WYHL | |
City: | Meridian, Mississippi |
Branding: | Fox Sports Meridian 99.7 FM 1450 AM[1] |
Frequency: | 1450 kHz |
Translator: | 99.7 W259BP (Meridian) |
Format: | Sports |
Power: | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
Class: | C |
Facility Id: | 7064 |
Coordinates: | 32.3858°N -88.6933°W |
Callsign Meaning: | "Hallelujah" (previous format) |
Affiliations: | Fox Sports Radio |
Owner: | Mississippi Broadcasters LLC |
Sister Stations: | WJDQ, WZKS, WOKK, WJXM, WMOG |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WYHL (1450 AM) is a sports radio station in Meridian, Mississippi, owned by Mississippi Broadcasters, LLC.
The station was first licensed in 1947 as WTOK, owned by the Meridian Broadcasting Company.[2] It changed its call sign to WOKK on April 1, 1957, after being sold to the New South Broadcasting Corporation by the Southern Television Corporation[2] (which retained WTOK-TV[3]); to WQIC on October 15, 1973, after a sale to Torgerson Broadcasting Company;[2] to WMDN on April 13, 1987; back to WQIC on February 9, 1990; to WMGP on September 20, 1991; to WFFX on August 16, 1996; and to WYHL on March 23, 2007.[4]
As of September 26, 2016, WYHL is now being heard on W259BP 99.7 FM in Meridian. (Info taken from Radio-Locator and fccdata.org)
As of January 17, 2017, WYHL changed format from gospel to sports, with programming from Fox Sports Radio. (info taken from stationintel.com)