WHPE-FM

WHPE-FM
City of license High Point, North Carolina
Broadcast area Piedmont Triad
Frequency 95.5 MHz
First air date 1947
Format Religious
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 159 meters
Class C1
Facility ID 5164
Callsign meaning H i p pi e
Owner Bible Broadcasting Network
Webcast Listen Live
Website bbnradio.org

WHPE-FM is a radio station at 95.5 FM broadcasting religious programming. The station is licensed to High Point, North Carolina and serves the North Carolina Triad region.

History

WHPE 1070 AM and 95.5 FM was originally licensed to the High Point Enterprise[1] in 1948. The station was religious in the 1960s and then played Top 40. [2] In 1974, the FM station was purchased by the Bible Broadcasting Network as its second station.[1]

On October 28, 1986, just before a fund-raiser, the WHPE studios were damaged by an arson fire.

References

  1. 1 2 "Raleigh-Durham FM Dial". Archived from the original on 2003-02-01. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
  2. lumper5 (2005-12-29). "Greensboro/High Point radio dial 1972". Radio Discussions. Retrieved 2016-01-16.

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Coordinates: 35°55′11″N 80°01′46″W / 35.9196°N 80.0295°W / 35.9196; -80.0295


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