WFHM-FM
{{short description|K-Love radio station in Butler, Alabama}}
{{use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{For|the Cleveland, Ohio radio station that identified as WFHM-FM from 2001 to 2025|WKLV-FM}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WFHM-FM
| city = Butler, Alabama
| country = US
| area = Meridian, Mississippi
| branding = K-Love
| frequency = 93.5 MHz
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1978|p=y}}
| format = Christian adult contemporary
| erp = {{val|32000|u=watts|fmt=commas}}
| haat = {{convert|186|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = C2
| licensing_authority = FCC
| facility_id = 7903
| coordinates = {{coord|32|9|26|N| 88|29|17|W|region:US-AL_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = "For Him" (formerly used on WKLV-FM in Cleveland and WHKZ in Warren, Ohio)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WQGL (1978)|WQGL-FM (1978–1982)|WQGL (1982–1997)|WKZB (1997–2005)|WMLV (2005–2015)|WMLG (2015–2017)|WCLR (2017–2018)|WMKQ (2018–2019)|WKLV-FM (2019–2025)}}
| affiliations = K-Love
| owner = Educational Media Foundation
| licensee =
| sister_stations =
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://listen.klove.com}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.klove.com}}
}}
WFHM-FM (93.5 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Butler, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation (EMF) and airs the CCM-formatted K-Love network.
Programming
The station is broadcasting a contemporary Christian music format to the Meridian, Mississippi, area.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |title=Station Information Profile |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm}}
History
Butler Broadcasting Corporation received the original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1978 for a new FM station broadcasting with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power on 93.5 MHz.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=193513 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BPH-9387) |date=September 11, 1978}} The new station was assigned the call letters WQGL by the FCC.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=7903 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database|access-date=July 12, 2019}} On September 11, 1978, the same day the station applied to the FCC for its license to cover, the owners received new call letters WQGL-FM. WQGL-FM received its license to cover from the FCC on July 30, 1979.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLH-19780911AA) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=4371 |date=July 30, 1979}} On April 8, 1992, the station returned to the unadorned WQGL callsign.
On May 4, 1995, the FCC granted this station a construction permit to move their transmitter site, raise their antenna, and upgrade their broadcast power to 25,000 watts.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=203022 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BPH-19941005IE) |date=May 4, 1995}} These upgrades were completed in May 1997{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=247678 |title=Application Search Details (BLH-19970602KH) |date=January 9, 2002}} and the station changed call letters to WKZB on June 9, 1997.
In June 2002, Butler Broadcasting Corporation (Darryl Jackson, president) reached an agreement to sell this station to East Mississippi Broadcasters, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Holladay Broadcasting (Bob Holladay, president), for a reported sale price of $771,500.{{cite news |date=July 15, 2002 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/99890-Changing_Hands.php?q=WKZB |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 7-15-2002}} The deal was approved by the FCC on August 16, 2002, and the transaction was consummated on October 30, 2002.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BALH-20020628ABY) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=605017 }} At the time of the sale, WKZB broadcast a classic rock music format.
This change would prove short-lived as in early December 2003, Holladay Broadcasting' East Mississippi Broadcasters, Inc., agreed to transfer the broadcast license for this station to Holladay Broadcasting-owned Mississippi Broadcasters LLC. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 10, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on January 1, 2004.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BALH-20031203AFD) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=705300 |date=January 1, 2004}} Under the new ownership, the station again changed callsigns, this time to WMLV, on July 1, 2005.
In September 2011, WMLV was sold to Educational Media Foundation (EMF) and went temporarily silent.{{Cite web|url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/53556/format-musical-chairs-in-meridian-ms/|title = Format Musical Chairs in Meridian, MS}} On October 4, 2011, WMLV returned to the air with EMF's K-Love contemporary Christian format.
The station changed its call sign to WMLG on July 17, 2015. The station changed its call sign again on June 2, 2017, to WCLR. On November 30, 2018, the station's call sign was changed to WMKQ. On July 11, 2019, the callsign changed to WKLV-FM. On February 1, 2025, the station swapped call signs with WFHM-FM in Cleveland, Ohio.{{cite web |last1=Santrella |first1=David P |title=Form 380 - Exchange Request |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/fmDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f91948a77fe01948ef170f5149b&id=25076f91948a77fe01948ef170f5149b&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=January 22, 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|7903|WFHM}}
{{Meridian Radio}}
{{K-LOVE}}
Category:Radio stations established in 1978
Category:Choctaw County, Alabama
Category:Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Category:K-Love radio stations
Category:1978 establishments in Alabama