WHFX

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WHFX

| logo = WHFX logo.png

| logo_size = 200px

| city = Darien, Georgia

| area = Brunswick, Georgia

| branding = 107.7 The Fox

| frequency = 107.7 MHz

| airdate = {{start date and age|1991|9|9}} (as WYNR)

| format = Mainstream rock

| erp = 50,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|147|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = C2

| facility_id = 63431

| coordinates = {{coord|31|10|9.00|N| 81|32|14.00|W|region:US-GA_type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = WYNR (1991–2002)
WBGA (2002–2005)

| affiliations =

| owner = iHeartMedia, Inc.

| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC

| sister_stations = WBGA, WGIG, WQGA, WYNR

| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/1077-the-fox-6853/ Listen Live]

| website = [https://1077thefox.iheart.com/ 1077thefox.iheart.com]

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WHFX (107.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format. Licensed to Darien, Georgia, United States, the station serves the Brunswick area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WHFX |title=WHFX Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

History

The station went on the air as WYNR on September 9, 1991. On October 8, 2002, the station changed its call sign to WBGA, and on April 4, 2005, to the current WHFX.{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=63431&Callsign=WHFX |title=WHFX Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WHFX, to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), in a transaction connected to Clear Channel's sale of WALK AM-FM in Patchogue, New York to Connoisseur Media via Qantum.{{cite news|last=Venta|first=Lance|title=Qantum Sells To Clear Channel; Connoisseur Expands In Long Island|url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/88656/qantum-sells-to-clear-channel-connoisseur-expands-in-long-island/|accessdate=May 15, 2014|newspaper=RadioInsight|date=May 15, 2014}} The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014.

On October 29, 2018, it was announced that, as iHeartMedia would lose its grandfathered ownership limits in the Brunswick and Grand Forks markets as part of its bankruptcy restructuring, the company would place KSNR and WHFX into the newly formed Sun & Snow Station Trust, under the oversight of former Backyard Broadcasting CEO Barry Drake, as preparation for an eventual sale of the signals.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/171589/iheartmedia-moves-divestiture-trusts-to-new-trustee-adds-two-stations/ iHeartMedia Moves Divestiture Trusts To New Trustee; Adds Two Stations] However, iHeartMedia was able to take WHFX back from the trust on September 3, 2019, due to sister station WSOL-FM (serving the adjacent Jacksonville market) changing its city of license to Yulee, Florida.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/179051/station-sales-week-of-7-19-iheart-reclaims-whfx-from-trust/ Station Sales Week Of 7/19: iHeart Reclaims WHFX From Trust]

References

External links

{{FM station data|63431|WHFX}}

HFX

Category:Radio stations established in 1991

Category:1991 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:IHeartMedia radio stations

Category:Mainstream rock radio stations in the United States