WHIS

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WHIS

City of license	Bluefield, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Bluefield, West Virginia Bluefield, Virginia
Branding	"Talk Radio WHIS"
Slogan	"The Two Virginias Informative Radio"
Frequency	1440 kHz
First air date	1929
Format	Talk
Power	5,000 Watts daytime 500 Watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	502
Transmitter coordinates	37°16′33.0″N 81°15′6.0″W / 37.27583°N 81.25167°W / 37.27583; -81.25167
Callsign meaning	W Hugh Ike Shott original owner
Affiliations	Fox News Radio West Virginia MetroNews‎
Owner	Triad Broadcasting Company, LLC (Monterey Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WHAJ, WHQX, WHKX, WKOY, WKQY, WTZE
Website	WHIS Online

WHIS is a Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bluefield, West Virginia, serving Bluefield in West Virginia and Bluefield in Virginia. WHIS is owned and operated by Triad Broadcasting Company, LLC.

[edit] History

Radio broadcasting began with 100 watts of power when the station signed on at 6:00 PM June 27, 1929 broadcasting from a tower on top of the twelve-story West Virginian Hotel in Bluefield.^[1] WHIS is the oldest radio station in Bluefield and the fifth-oldest radio station in West Virginia.

WHIS simulcasts at 1470 AM as WTZE serving Tazewell, Virginia.

[edit] References

^ Arcane Radio Trivia, September 21, 2006, retrieved on November 2, 2007.

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v d e Radio stations in the Bluefield, Virginia/West Virginia market

By FM frequency	89.1 • 90.1 • 91.1 • 93.1 • 93.9 • 95.3 • 95.9 • 97.1 • 99.5 • 100.1 • 100.9 • 102.9 • 103.1 • 104.5 • 106.3 • 106.7 • 107.7

By AM frequency	1050 • 1130 • 1240 • 1250 • 1310 • 1400 • 1440 • 1490

By callsign	WAEY • WAMN • WGAG-LP • WHAJ • WHFI • WHIS • WHKX • WHQX • WJLS-FM • WKEZ • WKOY-FM • WKQB • WKQY • WMEV-FM • WPIB • WPWV • WRLB • WRON • WRON-FM • WRRL • WSLW • WSTG • WVTF • WYKM

Defunct	WBDY

Virginia Radio Markets: Bristol • Charlottesville • Fredericksburg • Harrisonburg • Norfolk-Newport News-Virginia Beach • Richmond • Roanoke-Lynchburg • Winchester Other Virginia Radio Regions: Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford-Pulaski • Bluefield • Eastern Shore • Farmville • Northern Neck • Roanoke Rapids-South Hill • Southside • Southwest Virginia • Virginia Highlands See also: List of radio stations in Virginia

West Virginia Radio Markets: Beckley • Bluefield • Charleston • Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston • Huntington • Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont • Parkersburg • Wheeling Other West Virginia Radio Regions: Cumberland, MD • East-Central • Eastern Panhandle • Kingwood • Southern • West-Central See also: List of radio stations in West Virginia

v d e News/Talk Radio Stations in the state of West Virginia

Stations:	WAJR - Morgantown • WAJR-FM - Salem • WBTH - Williamson • WCHS - Charleston • WEIR - Weirton • WEPM - Martinsburg • WHIS - Bluefield • WKKX - Wheeling • WMOV - Ravenswood • WRNR - Martinsburg • WRON - Ronceverte • WTCS - Fairmont • WVHU - Huntington • WVLY - Moundsville • WVNT - Parkersburg • WVTS - Charleston • WWNR - Beckley • WWVA - Wheeling • WXKX - Clarksburg • WZZW - Milton

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

v d e Triad Broadcasting (all stations licensed to Monterey Licenses, LLC)

Georgia/South Carolina	Adventure Radio: WFXH-FM • WGCO • WGZO • WHHW • WUBB • WXYY

Illinois	JMP Media: WDQX • WIRL • WMBD • WPBG • WSWT • WXCL

Minnesota/North Dakota	Go Radio: KBMW • KLTA • KPFX • KQWB • KQWB-FM • KVOX-FM

Mississippi	MississippiMedia: WCPR-FM • WQBB • WTNI • WUJM • WXBD • WXYK

Virginia/West Virginia	Adventure Radio: WBDY (defunct) • WHAJ • WHIS • WHKX • WHQX • WKEZ • WKOY-FM • WKQY • WTZE

Website: triadbroadcasting.com Source: FCC file number BOA-20080130AGQ: Form 323: Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations. As of 2008-01-17.