WHPI

WHPI
City Glasford, Illinois
Broadcast area Peoria, Illinois
Branding 101.1 Jack FM
Slogan Playing What We Want
Frequency 101.1 MHz
First air date 1998
Format Adult Hits
ERP 3,300 watts
HAAT 137 meters (449 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 78165
Transmitter coordinates 40°39′0.1″N 89°46′46.4″W / 40.650028°N 89.779556°W / 40.650028; -89.779556 (WHPI tower)Coordinates: 40°39′0.1″N 89°46′46.4″W / 40.650028°N 89.779556°W / 40.650028; -89.779556 (WHPI tower) (NAD83)
Callsign meaning HiPpIe (former nickname)
Former callsigns

WXMP (September 2006–September 2007)

WVEL-FM (2004–2006)
WPPY (2000–2004)
WRVP (1999–2000)
WBDM (1998–1999)[1]
Affiliations Jack FM
Owner Mike Rea
(Advanced Media Partners LLC)
Sister stations 96.5 WZPN
98.5 WPIA
99.9 WWCT
Webcast Listen Live
Website jack1011.com

WHPI (101.1 FM, "Jack FM") is a radio station for Glasford, Illinois in the Peoria, Illinois radio market. On September 26, 2010 the station began using the adult hits format Jack FM.

History

Neil A. Rhones and Luann C. Dahl applied for a new station on 101.1 MHz at Canton, Illinois, and were granted a construction permit in 1996.[2] The call sign WBDM was assigned to this station. In 1997, Rhones and Dahl asked the Federal Communications Commission to move Canton's 101.1 MHz allocation, with their construction permit, to Glasford, Illinois, claiming that moving the city of license would result in adding 81,024 people to the coverage area while only losing 8,754. The FCC granted the request on August 26, 1996.[3] In June 1999, Rhones and Dahl assigned their construction permit to Two Petaz, Inc.,[4] which was based in Nashville, Tennessee and whose president was Bargard H. Walters.[5] The station's call sign was changed to WRVP on July 13, 1999[6] and the station received its license on January 4, 2000.[7]

The station used the nickname "101.1 The River". The River was born as an AC station and was attempting to compete with heritage 50 kW signal WSWT. This did not last long: just a few months later, the plug was pulled in favor of a simulcast of sister station 98.5 as "98.5 & 101.1 The Party". 98.5 WPPY and 101.1 swapped callsigns on July 27, 2000.[1][6]

In 2004, 101.1 began simulcasting the Pekin, Illinois station 1140 WVEL (AM), which has long suffered from a weak signal outside of Pekin, and on March 4, 2004, 101.1 dropped the WPPY callsign and became WVEL-FM.[6]

In September 2006 as part of a larger station swap between multiple Peoria groups, Regent Broadcasting sold 101.1 to newly formed Independence Media Holdings. 105.7 was being sold from AAA Entertainment to Regent, and Regent indicated it did not want the Hot AC format currently on 105.7. On September 26, 2006, "Mix 105.7" (WXMP) and its format moved to the weaker 101.1 and changed its name to "Mix 101.1" when the WIXO callsign and its "99X Rocks" format moved from 99.9 to 105.7.

At midnight on the morning of September 19, 2007, the station changed its branding to "Hippie Radio 101.1".[8] The callsign was changed to WHPI[1] to match the name.

At 9:45pm on September 26, 2010, WHPI changed their format to adult hits, branded as "Jack FM".[9] WHPI has remained jockless since "Jack FM" first signed on and rejects all song requests.

Independence Media Holdings sold WHPI along with its other 3 Peoria-area stations (96.5 WZPN Farmington, 98.5 WPIA Eureka, and 99.9 WWCT Bartonville) to Michael S. Rea's Advanced Media Partners on November 15, 2010.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "WHPI(FM)". FCCInfo.com. Cavell Mertz & Associates, Inc. 2007-09-21. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
  2. ↑ BPH-951011MA
  3. ↑ FCC Mass Media Bureau docket 97-186; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking RM-9130: Amendment of the FM Table of Allotments
  4. ↑ "FCC authorization for file number BAPH-19990304GE". Federal Communications Commission. 1999-06-28. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
  5. ↑ Walters, Bargard H. (1999-09-10). "FCC Form 302-FM (File Number BLH-19990913AAB)". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
  6. 1 2 3 "WPIA(FM)". FCCInfo.com. Cavell Mertz & Associates, Inc. 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
  7. ↑ "FCC authorization for file number BLH-19990913AAB". Federal Communications Commission. 2000-01-04. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
  8. ↑ Workin4ThaMan (2007-09-19). "Now Playing in Peoria!". RadioInsight.com. "HIPPIE RADIO," as INDEPENDENCE MEDIA HOT AC WXMP (Mix 101.1) / PEORIA spins the format wheel to Oldies as Hippie Radio 101.1, as of about 90 minutes ago (Midnight, 9/19). No indication, officially, of new call letters - although an Illinois media messageboard lists WHPI as the new calls
  9. ↑ "Jack Plays In Peoria". RadioInsight. Sayreville, New Jersey: RadioBB Networks. 2010-09-27. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
  10. ↑ "Application Search Details (BALH-20100723AEO)". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
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