WHIE
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WHIE
| logo =
| area = Atlanta, Georgia
| branding = Power Country
| airdate = {{start date|1952}}
| last_airdate = {{end date|2020|4|1}}
| frequency = 1320 kHz
| format = Defunct (was Country music, local programming, news)
| power = 5,000 watts (day)
83 watts (night)
| erp =
| haat =
| class = D
| facility_id = 65005
| coordinates = {{coord|33|14|30.00|N|84|18|17.00|W|region:US-GA_type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = We're Helpful... Informative... and Entertaining!
| former_callsigns = WRHT (1952–1954)
| owner = Chappell Communications, LLC
| licensee =
| sister_stations =
| webcast =
| website =
| affiliations = Real Country, NBC Radio
}}
WHIE (1320 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Griffin, Georgia, United States, it served the Atlanta area. The station was last owned by Chappell Communications, LLC and featured programming from NBC Radio and the Real Country Radio Network.
History
Robert H. Thompson Sr., trading as Griffin Broadcasting System, obtained a construction permit for a 1,000-watt, daytime-only radio station in Griffin on August 13, 1952.{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=60223 |title= History Cards for WHIE|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards) (covering 1951-1979 as WRHT / WHIE) The station began broadcasting that December. In 1954, Thompson sold the station to Virginia Price Bowen; the transfer was part of a transaction by which Thompson became full owner of WWNS in Statesboro, which the two had jointly owned.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80377100/|accessdate=June 27, 2021|title=Ga. Radio Stations' Transfer Okay Asked|page=15|date=January 20, 1954|work=The Atlanta Constitution}} Price Bowen changed the call letters to WHIE on April 19, 1954.{{r|hc}} WHIE was sold twice in the ensuing three years, to Gateway Broadcasters in 1956 and Telerad, Inc., in 1957; the Williams family acquired control of the station the next year and retained it until Fred L. Watkins became majority owner in 1975.{{r|hc}}
Watkins sold the station to its last owner, Chappell Communications, in 1998 for $240,000.{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1998/RR-1998-05-29.pdf|pages=6, 8|title=Transactions|work=Radio & Records|date=May 29, 1998|accessdate=June 27, 2021}} The station ceased operations on April 1, 2020, in the wake of the death of owner Robert Chappell the year before.{{Cite news |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=June 27, 2021 |title=FCC Report 6/27: FCC Proposes Revisions To Seven Technical Rules |language=en-US |work=RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/210067/fcc-report-6-27-fcc-proposes-revisions-to-seven-technical-rules/ |access-date=2021-06-27}} Its license was cancelled on June 21, 2021.[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=65005 Facility details for Facility ID 65005 (WHIE)] in the FCC Licensing and Management System
References
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External links
- [https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=65005 Facility details for Facility ID 65005 (WHIE)] in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=60223 FCC History Cards for WHIE] (covering 1951-1979 as WRHT / WHIE)
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Category:Radio stations established in 1952
Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2020
Category:Defunct radio stations in the United States
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