WHSL
radio station in Lisman, Alabama
WHSL (107.7 FM, "Hot 107.7") is a radio station licensed to Lisman, Alabama, and serving the Butler radio market. Owned by Augustus Foundation, Inc., WHSL has a transmitter at its studios on Pushmataha Road in Butler.
When on the air, WHSL broadcasts an urban adult contemporary music format to the greater Meridian, Mississippi area. It is the only locally programmed radio station in the area.
History
K. Darryl Jackson received the original construction permit for a new FM station from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on March 5, 1997. The new station was assigned the call letters WPRN-FM by the FCC on June 9, 1997. WPRN-FM received its license to cover from the FCC on January 9, 2003.
In August 1999, K. Darryl Jackson applied to the FCC to transfer the broadcast license for WPRN-FM to Butler Broadcasting Corporation. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 5, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on November 30, 1999. Butler Broadcasting Corporation is 100%-owned by Darryl Jackson.
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