WHIY
Encyclopedia
WHIY is an Urban oldies
and Blues
music formatted radio station
that serves Huntsville, Alabama
, and the majority of the Tennessee Valley
in north Alabama
, United States
.
The WHIY call letters were on the co-owned 1190 AM signal until a 2006 re-alignment with co-owned WEUV
(originally 1700 AM) and WEUP (originally 1600 AM).
In the 1980s, the station aired a country music
format. For most of the 2000s, this station's programming had been a simulcast of sister station WEUP
. WHIY returned to independent programming in December 2007.
, and brought WEUP onto the FM broadcast airwaves. They operated WEUP & WEUZ-FM under the parent company name of Broadcast One. They continued to expand the station's audience by acquiring WHIY (1190 AM) and WEUP-FM
(103.1), both licensed to Moulton, Alabama
, in 1989. WEUV
(1700 AM) was later added to the group of stations that are part of the WEUP broadcast family.
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
and Blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
music formatted radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
that serves Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....
, and the majority of the Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley
The Tennessee Valley is the drainage basin of the Tennessee River and is largely within the U.S. state of Tennessee. It stretches from southwest Kentucky to northwest Georgia and from northeast Mississippi to the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina...
in north Alabama
North Alabama
North Alabama is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama, generally considered to include 12 counties: Cherokee, Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, and Winston, with a combined population of 958,247, or 20.84% of the state's population as...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The WHIY call letters were on the co-owned 1190 AM signal until a 2006 re-alignment with co-owned WEUV
WEUV
WEUV is an urban contemporary gospel formatted radio station licensed to Moulton, Alabama, that serves Huntsville, Alabama, and northwest Alabama, United States.Its programming is a simulcast of sister station WEUP...
(originally 1700 AM) and WEUP (originally 1600 AM).
In the 1980s, the station aired a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format. For most of the 2000s, this station's programming had been a simulcast of sister station WEUP
WEUP (AM)
WEUP is an urban contemporary gospel formatted radio station that serves Huntsville, Alabama, and the majority of the Tennessee Valley in North Alabama, United States. WEUP is dubbed "Huntsville's Heritage Station" because it was the first in the region to broadcast an urban format...
. WHIY returned to independent programming in December 2007.
Ownership
In August 1987, WEUP co-founder Viola Garrett's Garrett Broadcasting reached an agreement to sell WEUP to the married couple of Hundley Batts, Sr. and Dr. Virginia Caples. The deal was approved by the FCC on September 29, 1987, and the transaction was consummated on November 1, 1987. The couple also acquired another station, WEUZ-FM (92.1 FM), licensed to Minor Hill, TennesseeMinor Hill, Tennessee
Minor Hill is a city in Giles County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 537 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Minor Hill is located at ....
, and brought WEUP onto the FM broadcast airwaves. They operated WEUP & WEUZ-FM under the parent company name of Broadcast One. They continued to expand the station's audience by acquiring WHIY (1190 AM) and WEUP-FM
WEUP-FM
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(103.1), both licensed to Moulton, Alabama
Moulton, Alabama
Moulton is a city in Lawrence County, Alabama, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, as well as the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 3,260. The city is the county seat of Lawrence County.-Geography:Moulton is located at ...
, in 1989. WEUV
WEUV
WEUV is an urban contemporary gospel formatted radio station licensed to Moulton, Alabama, that serves Huntsville, Alabama, and northwest Alabama, United States.Its programming is a simulcast of sister station WEUP...
(1700 AM) was later added to the group of stations that are part of the WEUP broadcast family.