WHHT

WHHT
City Cave City, Kentucky
Broadcast area Bowling Green, Kentucky
Branding 103.7 Nash Icon Howdy FM
Frequency 103.7 MHz
Translator(s) 103.1 W276BT (Bowling Green)
First air date 1989
Format Country
ERP 13,500 watts
HAAT 137 meters (449 ft)
Class C3
Facility ID 48704
Transmitter coordinates 36°57′34.00″N 86°0′8.00″W / 36.9594444°N 86.0022222°W / 36.9594444; -86.0022222
Former callsigns WHHT (1988-1998)
WPTQ (1998-2012)
Owner Newberry Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations WOVO, WPTQ, WWKU
Website 1037nash.com/

WHHT (103.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Cave City, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Bowling Green area. The station is owned by Newberry Broadcasting, Inc.[1]

History

The original station using the call letters WHHT signed on in 1988 at 106.7 FM, with the station logo "Hottest Hits". Studios were located on Happy Valley Road in Glasgow, Kentucky. The station played Top-40 contemporary music. Steve Newberry was General Manager and part owner of the original station, whose first air staff included Duke Ryan, Scott Jackson, Bobby Rambo, Jonathan "Tunes" Taylor, and Jim "The Captain" Kirk (later known as Scotty Matthews on sister station WKNK-FM.) WHHT was an immediate ratings success, allowing Newberry to expand his radio ownership holdings. He is now among the premier small-market radio station owners in the U.S., and is an active member of the board of the National Association of Broadcasters, having testified before the U.S. Congress on the issue of royalties and performance rights. A few years after its inception, WHHT's frequency was changed to 103.7, to facilitate a signal power increase. The call letters were later migrated to another station which had been acquired by Newberry Broadcasting.

The station currently holding the call letters of WHHT went on the air as WLMK on August 23, 1991. On April 26, 1993, the station changed its call sign to WXPC, on September 1, 1996 to WOVO, on October 23, 1998 to the current WHHT,[2]

On October 22, 2012 the station moved from 106.5 FM to 106.3 FM (with a signal upgrade) and picked up the WOVO callsign and adult contemporary format while the WHHT callsign moved to 103.7 FM Cave City, KY.[3]

On February 20, 2015 the station made the transition to becoming another Nash Icon station, that is not owned and operated by Cumulus Media. For a time, the station also kept its "HOWDY" branding, and was branded as "103.7 Nash Icon Howdy FM".[4]

Former on-air staff

  • Alan "Agent 69" Sledge
  • Donna "The Hose" Dennis (1980-1986)
  • Renaldo Mcnutty (1981-1992)
  • Renato Debenidictus (1999-1999)
  • Ron "The Tank" Thopson (1985-1999)
  • Jake Johnson (1981-1984)
  • Leroy McCain (Unknown)
  • Barbara Likis (1988-2001)
  • Mike Hunt (1993-1997)
  • Jon Overton (1986-1990)
  • Jimmy Michaels (1977-1991)
  • George "The Wild Man" Miller (1972–present)

References

  1. ↑ "WHHT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "WHHT Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79382/stations-on-the-move-in-glasgow-ky/
  4. ↑ Nash-Icon-Brand-spreads-through-Kentucky


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