WHNK
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| City of license | Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Metro Parkersburg |
| Branding | "Hank 1450" |
| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
| First air date | July 11, 1935[1] |
| Format | silent, was Classic Country |
| Power | 1,000 Watts day and night |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 73353 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | W HaNK |
| Former callsigns | WPAR (1935–1983) WIKS (1983–1986) WLTP (1986–2004) |
| Former frequencies | 1420 kHz (1935–1941) |
| Owner | iHeartMedia, Inc. (CC Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WDMX, WLTP, WNUS, WRVB |
WHNK is a silent broadcast radio station licensed to Parkersburg, West Virginia, serving Metro Parkersburg. WHNK is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc..
History
The station signed on July 11, 1935 as WPAR, operating with 100 watts at 1420 kHz under the ownership of the Ohio Valley Broadcasting Corporation. It moved to 1450 in 1941; at the same time, WPAR boosted its power to 250 watts. The station was Parkersburg's first radio station, and remained the only station in the area during its first decade of broadcasting.[1] On September 22, 1983, the station was renamed WIKS; on November 1, 1986, it became WLTP.[2] The WLTP call sign moved to its sister station at 910 AM on March 9, 2004; at that time, 1450 AM became WHNK.[1][2]
Clear Channel took WHNK off-the-air on April 28, 2014 after the station lost its lease with Walker Machinery, which owns WHNK's transmitter site and intends to use the property for expansion. At the time of the going silent, WHNK was broadcasting a classic country format.[1]
References
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WHNK
- Radio-Locator Information on WHNK
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WHNK
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