WHBK

WHBK
City Marshall, North Carolina
Broadcast area Madison County, North Carolina
Northern Buncombe County, North Carolina
Branding "Solid Gospel WHBK"
Frequency 1460 AM kHz
First air date 1954[1]
Format Southern Gospel
Power 5,000 Watts daytime
139 Watts nighttime
Class D
Facility ID 61264
Transmitter coordinates 35°48′4.0″N 82°40′48.0″W / 35.801111°N 82.680000°W / 35.801111; -82.680000
Callsign meaning Hurley and Karen Buff[1]
former owners
Former callsigns WMMH (1954-1988)[2]
Affiliations Solid Gospel (Salem)
SRN Radio News (Salem)
Tar Heel Sports Network
WYFF
Owner Seay Broadcasting Company
(Seay Broadcasting, Inc.)
Webcast WHBK Webstream
Website WHBK Online

WHBK is a Southern Gospel formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Marshall, North Carolina, serving Madison County, North Carolina and Northern Buncombe County, North Carolina.[3] WHBK is owned and operated by Seay Broadcasting Company.[4]

History/Programming

WHBK began broadcasting in 1954 as WMMH.[1]

WHBK currently carries a Southern Gospel format fed from Salem Radio Networks Solid Gospel network.[1] The station also carries SRN Radio News, also from Salem, along with weather forecasts from Greenville, South Carolina NBC-affiliate WYFF.[1] Local programming consists of area farm reports, a Trading Post program, a Community Bulletin Board (featuring local events) and other programming.[1] Local sports from Madison High School and college sports from the North Carolina Tar Heels are also heard.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "About WHBK Radio". Seay Broadcasting Company. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ "WHBK Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Tar Heel Sports Network - Play-By-Play Network Affiliates" (PDF). University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill. Retrieved February 22, 2014.


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