WHNK (AM)
{{short description|Radio station in Marion, Virginia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WHNK
| logo =
| city = Marion, Virginia
| area = Marion, Virginia
Smyth County, Virginia
| branding = Praise N' Glory Radio
| frequency = {{Frequency|1330 AM|kHz}}
| translator = W223DE (92.5 MHz, Marion)
| format = Black Gospel
| power = 5,000 Watts daytime
31 Watts nighttime
| class = D
| facility_id = 19478
| licensing_authority = FCC
| coordinates = {{coord|36|49|11.0|N|81|28|12.0|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = WOLD (1962–2006)
WHGB (2006–2007)
WITM (2007–2017)
WSNQ (2017–2020)
| owner = Bristol Broadcasting Company
| licensee = Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
| sister_stations = WMEV-FM, WUKZ, WZVA, WOLD-FM
| webcast =
| website =
| affiliations =
}}
WHNK is a Black Gospel-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Marion, Virginia, serving Marion and Smyth County, Virginia. WHNK is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company.
History
=Tower problems=
On August 20, 2008, the then-WITM fell silent because the "owner of the land adjacent to the station's temporary tower" asked the station "to remove a guy wire that was on his property". According to the station's Silent STA Application, WITM would "return to the air when the temporary antenna can be repositioned to comply with its current STA".
=Station donated=
On August 17, 2009, WITM was donated to Praise and Glory Ministries based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The station, while transferred, remained under the Silent STA Application filed by previous owners Appalachian Educational Communications Corporation, which was extended on July 6, 2009 as it was "determined that the operation of WITM [was] a burden on the Non-Profit Appalachian Educational Communications Corporation". According to a filing with the FCC, the station resumed broadcasting on June 12, 2010.
Effective April 7, 2017, Praise and Glory Ministries sold WITM to Bristol Broadcasting Company for $2,000. The station changed its call sign to WSNQ on August 28, 2017 and again to WHNK on November 20, 2020.
References
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{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP15&band=am&callLetter=WITM|title=Arbitron Station Information Profiles|access-date=August 12, 2015|work=Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings}}
{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=19478&Callsign=WHNK|title=Call Sign History|access-date=August 12, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101260528&formid=910&fac_num=19478|title=Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA|access-date=August 12, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=764208&formid=314&q_num=51008|title=Agreement to Donation of WITM Radio|access-date=August 12, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101317906&formid=314&fac_num=19478|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|access-date=August 12, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101317910&formid=910&fac_num=19478|title=Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA|access-date=August 12, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
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External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/WSNQ92.5/ WHNK 92.5 & 1330 Facebook]
{{AM station data|19478|WHNK}}
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Category:1962 establishments in Virginia
Category:Gospel radio stations in the United States