WHFB (AM)

WHFB
City Benton Harbor, Michigan-St. Joseph, Michigan
Broadcast area (Daytime)
(Critical Hours)
(Nighttime)
Branding Great Talk AM 1060 WHFB
Slogan Southwest Michigan's Great Radio
Frequency 1060 kHz
Translator(s) 102.5 MHz - W273BM, Benton Harbor
First air date October 23, 1963
Format Talk/Variety
Power 5,000 watts (Daytime)
2,500 watts (Critical Hours)
1 watt (Nighttime)
Class D
Facility ID 72174
Callsign meaning Heart of the Fruit Belt
Affiliations CBS Radio
Owner Gerard Media, LLC
Sister stations WIMS
Webcast WHFB listen online
Website whfbradio.com

WHFB (1060 AM) is a U.S. radio station dually licensed to the Twin Cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan, broadcasting a Talk/Variety format. 1060 AM is a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency; KYW and XEEP are the dominant stations on this frequency. It broadcast from its studios on Fairplain Avenue located in Fair Plain, Michigan, an unincorporated area south of Benton Harbor.[1] The stations transmitter and broadcast tower are also at this location.

History

WHFB was founded in 1947.[2]

Previously the station had long aired a sydicated Talk radio format as "All Talk - AM 1060" and later "Fox News Radio AM 1060".[3][4] Over the years, hosts heard on the station have included Laura Ingraham, Bill O'Reilly, Bob Dornan, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, and Monica Crowley.[5][6][7] The station went off the air in June 2012,[8] and the station was sold from WHFB Broadcast Associates to WIMS owner Gerard Media, LLC.[9][10]

In October 2013, it was noted back on the air with a simulcast of WIMS, and the stations' top-of-the-hour ID mentioned both WIMS and WHFB.[11] By the end of 2013, the station was playing a wide variety of music, independent of WIMS. By 2015, talk programming had replaced most music on the station. The station's music format is a broad mix of Adult Contemporary, Classic rock and Alternative Rock. Former sister station WHFB-FM is now separately owned and has since changed call letters to WQLQ.

References

  1. ↑ Contact Info. whfbam.com. Internet Archive. February 5, 2005. Accessed January 2, 2014
  2. ↑ Brewer, Dale (September 26, 2018). "Sesquicentennial Celebration: Our Story". The Herald-Palladium. Retrieved September 26, 2018. Stanley R. Banyon, who also had started local radio station WHFB in 1947, died in 1967 at age 80.
  3. ↑ All Talk! AM 1060 whfbam.com. Internet Archive. February 5, 2005. Accessed January 2, 2014
  4. ↑ From Southwest Michigan's Harbors to Chicago's Lakefront! whfbam.com. Internet Archive. March 17, 2008. Accessed January 2, 2014
  5. ↑ Program Guide whfbam.com. Internet Archive. March 5, 2001. Accessed January 2, 2014
  6. ↑ Program Listings whfbam.com. Internet Archive. February 5, 2005. Accessed January 2, 2014
  7. ↑ Programming Line-up for All Talk 1060, WHFB whfbam.com. Internet Archive. April 9, 2009. Accessed January 2, 2014
  8. ↑ Application Search Details fcc.gov. Accessed January 2, 2013
  9. ↑ Application Search Details fcc.gov. Accessed January 2, 2013
  10. ↑ AM sold on shores of Lake Michigan RBR.com. June 11, 2013. Accessed January 2, 2013
  11. ↑ http://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/msg/1381767025.html

Coordinates: 42°04′44″N 86°28′00″W / 42.07889°N 86.46667°W / 42.07889; -86.46667


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