48″W / 33.51222°N 82.08000°W
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