KWHN-FM

KWHN-FM was a radio station at 105.5 FM in Haynesville, Louisiana, with transmitter located in Columbia County, Arkansas. The station broadcast between 1984 and 1998.

KWHN-FM
Broadcast areaHaynesville, Louisiana
Frequency105.5 MHz
Programming
FormatDefunct (was Urban contemporary)
Ownership
OwnerHawkins Broadcasting Company
History
First air date
September 1984
Last air date
1998
Call sign meaning
From sister-station WWHN
Technical information
Facility ID26464
ClassA
ERP2,900 watts
HAAT144 m (472 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
33°3′13″N 93°10′27″W

History

On November 3, 1981, J.P. Robillard and his Ladybug Broadcasting Company, owners of KLUV (1580 AM), were granted a construction permit to build a sister FM station in Haynesville. The station signed on the air as KLVU-FM in 1984, after the stations engaged in a call letter swap with Dallas radio station KLVU, which became KLUV-FM.[1] The station offered an easy listening format[2] when it launched that September.[3]

In 1990, KLVU-AM-FM was sold for $200,000[4] to the Hawkins Broadcasting Company, headed by Ray Hawkins. Hawkins owned WWHN in the Chicago area, and the proceeds from the operation of WWHN subsidized the acquisition of the stations in Shreveport.[5] Hawkins returned the FM station to air as urban contemporary KWHN-FM in 1991, giving KMJJ-FM its first competition in the format,[6] though the station was a rimshot with a poor signal in Shreveport proper.

The station had its FCC license deleted in 1998 for failure to renew.

References
  1. Farrow, Cee (September 2, 1983). "Street Talk" (PDF). Radio & Records. p. 18. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  2. "Haynesville to get new radio station". The Times. July 4, 1984. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  3. "KWHN-FM" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook 1993. 1993. p. B-153. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  4. "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 16, 1990. p. 77. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  5. Weaver, Maurice (September 15, 1992). "Radio from the 'bank'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  6. Cooksey, Bill (July 27, 1991). "Radio station to play 'all hits'". The Times. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
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