WHSY (1230 AM)
radio station in United States of America
WHSY was a radio station that broadcast on 1230 AM in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. It was owned by Charles W. Holt's Hub City Broadcasting Company and broadcast from 1948 to 1994. The studios and transmitter were located on U.S. Route 11 in what is today Petal.
History
Early years
The Hub City Broadcasting Company obtained a construction permit to build a new radio station on 1220 kHz in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on April 29, 1948. The original owners were Charles W. Holt, Marvin Reuben and Vernon Cheek; Holt and Reuben had been announcers together at a radio station in Montgomery, Alabama. They had been granted the permit after changing their proposed frequency from 1230 kHz to 1220, a minor shift that required the new station to start out as a daytime-only operation. Construction proceeded, and WHSY went on the air on September 24, 1948. Reuben sold his interest ten months later. The new station had barely been on the air when its owners petitioned to move to 1230 kHz and regain the ability to broadcast at night; this was granted on August 11, 1949, and implemented on August 28. The station became an ABC affiliate.
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