WHMA-FM

WHMA-FM

City	Hobson City, Alabama
Broadcast area	Anniston-Oxford metropolitan area
Branding	The Big 95
Slogan	"Alabama's Favorite Country Music"
Frequency	95.5 MHz
First air date	1984
Format	Country
ERP	530 watts
HAAT	332 meters (1089 feet)
Class	A
Facility ID	52320
Transmitter coordinates	33°37′38″N 85°53′25″W / 33.62722°N 85.89028°W / 33.62722; -85.89028
Callsign meaning	Harry M. Ayers
Former callsigns	WASZ (1984-2004)^[1]
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Owner	Williams Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WHMA (AM)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	whmabig95.com

WHMA-FM (95.5 FM, "The Big 95") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format.^[2] Licensed to Hobson City, Alabama, USA, it serves the Anniston-Oxford metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Williams Communications, Inc.

History

The station was originally applied-for by Perry Communications in 1979, with Ashland, Alabama as its city of license. After being approved in 1980, it was granted two extensions to the original 18 months before its construction permit expired in 1981. After later being granted a new CP in 1983, it finally went on the air and was given a license to cover in 1984. During this process, the city of license was changed from Ashland-Lineville, Alabama to its current Hobson City. The station was WASZ until mid-December 2004.^[1]

WHMA-FM has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to change its frequency down by one channel, from 95.5 to 95.3 FM. The station will change its city of license again to Alexandria, Alabama in conjunction with this change. The station will have the same transmitter location and height, but will drop its power in the maximum direction from 530 watts to 400. A different directional antenna will also be used, shifting the southern end of its coverage area further west. old new

The WHMA-FM callsign and radio format were previously on 100.5, which moved all the way to metro Atlanta to become WWWQ (now WNNX) FM in January 2001. WHMA-FM began broadcasting in 1947 and owned by Consolidated Publishing which printed The Anniston Star newspaper. Licensed to Anniston, Alabama WHMA was a class C 100,000 watt FM. The present WHMA-FM signed on the air January 2005 as a class A 6000 watt previously licensed to Ashland, Alabama as "Real Country" WASZ 95.5. WHMA-FM sister station WHMA-AM signed on the air in 1938. WHMA-AM broadcasts on 1390 as "Mighty Power 1390" with a power of 5000 watts daytime and 1000 watts directional night programming a black gospel format. WHMA-FM played a country music format from March 1985-January 2001 and the current WHMA-FM also plays a country format.

History of call letters

The call letters WHMA-FM were earlier assigned to another station in Anniston. It began broadcasting November 10, 1947, on 100.5 MHz. Studios were in the Radio Building in Anniston. The station was licensed to Anniston Broadcasting Company, which also had the license for WHMA (AM).^[3]

References

1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "WHMA-FM Launched" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 24, 1947. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WHMA

Radio-Locator information on WHMA

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WHMA

Radio stations serving the Anniston, Alabama market

by FM frequency	88.3 89.1 90.7 91.3 91.7 91.9 92.7 95.5 97.9 98.3 100.7 105.9

by AM frequency	780 990 1120 1290 1340 1390 1450 1490 1580

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

by call sign	KIH58 WCKF WDNG WEIS WFEB WFXO WFZX WGRW WHMA WHMA-FM WHOG WJCK WKLS WKNG-FM WLJS-FM WPIL WTBJ WTDR-FM WVOK WVOK-FM WYEA WZZX

Defunct	WPPT (1230 AM)

Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Alabama

Country radio stations in the state of Alabama

Stations	WAAO-FM – Andalusia WALQ - Carrville WAMI-FM – Opp WBAM-FM – Montgomery WBMH – Grove Hill WBZR-FM – Atmore WCKA – Jacksonville WCKF – Ashland WDJR – Hartford WDRM – Decatur WDXB – Pelham/Birmingham WDXX – Selma WECB – Headland WEIS – Centre WELB – Elba WELR-FM – Roanoke WERH-FM – Hamilton WFFN – Coaling/Tuscaloosa WFHK – Pell City WFMH-FM – Hackleburg WGOL – Russellville WHMA-FM – Hobson City WHSL – Lisman WINL – Linden WIXI – Jasper WJDB-FM – Thomasville WKDG – Sumiton WKEA-FM – Scottsboro WKGA – Goodwater WKKR – Auburn WKNU – Brewton WKSJ-FM – Mobile WKUL – Cullman WLAY-FM – Littleville WLDX – Fayette WLMA - Alexander City WLWI-FM – Montgomery WOPP – Opp WPIL – Heflin WPPG – Repton WQAH-FM – Addison WQSB – Albertville WQSI – Tuskegee WQZX – Greenville WRAB – Arab WRLD - Valley/Columbus, GA WRMG – Red Bay WSMX-FM – Goshen WSTH-FM – Alexander City WTBC – Tuscaloosa WTDR – Gadsden WTDR-FM – Talladega WTID – Thomaston WTVY-FM – Dothan WTWX-FM – Guntersville WTXT – Fayette/Tuscaloosa WVSA – Vernon WVVL – Elba WWFF – New Market/Huntsville WWIC – Scottsboro WXFL – Florence WZOB – Fort Payne WZZK-FM – Birmingham

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Alabama

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