WHTU
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WHTU
| logo =
| logo_size =
| city = Big Island, Virginia | country = US
| area = Lynchburg metropolitan area
| branding = Rewind 103.9
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1982|11|20}}
| frequency = {{Frequency|103.9|MHz}}
| format = Classic hits
| erp = 190 watts
| haat = {{convert|540|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = A
| facility_id = 28340
| coordinates = {{coord|37|28|19.0|N|79|22|28.0|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = Station branded as "Hot"
| former_callsigns = WXCF-FM (1982–2012)
| affiliations =
| owner = Three Daughters Media (Gary Burns)
| licensee = KSM Holdings, LLC
| sister_stations = WZZU
| webcast =
| website = [https://1039whtu.com 1039whtu.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WHTU (103.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Big Island, Virginia, and serving the Lynchburg metropolitan area. WHTU broadcasts a classic hits radio format and is owned by Gary Burns' Three Daughters Media, through licensee KSM Holdings, LLC. The studios and offices are off Forest Road in Forest, Virginia.
WHTU has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 190 watts as a Class A station. The transmitter is near Sweet Hollow Road in Forest, Virginia.[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=whtu&x=7&y=7&sr=Y&s=C Radio-Locator.com/WHTU]
History
The station signed on the air on {{Start date and age|1982|11|20}}. Its original call sign was WXCF-FM, the sister station to WXCF 1230 AM in Clifton Forge, Virginia.
From 2009 to 2012 it was branded as Mix 104.1 with an Adult Contemporary format.[https://web.archive.org/web/20091025070552/http://mix104radio.com/station.php][https://web.archive.org/web/20091024095207/http://www.mix104radio.com/]
On November 2, 2012, WXCF-FM split from its simulcast with WKHF and changed its format to Urban Adult Contemporary, branded as "Hot 103.9". On December 12, 2012, WXCF-FM changed its call letters to WHTU to go with the "Hot 103.9" branding.
On June 2, 2014, WHTU changed its format to Oldies and Classic Hits, branded as "Good Time Oldies 103.9", with programming from Westwood One's "Good Time Oldies" network. The branding was later shortened to "Oldies 103.9". In August 2015, WHTU began simulcasting on sister station WZZI at 106.9 FM. That station was later sold to the Educational Media Foundation for its "K-Love" Christian Contemporary format.
On May 31, 2022, WHTU rebranded as "Rewind 103.9".[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227273/whtu-rewinds/ WHTU Rewinds] Radioinsight - May 31, 2022
References
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{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP15&band=fm&callLetter=WHTU|title=Arbitron Station Information Profiles|access-date=July 29, 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=28340&Callsign=WHTU|title=Call Sign History|access-date=July 29, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WHTU|title=WHTU Facility Record|access-date=July 29, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
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External links
- [https://1039whtu.com Rewind 103.9 Online]
- {{FM station data|28340|WHTU}}
{{Roanoke Radio}}
{{Classic Hits Radio Stations in Virginia}}
Category:1982 establishments in Virginia
Category:Classic hits radio stations in the United States