WHMS-FM

WHMS-FM
City	Champaign, Illinois
Broadcast area	Bloomington, Champaign
Frequency	97.5 MHz
First air date	1949
Format	Adult Contemporary
Audience share	6.4 (Fa'04, R&R^[1])
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	109.0 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	14962
Transmitter coordinates	40°5′4.00″N 88°14′53.00″W / 40.0844444°N 88.2480556°W / 40.0844444; -88.2480556
Callsign meaning	Helen M. Stevick Note: original^[2]
Former callsigns	WDWS-FM (1949-1988)
Owner	Professional Impressions Media Group (D.W.S., Inc.)
Sister stations	WDWS, WKIO
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	WHMS.com

WHMS-FM, 97.5 MHz, is a Soft Adult Contemporary formatted radio station in Champaign, Illinois. The station is owned by Professional Impressions Media Group along with The News-Gazette, the primary newspaper in the Champaign-Urbana area. The station slogan is "Lite Rock 97.5," and the station has an output power of 50 kW. WHMS-FM serves both the Champaign-Urbana, and Danville markets in East Central Illinois.

WHMS was founded in 1949 as WDWS-FM, a sister station to WDWS. It was renamed WHMS in 1988 in honor of Helen M. Stevick, longtime publisher of the News-Gazette.

Along with its sister station WDWS, WHMS has been the longtime broadcaster of the Illinois Fighting Illini, simulcasting all Illini football and men's basketball games.

The station carries the popular Love Songs with Delilah program weeknights, hosted by Delilah Rene.

References

↑ "Champaign Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.

External links

WHMS-FM 97.5

Radio stations in the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois market

By AM frequency	580 1400 1460 1580

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.5 94.5 95.3 95.7 96.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 99.1 99.7 100.3 101.1 102.1 102.5 103.3 (CP) 103.9 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 107.1 107.9

By callsign	W202CF WBCP WBGL WCZQ WDNL WDWS WEFT WGKC WGNJ WGNN (+W280DE) WHMS-FM WILL WILL-FM (+W266AF) WIXY (+W211CK +W259BG) WJEK WKIO WKJR WKZS WLHF-LP WLRW WPCD WPGU WPXN WQQB WREE WRFU-LP WSJK WWHP WYXY

Nearby radio markets Bloomington Chicago Decatur Kankakee Lafayette Springfield Terre Haute See also List of radio stations in Illinois

Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Illinois

Stations	WAKO – Lawrenceville WBOW – Paris WCEZ – Carthage WDKB – DeKalb WDNL – Danville WEBQ-FM – Eldorado WGFA-FM – Watseka WGFB – Rockton WHMS – Champaign WISH-FM – Galatia WJDK – Seneca WJEK – Rantoul WKAY – Knoxville WLIT – Chicago WMOI – Monmouth WNOI – Flora WNSV – Nashville WPMB – Vandalia WPXN – Paxton WQCY – Quincy WSHE-FM – Chicago WSWT – Peoria WTYE – Robinson WXEF – Effingham WXFM – Mount Zion WYNG – Mount Carmel WZIM – Lexington WZSR – Woodstock

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

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