WWHP

WWHP
City	Farmer City, Illinois
Broadcast area	Farmer City, Champaign, Bloomington
Branding	Classic Rock 98.3
Frequency	98.3 MHz
First air date	1983 (as WEZO)
Format	Classic rock
ERP	5,200 watts
HAAT	107 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	14962
Transmitter coordinates	40°24′17.00″N 88°35′34.00″W / 40.4047222°N 88.5927778°W / 40.4047222; -88.5927778
Former callsigns	WEZO (1983-1996)
Owner	Smash Hit Media, Inc. (Smash Hit Media, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	classicrock983.com

WWHP (98.3 FM) is a classic rock formatted radio station in Farmer City, Illinois. ^[1]The station began operations in 1983 as WZRO 5 county country, then changed to WEZO, and changed to WWHP as "The Whip". It played a variety of music genres, primarily Americana roots, classic country, blues, and bluegrass. The station claimed to be located, "somewhere between Memphis and Chicago." ^[2]

After a change in ownership in early 2014, the station changed formats to classic hits. ^[3]

On November 23rd, 2015, WWHP became NewsTalk 98.3 with a local morning and afternoon drive.

Former Cities 92.9 morning host Ian Bayne is on from 6-9am and national Breitbart editor Mike Flynn from 3-6pm. Other programming includes Laura Ingraham, Dana Loesch, Jerry Doyle, and Lars Larson. ^[4]

On May 30, 2016 WWHP changed their format to classic rock.

References

↑ "WWHP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
↑ "WWHP-FM Radio Station Information". Radio & Records.
↑ http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/2014-08-12/radio-station-wwhp-sold-format-change.html
↑ WWHP Bloomington/Champaign IL Flipping To News/Talk

External links

Official website

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Radio-Locator information on WWHP

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Radio stations in the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 89.1 89.5 89.5 90.3 92.9 93.7 94.7 94.9 95.1 96.7 97.9 98.3 98.9 Bloomington 98.9 Dwight 99.5 100.1 100.7 101.5 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.7 107.7

By AM frequency	1230

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Nearby radio markets Champaign Chicago Decatur LaSalle–Peru Peoria Kankakee Springfield See also List of radio stations in Illinois

Radio stations in the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois market

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

Classic rock radio stations in the state of Illinois

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By callsign	WCVS-FM WDLJ WDML WDRV WFXF WGLO WIKK WJEQ WJLI WKGL-FM WLUP-FM WQKQ WQLF WRHK WRXQ WWDV WWGO WWHP WXLP WYMG

By city	Breese Charleston Chatham Chicago (WDRV) Chicago (WLUP) Coal City Dallas City Danville Dundee Farmer City Lena Loves Park Macomb Metropolis/Paducah KY Moline Newton Pekin Virden Woodlawn Zion

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

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