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WHKF

Frequency
99.3 mhz
Present owner Clear Channel Broadcasting
Original call letters WCMB-FM
Original owner Rossmoyne Corp. (Ed K. Smith, Edgar Shepard)
Original studio location 360 Poplar Church Road, Wormleysburg
Original transmitter location 360 Poplar Church Road, Wormleysburg
Previous formats "Light favorites" early-on, rock hits in the late '70s, various flavors of adult contemporary in the '80s, oldies in the '90s
Previous station names Rock 99, Sunny 99, Mix, KOOL
Previous owners Gemini (Danzis and Hillard), Barnstable, Dame Media
Previous program directors RJ Harris (Rock 99 and KOOL), Bob Paiva, Dan Steele, many others
Previous call letters WSFM, WHIT, WIMX, WWKL

Rock 99 reception card - circa 1978 (Portzline collection)

360 Poplar Church Road (Portzline collection)

Ed K. Smith page

 

TechnoZone (for the technically curious)

WCMB-FM application record - PDF file (Portzline collection)

1965 Construction Permits - PDF file (Portzline collection)

Early construction expenses - Examples of application and equipment invoices from 1962-68 - PDF file (Portzline collection)

1970 license renewal (Portzline collection)

1971 construction permit to move antenna to new tower (Portzline collection)

1973 license (Portzline)

1975 license (Portzline)

1978 license (Portzline)

1981 license renewal (Portzline)

September 1984 construction permit to raise effective radiated power and antenna height (Portzline collection)

December 1984 modified construction permit to raise effective radiated power and antenna height (Portzline collection)

FM tower is raised from 305' to 400' in 1985 - mast with WSFM antenna lays on ground (Portzline)

WHIT becomes WIMX in 1988 - Official FCC notice (Portzline collection)

1988 WIMX license - PDF file (Portzline)

 

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