WFHK
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{{Infobox radio station
| logo = WFHK 94.1FMTheRiver logo.jpg
| logo_size = 200px
| name = WFHK
| city = Pell City, Alabama
| area = St. Clair County - Talladega County - Shelby County
| branding = 94.1 The River
| frequency = 1430 kHz
| translator = 94.1 W231CW (Pell City)
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1956|1|7}}
| format = Adult contemporary
| power = 5,000 watts (days only)
| class = D
| facility_id = 62109
| coordinates = {{coord|33|35|10|N|86|19|35|W|region:US_type:city}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns =
| affiliations = Fox News Radio
Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
| owner = Stocks Broadcasting, Inc.
| licensee =
| sister_stations =
| webcast = [https://player.audiovideoweb.com/8c3flslive2295 Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.theriver941.com theriver941.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WFHK (1430 AM, "94.1 The River") is a commercial radio station licensed to Pell City, Alabama, and airs an adult contemporary radio format. It is owned by Stocks Broadcasting, Inc., with studios on Cogswell Avenue (U.S. Route 78) in Pell City.
WFHK is a daytimer radio station. By day, it is powered at 5,000 watts using a non-directional antenna. But to protect other stations on 1430 AM from interference, it must go off the air at night. Programming is heard around the clock on 250-watt FM translator W231CW at 94.1 MHz. The primary coverage area of the AM signal includes St. Clair, Talladega and Shelby Counties. With a good radio, the AM station can be heard in Birmingham.
Programming
WFHK plays AC hits of the 1970s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. The morning show is hosted by long-time radio partners John Simpson and Adam Stocks. Stocks is also the owner of Stocks Broadcasting, Inc. The two have been together on WFHK since 2000. John Simpson is on in middays, Adam Stocks covers afternoon drive time and Jeremy Gossett is heard in the evening.
On Saturday, Jennifer Jones hosts a 30-minute "Swap Shop" where callers buy, sell, trade and announce yard sales. Swap Shop has been running on WFHK since 1956. Birmingham radio veteran and television voice over talent Jim Lucas is on air the rest of the day. On Sundays, WFHK airs the 1980s edition of Rick Dees Weekly Top 40, a popular countdown show.
History
=Early years=
The station was granted its original construction permit by the Federal Communications Commission on November 2, 1955.{{cite web |title=Application Search Details (BP-10014) |work=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=3 |date=November 2, 1955}} WFHK signed on the air on {{Start date and age|1956|1|7}}.{{cite news |work=The Daily Home |title=Locally operated radio stations competing with technology |first=Chris |last=Norwood |url=http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2007/dh-localnews-0304-cnorwood-7c03v1639.htm |date=March 4, 2007}}
In February 1999, St. Clair Broadcasting System, Inc. (Betty Williamson, president) reached an agreement to sell WFHK to Williamson Broadcasting, Inc. (Douglas Williamson, president).{{cite web |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19990211GE) |work=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=281805 |date=May 14, 1999}} The station sold for a reported $10,000.{{cite news |first=Alisa |last=Holmes |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 3/22/1999 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54210855.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022035029/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54210855.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |date=March 22, 1999}} The deal was approved by the FCC on April 14, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on May 14, 1999.
=Stocks Broadcasting=
In January 2001, Williamson Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell WFHK to Stocks Broadcasting, Inc.{{cite web |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20010110AAD) |work=FCC Media Bureau |date=March 1, 2001 |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=546062}} The station sold for a reported $275,000.{{cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Deals - 3/26/2001 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA67795.html?q=WFHK |date=March 26, 2001}} The deal was approved by the FCC on February 27, 2001, and the transaction was consummated on March 1, 2001.
Stocks Broadcasting owner Adam Stocks was elected mayor of Pell City in 2004.{{cite news |first=Laura |last=Atchison |newspaper=The Daily Home |title=Santa Claus is coming... Gruff, hard-hitting reporter becomes the Jolly Old Elf |url=http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2007/dh-localnews-1125-latchison-7k24v0051.htm |date=November 25, 2007}}
On February 11, 2015, WFHK began simulcasting on FM translator W231CW. Using the FM dial position, it changed its moniker to "94.1 FM The River".
=Awards and honors=
In October 2001, WFHK was named Small Business of the Year for 2001 by the Greater Pell City Chamber of Commerce.{{cite news |first=David |last=Atchison |newspaper=The Daily Home |title=Metro Bank Chamber Industry of Year |date=October 5, 2001}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.theriver941.com WFHK official website]
- [https://www.facebook.com/941-FM-The-River-464735723633763/ 94.1 The River Facebook]
{{AM station data|62109|WFHK}}
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|150917|W231CW}}
- {{FXL|W231CW}}
{{Birmingham Radio}}
{{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in Alabama}}
{{Daytime-only radio stations in Alabama}}
Category:Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1956
Category:St. Clair County, Alabama