WHKT
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| City of license | Portsmouth, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Hampton Roads |
| Branding | "Freedom 1650" |
| Frequency | 1650 kHz |
| First air date | 1999 |
| Format | Talk |
| 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 / 36.80278°N 76.28278°W |
| Callsign meaning | W Hampton (Roads) (The Big) KaT location and former branding |
| Affiliations | CBS Radio Network |
| Owner | Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation |
| Sister stations | WRJR |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.1650whkt.com |
WHKT is a conservative (or right-leaning) Talk broadcast radio station, licensed to Portsmouth, Virginia serving the Hampton Roads market. WHKT is owned by Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation.
[edit] 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. [1] 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.[2][3]
The sale was listed as "consummated" by the FCC as of May 5, 2010.
[edit] References
- ^ "Radio Disney Sells Another", AllAccess.com, January 25, 2010
- ^ "Radio Disney Takes Six Stations Silent". All Access. January 28, 2010. http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/69932/radio-disney-takes-six-stations-silent. 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. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1354757&Service=AM&Form_id=910&Facility_id=87170. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WHKT
- Radio-Locator Information on WHKT
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WHKT
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