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WHP (AM)
WHP (580 kHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, serving the Harrisburg metropolitan area. It broadcasts a talk radio format, and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios are on Corporate Circle in Harrisburg, off North Progress Avenue.
WHP is powered at 5,000 watts, non-directional during the day. To protect other stations on 580 AM from interference at night, it uses a directional antenna with a six-tower array. Its transmitter is on Tower Road near Interstate 81 in East Pennsboro Township. Programming is simulcast on 130-watt FM translator 103.7 W279EC and on the HD2 digital subchannel of sister station 97.3 WRVV.
Weekday mornings begin with a news and interview program hosted by R.J. Harris. The show is simulcast on co-owned 1340 WRAW in Reading. The rest of the weekday schedule is from iHeart subsidiary Premiere Networks: The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Jesse Kelly Show and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Weekends feature shows on money, health, guns, gardening, travel and technology, some of which are paid brokered programming. Syndicated weekend hosts include Rich DeMuro on Tech, Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.
Until July 2022, WHP had a local afternoon drive time host, Ken Matthews. Matthews was named one of the 100 most important talk radio show hosts (the "Heavy Hundred") in America by Talkers Magazine in 2020. Another past host on WHP was Bob Durgin, on the station from 1989 to 2013.
The Department of Commerce granted John S. Skane a license for a new station, WHBG, on February 20, 1925. It had studios at 2810 North Fourth Street in Harrisburg, transmitting on 1300 kHz. In late 1926, ownership was transferred to Macks Battery Service, and the call sign was changed to WMBS. As of December 31, 1926, the station was reported to be operating on a self-assigned frequency of 833 kHz.
Following the formation of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), the new regulators issued a series of temporary authorizations beginning on May 3, 1927, with WMBS assigned to 820 kHz. That was changed on June 1, 1927, to 1280 kHz. Stations were also informed that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard. On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued General Order 32, which notified 164 stations, including WMBS, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it." However, the station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed.
On November 11, 1928, the FRC implemented a major reallocation of station transmitting frequencies, as part of a reorganization resulting from its implementation of General Order 40. WMBS was assigned to 1430 kHz, sharing this frequency with WKBN in Youngstown, Ohio. On October 19, 1928, the FRC granted Mack's Battery Company a construction permit to move the station to 1430 kHz, followed by a new license for operation on the new frequency on January 31, 1929. WMBS was required to share 1430 kHz with WBAK and hence it could not be a full-time station.
The station's license was transferred by the FRC to Pennsylvania Broadcasting Company effective March 22, 1929, accompanied by a change in call sign to WHP. On December 1, 1930, the FRC granted another transfer of the license to WHP, Incorporated. On January 26, 1933, WHP was granted full time operation, no longer having to share its frequency. The FRC granted WHP full-time operation (6 am to 1 am) on April 27, 1934.
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WHP (AM)
WHP (580 kHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, serving the Harrisburg metropolitan area. It broadcasts a talk radio format, and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios are on Corporate Circle in Harrisburg, off North Progress Avenue.
WHP is powered at 5,000 watts, non-directional during the day. To protect other stations on 580 AM from interference at night, it uses a directional antenna with a six-tower array. Its transmitter is on Tower Road near Interstate 81 in East Pennsboro Township. Programming is simulcast on 130-watt FM translator 103.7 W279EC and on the HD2 digital subchannel of sister station 97.3 WRVV.
Weekday mornings begin with a news and interview program hosted by R.J. Harris. The show is simulcast on co-owned 1340 WRAW in Reading. The rest of the weekday schedule is from iHeart subsidiary Premiere Networks: The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Jesse Kelly Show and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Weekends feature shows on money, health, guns, gardening, travel and technology, some of which are paid brokered programming. Syndicated weekend hosts include Rich DeMuro on Tech, Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.
Until July 2022, WHP had a local afternoon drive time host, Ken Matthews. Matthews was named one of the 100 most important talk radio show hosts (the "Heavy Hundred") in America by Talkers Magazine in 2020. Another past host on WHP was Bob Durgin, on the station from 1989 to 2013.
The Department of Commerce granted John S. Skane a license for a new station, WHBG, on February 20, 1925. It had studios at 2810 North Fourth Street in Harrisburg, transmitting on 1300 kHz. In late 1926, ownership was transferred to Macks Battery Service, and the call sign was changed to WMBS. As of December 31, 1926, the station was reported to be operating on a self-assigned frequency of 833 kHz.
Following the formation of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), the new regulators issued a series of temporary authorizations beginning on May 3, 1927, with WMBS assigned to 820 kHz. That was changed on June 1, 1927, to 1280 kHz. Stations were also informed that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard. On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued General Order 32, which notified 164 stations, including WMBS, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it." However, the station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed.
On November 11, 1928, the FRC implemented a major reallocation of station transmitting frequencies, as part of a reorganization resulting from its implementation of General Order 40. WMBS was assigned to 1430 kHz, sharing this frequency with WKBN in Youngstown, Ohio. On October 19, 1928, the FRC granted Mack's Battery Company a construction permit to move the station to 1430 kHz, followed by a new license for operation on the new frequency on January 31, 1929. WMBS was required to share 1430 kHz with WBAK and hence it could not be a full-time station.
The station's license was transferred by the FRC to Pennsylvania Broadcasting Company effective March 22, 1929, accompanied by a change in call sign to WHP. On December 1, 1930, the FRC granted another transfer of the license to WHP, Incorporated. On January 26, 1933, WHP was granted full time operation, no longer having to share its frequency. The FRC granted WHP full-time operation (6 am to 1 am) on April 27, 1934.