WHUN (AM)

WHUN (1150 AM) is an oldies station serving the Huntingdon, Pennsylvania area. As of June 28, 2018, the station is known as "97.1 97.7 103.5 WOWY," simulcasting WOWY 97.1 FM University Park and WHUN-FM 103.5 Huntingdon. WHUN is owned by Kristin Cantrell and the broadcast license is held by Southern Belle, LLC.

WHUN
CityHuntingdon, Pennsylvania
Broadcast areaHuntingdon, Pennsylvania
Mount Union, Pennsylvania
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Branding97.1 97.7 103.5 WOWY
FrequencySee § Stations
Translator(s)See § Translator
First air date1947
FormatOldies (WOWY simulcast)
OwnerKristin Cantrell
(Southern Belle, LLC)
WebcastListen Live
Websitewowyonline.com

History

WHUN began as WHUN in 1947, and among its original personnel was Cary H. Simpson, who assisted in building the station and would later build a series of his own stations in central and northern Pennsylvania.

For many years, WHUN's ownership would be relatively unchanged, with the station and its FM sister, WLAK (103.5 FM), which would come on the air years later, staying in the Biddle and McMeen families until the stations were sold in the mid-1990s to Forever Broadcasting.

The station's call sign was changed to WLLI on February 8, 2010, and from 2010–2012, the station was a country music station known as Willy AM 1150. On December 31, 2012, the format changed to sports radio, and the station became known as ESPN Radio 1150. The call sign was changed back to WHUN on January 2, 2013.

Effective September 1, 2015, Forever Broadcasting sold WHUN and sister station WHUN-FM (106.3 FM) to Southern Belle, LLC for $100,000.

In 2016, WHUN changed their format from sports to a simulcast of classic hits-formatted WHUN-FM (103.5 FM).

On June 28, 2019, WHUN and WHUN-FM switched to a simulcast of oldies WOWY 97.1 FM University Park.[1]

Stations
Call sign Frequency City of license Facility ID ERP
W		 Height
m (ft)		 Class Transmitter coordinates Former call signs
WHUN1150 AMHuntingdon, Pennsylvania281315,000 (day)
36 (night)		D40°27′18″N 77°58′50″WWHUN (1947-2010)
WLLI (2010-2013)
WHUN-FM103.5 FMHuntingdon, Pennsylvania42135160435 meters (1,427 ft)A40°29′51″N 78°8′0″WWLAK (1989-2015)

Translator
Broadcast translators of WHUN
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseFacility
ID		ERP
(W)		Height
(m (ft))		ClassTransmitter coordinatesFCC info
W249DD97.7Huntingdon, Pennsylvania139876108412 m (1,352 ft)D40°24′52″N 77°54′10″WFCC

References
  1. Hunny Merges With WOWY Rdaioinsight - June 28, 2019


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