AM Technical Profile: WHOS

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Frequency:

800

Format:

Talk

Transmitter Location:

[map] [street view] In west Decatur, south of AL-24 (Moulton Street), on the west side of 14^th Street SW.

Power (ERP):

Day: 1 kW

Night: 215 watts

Antenna:

1 tower

Other Information:

0.5 mV/m Daytime Groundwave Service Contour from the FCC's Public Files
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History:

The station came on the air in 1948 and has always had the WHOS calls.  The station is noted for having a country format that lasted nearly 40 years.  It gave way to a 24-hour all news format in 1998 or 1999, and that eventually gave way to a simulcast with Huntsville's WBHP.  The station was also simulcast with FM translator W293AH, also licensed to Huntsville, and WQRV's HD-2 subchannel, but those broke away in November 2012 for an all-Christmas format.

The station was granted a construction permit for a new FM translator on 101.5 MHz in June 2018.