WEHC

WEHC is a Public Radio-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Emory, Virginia, serving the Abingdon/Marion area.[1] WEHC is owned and operated by Emory and Henry College.[3]

WEHC
CityEmory, Virginia
Broadcast areaAbingdon, Virginia
Marion, Virginia
Frequency90.7 FM MHz
Branding90.7 WEHC
SloganYour College and Community Station
Programming
FormatPublic Radio[1]
AffiliationsBBC World Service
National Public Radio
Radio IQ
Ownership
OwnerEmory and Henry College
History
First air date
November 15, 1994[2]
Call sign meaning
W Emory (&) Henry College
Technical information
Facility ID19527
ClassC3
Power8,700 Watts
HAAT114 meters (374 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
36°46′1.0″N 81°50′18.0″W
Links
WebcastWEHC Webstream
WebsiteWEHC Online

History

The original incarnation of WEHC was a 100-watt AM station, which signed on October 24, 1929 on 1370 kHz. This WEHC was the first station to go into operation in Virginia outside of Richmond and Norfolk. The station was programmed mostly by students and represented to the FCC by faculty member W. Byron Brown. After three years of operation, the Great Depression prompted the college to sell to Brown for $5,000 (equivalent to $93,695 in 2019) in the fall of 1932. The station went off the air that December as Brown moved the physical facilities to Charlottesville, Virginia, where it is still in operation as WCHV.[4][5]

The current WEHC, which is legally unrelated to the original station, was founded in 1992. The original station kept the WEHC callsign until 1935, but it was never reused and remained available for the new station.[4]

New transmitter and tower

WEHC worked with US Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA) to raise the $187,932 needed to build a brand new 199 foot tower and increase the station's power from 500 watts to nearly 10,000.[6] On October 27, 2009, WEHC turned on their new transmitter, dramatically increasing their power from 500 to 8,700 watts.[7]

References
  1. "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  2. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-563. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  3. "WEHC Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  4. "History of WEHC-FM". Emory and Henry College.
  5. "[no title]" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 15, 1932. p. 18. Cite uses generic title (help)
  6. "E&H's Radio Range To Get Boost". WJHL-TV/TriCities.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-17. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  7. "WEHC FM powers up with 9,000 watts". WJHL-TV/TriCities.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-30. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
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