WHBK

WHBK

City	Marshall, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Madison County, North Carolina Northern Buncombe County, North Carolina
Branding	"Solid Gospel WHBK"
Frequency	1460 AM kHz
First air date	1954^[1]
Format	Southern Gospel
Power	5,000 Watts daytime 139 Watts nighttime
Class	D
Facility ID	61264
Transmitter coordinates	35°48′4.0″N 82°40′48.0″W / 35.801111°N 82.680000°W / 35.801111; -82.680000
Callsign meaning	Hurley and Karen Buff^[1] former owners
Former callsigns	WMMH (1954-1988)^[2]
Affiliations	Solid Gospel (Salem) SRN Radio News (Salem) Tar Heel Sports Network WYFF
Owner	Seay Broadcasting Company (Seay Broadcasting, Inc.)
Webcast	WHBK Webstream
Website	WHBK Online

WHBK is a Southern Gospel formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Marshall, North Carolina, serving Madison County, North Carolina and Northern Buncombe County, North Carolina.^[3] WHBK is owned and operated by Seay Broadcasting Company.^[4]

History/Programming

WHBK began broadcasting in 1954 as WMMH.^[1]

WHBK currently carries a Southern Gospel format fed from Salem Radio Networks Solid Gospel network.^[1] The station also carries SRN Radio News, also from Salem, along with weather forecasts from Greenville, South Carolina NBC-affiliate WYFF.^[1] Local programming consists of area farm reports, a Trading Post program, a Community Bulletin Board (featuring local events) and other programming.^[1] Local sports from Madison High School and college sports from the North Carolina Tar Heels are also heard.^[1]^[5]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "About WHBK Radio". Seay Broadcasting Company. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
↑ "WHBK Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
↑ "Tar Heel Sports Network - Play-By-Play Network Affiliates" (PDF). University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill. Retrieved February 22, 2014.

External links

Solid Gospel WHBK Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WHBK

Radio-Locator Information on WHBK

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WHBK

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