WHME (FM) explained

WHME
Airdate:[1]
City:South Bend, Indiana
Country:US
Area:Michiana
Format:Christian contemporary
Subchannels:HD2: Christian talk "Harvest FM"
Owner:Family Broadcasting Corporation
Erp:3,000 watts
Coordinates:41.6031°N -86.2142°W
Branding:PulseFM
Facility Id:37149
Licensing Authority:FCC
Class:A
Callsign Meaning:"World Harvest Michiana Entertainment"

WHME (103.1 FM, "PulseFM") is a Christian radio station in South Bend, Indiana. The flagship radio station of Family Broadcasting Corporation,[1] it broadcasts a contemporary Christian music format as part of a trimulcast with 96.9 WHPZ and 92.1 WHPD.

The station carries a Christian talk and teaching format, Harvest FM, on its HD Radio subchannel.

History

WHME has a long history of airing Christian contemporary music, and was the original host of the Christian contemporary music festival that is now known as the World Pulse Festival, which began as a free concert to celebrate WHME's 19th anniversary in 1987.[2] [3]

On December 9, 1996, WHME's Christian contemporary music format moved to WHPZ, and the station switched to a Christian talk format, branded as Harvest FM.[4]

In March 2018, it was announced that WHME would return to the PulseFM format (forming a trimulcast with it and WHPD), and that all three stations would upgrade their signals to deploy HD Radio service (with the Harvest FM programming moving to the HD2 subchannels of all three stations).[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.whmefm.com/About-Us.cfm About Us
  2. http://www.christiantoday.com/article/world.pulse.festival.attracts.50000/1301.htm World Pulse Festival Attracts 50000+
  3. http://www.worldpulsefestival.com/About-Us/History-of-World-Pulse-Festival.cfm History of World Pulse Festival
  4. Web site: December 2, 2004. LeSEA purchasing radio station WDOW. November 17, 2020. Leader Publications.
  5. Web site: admin. March 26, 2018. Pulse FM Expands South Bend Reach. November 17, 2020. HisAir.Net. en-US.