WHET

WHET

WHET

Radio station in West Frankfort, Illinois

For the Watertown, Massachusetts radio station that held the call sign WHET at 1330 AM from 1975 to 1979, see WRCA.
For the act of sharpening a tool, also known as "whet", see Sharpening stone.

WHET (97.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to West Frankfort, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale area. The station is owned by Withers Broadcasting and the broadcast license held by Withers Broadcasting of Southern Illinois, LLC. WHET features programming from Westwood One.[1]

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History

WHET's previous logo.

The station was assigned call sign WFRX-FM on July 24, 1979. On October 1, 1996, the station changed its call sign to WQUL and on August 18, 2009, to the current WHET.[2]

On March 9, 2011, WHET changed their format to classic country, branded as "US 97.7".

References

  1. [1]
    "WHET Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. [2]
    "WHET Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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