WHPE-FM
City of license | High Point, North Carolina |
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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 2 "Raleigh-Durham FM Dial". Archived from the original on 2003-02-01. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ↑ lumper5 (2005-12-29). "Greensboro/High Point radio dial 1972". Radio Discussions. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WHPE
- Radio-Locator information on WHPE
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WHPE
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Coordinates: 35°55′11″N 80°01′46″W / 35.9196°N 80.0295°W
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