WHAV-LP (97.9 FM) – branded 97.9 WHAV – is a non-commercial low-power radio station licensed to serve Haverhill, Massachusetts, and owned by Public Media of New England, Inc. WHAV-LP services the immediate Merrimack Valley, it considers itself the successor station to the original WHAV (1490 AM now WCCM) also licensed to Haverhill, and transmits from WHAV's original 1947 transmitter site. In addition to its standard analog transmission, WHAV-LP's audio is also carried in part, by a number of public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable television stations.
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Broadcast area | Merrimack Valley |
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| Frequency | 97.9 MHz |
| Branding | 97.9 WHAV |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Public Media of New England, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | September 2016 |
Call sign meaning | Haverhill |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 193811 | |
| Class | Low-power FM |
| ERP | 4 watts |
| HAAT | 151.934 meters (498.47 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°46′23.33″N 71°5′59.2″W / 42.7731472°N 71.099778°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | whav |
History
editIn the fall of 2013, Public Media of New England, Inc. submitted WHAV's application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an LPFM license at 98.1 MHz.[2] This was later changed to 97.9 MHz, and a construction permit was granted on January 9, 2015, with the callsign WHAV-LP.[3] The station went on the air in September 2016,[4] and was licensed the following month.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WHAV-LP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ Stimson, Leslie. "WHAV Applies for LPFM". radioworld.com. Radio World. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ↑ FCC database, application ref. no. BNPL-20131113AKZ
- ↑ Fybush, Scott (September 26, 2016). "NERW 9/26/16: Bold Gold – A Little Bolder". Fybush.com. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ↑ Fybush, Scott (October 10, 2016). "NERW 10/10/2016: Hockey on the Radio". Fybush.com. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
External links
edit- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 193811 (WHAV-LP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WHAV-LP at FCCdata.org
- WHAV in Nielsen Audio's FM station database