WHKT

WHKT

City	Portsmouth, Virginia
Broadcast area	Hampton Roads
Branding	"1650 The Answer"
Frequency	1650 AM kHz
First air date	1999^[1]
Format	Conservative Talk Radio^[2]
Power	10,000 Watts daytime 1,000 Watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	87170
Transmitter coordinates	36°48′10.0″N 76°16′58.0″W / 36.802778°N 76.282778°W / 36.802778; -76.282778
Callsign meaning	W Hampton (Roads) (The Big) KaT location and former branding
Former callsigns	WAWT (1998-1998) WHKT (1998-Present)^[3]
Affiliations	CBS Radio News Premiere Networks TheBlaze Radio Network
Owner	Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	WPMH
Webcast	WHKT Webstream
Website	WHKT Online

WHKT is a Conservative Talk Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Portsmouth, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads.^[2] WHKT is owned and operated by Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation.^[4]

Station Sold

On January 25, 2010, Disney announced that it is selling the station to Hampton Roads area religious broadcaster Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting for $350,000.^[5] In the interim, Disney took WHKT, and five other stations slated to be sold, off the air on January 22; the station had previously carried the company's Radio Disney network.^[6]^[7]

The sale was listed as "consummated" by the FCC as of May 5, 2010.

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-569. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "WHKT Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "Radio Disney Sells Another", AllAccess.com, January 25, 2010
↑ "Radio Disney Takes Six Stations Silent". All Access. January 28, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
↑ Zucker, John W (January 26, 2010). "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

External Links

1650 The Answer Online

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