WRHI

WRHI
City Rock Hill, South Carolina
Broadcast area Rock Hill Area/Metrolina
Branding WRHI FM 100.1
Slogan "York County's Home For News, Talk, and Sports"
Frequency 1340 kHz
Translator(s) 100.1 W261CP (Rock Hill)
First air date 1944
Format News/Talk
Power 1,000 watts
Class C
Facility ID 50777
Callsign meaning Watch Rock Hill Increase
Affiliations ABC News
Cumulus Media
Fox News
Yahoo! Sports Radio
Owner OTS Media
Webcast Listen Live
Website WRHI.com
WRHI broadcast house in Rock Hill

WRHI is a news/talk radio station in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It broadcasts on AM frequency 1340 with a simulcast on 100.1 FM (via translator W261CP) and is under ownership of OTS Media Group. Its studios and transmitter are both located separately in Rock Hill.

Awards

WRHI AM/FM is a seven-time winner of the South Carolina Broadcasters Association Radio Station of the Year award. Since 2000, WRHI has been honored with 108 "Star Awards" from the South Carolina Broadcasters Association, becoming the most honored station in South Carolina History.

Affiliations

Throughout the day, WRHI carries Fox News Radio's at the top of every hour and local news and weather. ABC News's 1-minute update is carried at the bottom of each hour. WRHI is one of few radio stations across the country to be affiliated with more than one major radio news network. Local news is gathered with the local news staff, television partner WSOC-TV, and the South Carolina Radio Network.

WRHI broadcasts the audio portion of the local newscast of Charlotte's WSOC-TV from 6:00 to 6:30 PM Monday through Friday.

Sports

WRHI is the radio home of the Winthrop University men's basketball. The station also carries Clemson University and University of South Carolina football and basketball games and coaches' call-in shows. Selected Coastal Carolina University football games are carried as well.

WRHI also carries Rock Hill High School, Northwestern High School, and South Pointe High School football and basketball games as well as Fort Mill High School, Clover High School, Lancaster High School, Nation Ford, and York High School football games. WRHI annually puts on major area promotions including: The Great Easter Egg Classic, Toys For Happiness, Prom Pledge, and Boo-HaHa. In 2017, WRHI announced (in conjunction with RH School District Three), the formation of the Football City USA Kickoff. This annual event features a season opening 3 game slate featuring Rock Hill's three high school versus teams from around the Carolinas. The event will be played annually the Friday before Week Zero of the High School Football season.

Coordinates: 34°58′59″N 81°01′11″W / 34.98306°N 81.01972°W / 34.98306; -81.01972

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