WHHD explained

WHHD
City:Clearwater, South Carolina
Area:Augusta, Georgia
Branding:HD98.3
Translator:95.5 W238AU (Augusta, relays HD2)
Airdate:April 1987 (as WCNA)
Format:Top 40 (CHR)
Subchannels:HD2: WCHZ-FM simulcast
Erp:11,500 watts
Haat:148 meters (486 feet)
Class:C3
Facility Id:24148
Coordinates:33° 30' 44" N, 82° 04' 48" W
Callsign Meaning:W Hit music in HD radio
Former Callsigns:WCNA (1987–1993)
WSLT (1993–2006)
Affiliations:Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Owner:Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc.
Licensee:Beasley Media Group Licenses, LLC
Sister Stations:WCHZ-FM, WDRR, WGAC, WGAC-FM, WGUS-FM, WKXC-FM,
Webcast:Listen Live Link (High)
Listen Live Link (Low)
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Website:hd983.com
Licensing Authority:FCC

WHHD (98.3 FM) is a top 40 (CHR) station serving the Augusta, Georgia metro area. It is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., through licensee Beasley Media Group, LLC, and is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Clearwater, South Carolina to broadcast with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 11.5 kW. Its studios are located just two blocks from the Augusta-Richmond County border in unincorporated Columbia County, Georgia and the transmitter is in Martinez, Georgia. It is the only Top 40 formatted station in the Augusta market.

History

98.3 signed on as WCNA in April 1987 with an easy listening format. It became WSLT in 1993 with an adult contemporary format under the handle "Lite 98.3".

In February 2006, the station dropped the AC format and aired a loop of a brief snippet of Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc." (the laughing heard in the beginning and end of the song) nonstop for 24 hours. When the stunt ended, "HD98.3" was born with a CHR format, filling the void left when the former WZNY flipped to country as WIBL a little more than a year previous.

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