WHSX
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WHSX
| logo = WHSX logo.jpg
| logo_size = 200px
| area = Bowling Green
| branding = The Hoss
| frequency = 99.1 MHz
| repeater =
| airdate =
| format = Country music
| power =
| erp = 6,000 watts
| haat = 100.0 meters
| class = A
| facility_id = 48707
| coordinates = {{coord|37|01|33|N|85|33|14|W|region:US-KY|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = WSRG (1989–1990)
WKNK (1990–2005)
| owner = Vikki Froggett and David Ray Froggett, Jr.
| licensee = South 65 Communications, LLC
| sister_stations =
| webcast = [mms://108.178.198.38:7991/filename.wma listen live]
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| website = [http://www.thehoss.com thehoss.com]
| affiliations =
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WHSX (99.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Edmonton, Kentucky, the station serves the Bowling Green metropolitan area. The station is owned by Vikki Froggett and David Ray Froggett Jr. through licensee South 65 Communications, LLC.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WHSX |title=WHSX Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}
History
The station's construction permit was issued on September 29, 1989, with the call sign WSRG. On January 30, 1990, the station changed its call sign to WKNK, with the station airing its inaugural broadcast in April 1990.{{Cite book|last=Nash|first=Francis M.|date=1995|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State|publisher=Host Communications Incorporated |url=|isbn=9781879688933|page=148}} The station has been airing a country format from its beginning.
On September 1, 2005, the station changed its callsign to the current WHSX.{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=48707&Callsign=WHSX |title=WHSX Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|48707|WHSX}}
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{{Bowling Green Radio}}
Category:1989 establishments in Kentucky
Category:Radio stations established in 1989
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