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KWHN (1320 AM) is a commercial radio station in Fort Smith, Arkansas, known as "News Talk 1320 KWHN". It airs a talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on Lexington Avenue in Fort Smith.
KWHN transmits with 5,000 watts; by day, it has a non-directional signal, but at night, to protect other stations on 1320 AM, it uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The transmitter is off Plum Street in Fort Smith, near Interstate 540 and the Arkansas River.
KWHN carries mostly nationally syndicated programming. Weekdays begin with Walton & Johnson from co-owned KPRC Houston. They are followed by The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Mark Levin Show, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.
Weekends feature repeats of weekday shows, as well as Kim Komando, The Weekend with Michael Brown, Gun Talk with Tom Gresham, Somewhere in Time with Art Bell and Sunday Night Live with Bill Cunningham. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.
On November 22, 1947, KWHN signed on the air as the 4th radio station in Fort Smith. It was owned by the KWHN Broadcasting Company with studios at 421 Garrison Avenue. Allan Whiteside served as the President and General Manager.
On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that 88 stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KWHN authorized to move from 1320 to 1650 kHz. On November 10, 1997, the new station on 1650 AM, also in Fort Smith, was assigned the call sign KHFS. The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency. However, this deadline has been extended multiple times, and both stations have remained authorized.
In 2000, the stations were acquired by Clear Channel Communications, forerunner to iHeartMedia. On November 22, 2000, the KWHN call sign was transferred from 1320 AM to 1650 AM, and the same day 1320 AM changed its call letters to KYHN. At this time, 1650 AM was simulcasting the 1320 AM programming.
In the spring of 2008, after extensive rain and flooding in western Arkansas, the transmitter site for 1650 AM suffered heavy water damage, and on April 2, 2008, that station filed a "Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA" with the FCC. The next day a call letter swap was made, with KWHN moving back to 1320 AM from 1650 AM after seven and one-half years, and KYHN transferred from 1320 AM to 1650 AM.
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KWHN
KWHN (1320 AM) is a commercial radio station in Fort Smith, Arkansas, known as "News Talk 1320 KWHN". It airs a talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on Lexington Avenue in Fort Smith.
KWHN transmits with 5,000 watts; by day, it has a non-directional signal, but at night, to protect other stations on 1320 AM, it uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The transmitter is off Plum Street in Fort Smith, near Interstate 540 and the Arkansas River.
KWHN carries mostly nationally syndicated programming. Weekdays begin with Walton & Johnson from co-owned KPRC Houston. They are followed by The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Mark Levin Show, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.
Weekends feature repeats of weekday shows, as well as Kim Komando, The Weekend with Michael Brown, Gun Talk with Tom Gresham, Somewhere in Time with Art Bell and Sunday Night Live with Bill Cunningham. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.
On November 22, 1947, KWHN signed on the air as the 4th radio station in Fort Smith. It was owned by the KWHN Broadcasting Company with studios at 421 Garrison Avenue. Allan Whiteside served as the President and General Manager.
On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that 88 stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KWHN authorized to move from 1320 to 1650 kHz. On November 10, 1997, the new station on 1650 AM, also in Fort Smith, was assigned the call sign KHFS. The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency. However, this deadline has been extended multiple times, and both stations have remained authorized.
In 2000, the stations were acquired by Clear Channel Communications, forerunner to iHeartMedia. On November 22, 2000, the KWHN call sign was transferred from 1320 AM to 1650 AM, and the same day 1320 AM changed its call letters to KYHN. At this time, 1650 AM was simulcasting the 1320 AM programming.
In the spring of 2008, after extensive rain and flooding in western Arkansas, the transmitter site for 1650 AM suffered heavy water damage, and on April 2, 2008, that station filed a "Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA" with the FCC. The next day a call letter swap was made, with KWHN moving back to 1320 AM from 1650 AM after seven and one-half years, and KYHN transferred from 1320 AM to 1650 AM.
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