WHAW

WHAW
City of license	Weston, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Weston, West Virginia Lewis County, West Virginia
Branding	"WHAW 980 AM"
Slogan	"Real Country"
Frequency	980 kHz
First air date	1948
Format	Classic Country
Power	25,000 watts daytime 47 watts nighttime
Class	D
Facility ID	63489
Transmitter coordinates	39°1′39″N 80°26′34″W / 39.02750°N 80.44278°W / 39.02750; -80.44278 39°2′25″N 80°27′16″W / 39.04028°N 80.45444°W / 39.04028; -80.45444 auxiliary (backup)
Callsign meaning	W Harold A. McWhorter (see note) W Harold And Wilda
Affiliations	Real Country (Citadel Media)
Owner	Della Jane Woofter
Website	WHAW Online

WHAW is a Classic Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Weston, West Virginia, serving Weston and Lewis County, West Virginia. WHAW is owned and operated by Della Jane Woofter.

Programming

The station derives a portion of its programming from Real Country from Citadel Media.^[1]

Logo used until February 2008.

History

The original owner was the Lewis Service Corporation, whose principal was Harold A. McWhorter. Harold established WPAR Parkersburg in 1935, and WHAW Weston in 1948. Harold wanted his inititals as the call letters, WHAM, but Stromberg Carlson had those on 1180 in Rochester. He chose WHAW, telling some they stood for "Harold and (his wife) Wilda," others that he had just turned over the "M" in McWhorter.^[2]

On February 14, 2008 WHAW changed their format from oldies to bluegrass.

On April 1, 2010 WHAW changed their format from bluegrass to classic country.

References

↑ "Radio Stations". Real Country. Archived from the original on July 28, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
↑ Origins of Broadcast Call Letters in West Virginia

External links

WHAW 980 AM Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WHAW

Radio-Locator Information on WHAW

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WHAW

Radio stations in the Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston, West Virginia market

By FM frequency	88.9 89.9 91.3 91.9 92.1 93.5 94.7 98.9 101.3 102.3

By AM frequency	980 1240 1460

By callsign	WBHZ WBRB WBTQ WBUC WCDE WDNE WDNE-FM WELK WFBY WHAW WVPW WVWC

West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA See also List of radio stations in West Virginia

Country radio stations in the state of West Virginia

Stations	WAMN – Green Valley WBRB – Buckhannon WBYG – Point Pleasant WCEF – Ripley WCST – Berkeley Springs WDBS – Sutton WDNE-FM – Elkins WELC – Welch WELD-FM – Moorefield WGGE – Parkersburg WGIE – Clarksburg WGYE – Mannington WHAW – Weston WHJC – Matewan WHNK – Parkersburg WHQX – Gary WJLS-FM – Beckley WKEZ – Bluefield WKKW – Fairmont WKMM – Kingwood WKWS – Charleston WOVK – Wheeling WPDX – Clarksburg WPDX-FM – Clarksburg WQBE-FM – Charleston WRON-FM – Lewisburg WTCR – Kenova WTCR-FM – Huntington WTNJ – Mount Hope WVMD – Romney WVRC-FM – Spencer WVSB – Romney WXCC – Williamson WYKM – Rupert WYMJ – New Martinsville WZAC-FM – Danville

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in West Virginia

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