WHET

WHET

City	West Frankfort, Illinois
Broadcast area	Marion-Carbondale (IL) area
Branding	US 97.7
Frequency	97.7 MHz
Format	Classic country
ERP	3,500 watts
HAAT	132 meters (433 ft)
Class	A
Facility ID	53978
Transmitter coordinates	37°45′15.00″N 88°56′5.00″W / 37.7541667°N 88.9347222°W / 37.7541667; -88.9347222
Former callsigns	WFRX-FM (1979-1996) WQUL (1996-2009)
Affiliations	Westwood One
Owner	Withers Broadcasting (Withers Broadcasting of Southern Illinois, LLC)
Sister stations	WDDD-FM, WFRX, WMIX, WMIX-FM, WTAO-FM, WVZA
Website	WHET Online

WHET (97.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to West Frankfort, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale area. The station is owned by Withers Broadcasting and the broadcast license held by Withers Broadcasting of Southern Illinois, LLC. WHET features programming from Westwood One.^[1]

History

The station was assigned call sign WFRX-FM on July 24, 1979. On October 1, 1996, the station changed its call sign to WQUL and on August 18, 2009, to the current WHET.^[2]

On March 9, 2011, WHET changed their format to classic country, branded as "US 97.7".

Previous logo

References

↑ "WHET Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WHET Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WHET

Radio-Locator information on WHET

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WHET

Radio stations in the Marion–Carbondale (Southern Illinois) market
By AM frequency	940 960 1020 1060 1150 1300 1340 1420 1440 1580
By FM frequency	89.1 90.1 91.1 91.9 92.7 94.1 95.1 95.9 96.5 97.7 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.9 103.5 103.9 104.5 105.1 106.3 107.3
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425
By callsign	KEZS-FM KGMO KZIM WAWJ WBVN WCIL WCIL-FM WDBX WDDD-FM WDQN WDQN-FM WFRX WGGH WHET WIBH WIMB WINI WISH-FM WJPF WKIB WMCL WMIX WMIX-FM WOOZ-FM WQRL WSIU WTAO-FM WUEZ WVZA WXAN WXLT WXM49
Defunct	WDDD 810 AM
Nearby radio markets Cape Girardeau Evansville Mount Vernon Paducah St. Louis See also List of radio stations in Illinois

Country radio stations in the state of Illinois
By AM frequency	750 910 920 980 1060 1230 1240 1290 1330 1350 1360 1440 1490 1510 1510 1520 1530 1540 1570
By FM frequency	92.1 92.1 92.7 92.9 93.7 93.7 94.1 94.3 94.3 94.9 95.1 95.3 95.5 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.3 97.5 97.7 98.3 98.3 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.3 100.3 100.5 100.9 101.3 101.7 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.1 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.5 102.7 103.7 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 105.9 106.1 106.5 107.3 107.7 107.9
By callsign	KSD (FM) – St. Louis, Missouri KSGM – Chester WAAG – Galesburg WAKO - Lawrenceville WALS – Oglesby WBBA-FM – Pittsfield WBWN – Le Roy WCAZ – Macomb WCCI – Savanna WCCQ – Crest Hill Canton WCOY – Quincy WCRC – Effingham WDDD-FM – Johnston City WDUK – Havana WDZQ – Decatur WEBG – Chicago WEBQ – Harrisburg WFMB-FM – Springfield WFPS – Freeport WFRL – Freeport WFYR – Elmwood WGEL – Greenville WGKC – Mahomet WGLC-FM – Mendota WHCO – Sparta WHET – West Frankfort WHPO – Hoopeston WIBH – Anna WIBK - Watseka WIBL – Fairbury WIBV – Mount Vernon WIRL – Peoria WIXY – Champaign WJBC-FM – Pontiac WJRE – Galva WJVO – South Jacksonville WKJT – Teutopolis WKRO – Cairo WLCN – Atlanta WLFZ – Springfield WLIQ – Quincy WLLR-FM – Davenport, Iowa WLUV – Loves Park WLWF – Marseilles WMCI – Neoga WMCL – McLeansboro WMIX-FM – Mount Vernon WMKR – Pana WMOK – Metropolis WNLF - Macomb WOKZ – Fairfield WOOZ-FM – Harrisburg WQQW - Highland WRAM – Monmouth WRCV – Dixon WRIK – Brookport WRMJ – Aledo WRMS-FM – Beardstown WRUL – Carmi WRTB – Winnebago WRVY-FM – Henry WSEI – Olney WSIQ - Salem WSMI – Litchfield WSMI-FM – Litchfield WSVZ – Tower Hill WUSN – Chicago WUSW - Taylorville WXCL – Pekin WXNU – Saint Anne WXXQ – Freeport WYOT – Rochelle WYUR – Gilman WYXY – Savoy WZUS – Macon WZZT - Morrison
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois

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