WHEB
| City | Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 750 kHz |
| First air date | 1932 |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Facility ID | 35220 |
| Owner | Knight Broadcasting |
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WHEB was a limited-time AM radio station in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which existed from 1932 until 1991, last owned by Knight Broadcasting.[1][2][3]
History
WHEB was first authorized on March 8, 1932, to Granite State Broadcasting in Portsmouth, for 250 watts on 740 kHz.[4] The call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs. When it first signed on the air, WHEB was one of only three radio stations in New Hampshire in the early days of broadcasting.[5] WHEB was originally a daytimer, generally required to go off the air at local sunset, in order to avoid nighttime interference to a clear channel station in Atlanta, 50,000 watt WSB.
In March 1941, under the provisions of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, the stations on 740 kHz, including WHEB, moved to 750 kHz. At this time WHEB was also changed from a "daytime-only" to a "limited-time" station, which meant it could now additionally operate from local sunset until sunset at Atlanta.[6]
In 1959, WHEB was acquired by Knight Broadcasting of New Hampshire. Three years later, it was forced to rebuild after a fire damaged the facilities.[7]
In 1991, Knight Broadcasting decided the AM station was no longer needed, as most listeners could receive WHEB-FM in stereo on 100.3 FM, rather than listen to the weak AM station required to go off the air at night. WHEB AM 750 was taken dark and the license handed in to the Federal Communications Commission, which cancelled it on March 8, 1991. (Portsmouth's other AM radio station, 1380 WPLA, co-owned with WHEB, was shut down in 2015.)
References
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 42
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1965 page B-96
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1985 page B-172
- ↑ "New stations: Broadcasting stations", Radio Service Bulletin, March 31, 1932, page 6.
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 42
- ↑ "United States Assignments", Arrangement between the United States of America, Canada, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Mexico, comprising recommendations of the North American Regional Radio-Engineering Meeting (supplemental to North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement [NARBA], Habana, 1937), page 1424.
- ↑ "Fire Ravages Radio Station". Valley News. Associated Press. March 9, 1962. p. 3. Retrieved January 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- FCC Station Search Details: DWHEB (Facility ID: 35220)
- FCC History Cards for WHEB (covering 1931-1980)
Template:Portsmouth Radio Template:Daytime-only radio stations in New Hampshire
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