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| logo = File:WVHU NewsRadio800 logo.png
| logo = File:WVHU NewsRadio800 logo.png
| name = WVHU
| name = WVHU
| airdate =
| airdate = {{start date|1947|7}}
| frequency = 800 [[Kilohertz|kHz]]
| frequency = 800 [[Kilohertz|kHz]]
| city = [[Huntington, West Virginia]]
| city = [[Huntington, West Virginia]]
| area = [[Huntington, West Virginia]]
| area = [[Huntington, West Virginia]]
| format = [[News radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|Talk]]
| format = [[Talk radio|News/talk]]
| owner = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]
| owner = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC
| callsign_meaning = '''W'''est '''V'''irginia '''HU'''ntington
| callsign_meaning = "West Virginia Huntington"
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WHTN (1947–1959)|WKEE (1959–1979)|WHTN (1979–1983)}}
| erp = 5,000 watts (daytime) <br /> 185 watts (nighttime)
| power = 5,000 [[watt]]s day<br />185 watts night
| branding = News Radio 800
| branding = News Radio 800
| class = B
| class = D
| facility_id = 505
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| website = [http://www.800wvhu.com 800wvhu.com]
| affiliations = [[Fox News Radio]]<br>[[Compass Media Networks]]<br>[[Premiere Networks]]
| sister_stations = [[WAMX]], [[WBVB]], [[WKEE-FM]], [[WTCR-FM]], [[WZWB]]
| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/news-talk-800-wvhu-2629/ Listen Live]
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| website = [http://800wvhu.iheart.com 800wvhu.iheart.com]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
}}


'''WVHU''' is a talk radio station in the [[Huntington, West Virginia]] market. Its offerings are similar to other news talk stations owned by [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]], as it is the home for [[Glenn Beck]], [[Rush Limbaugh]] and [[Sean Hannity]]. The station also carries live play-by-play of the [[Cincinnati Reds]].
'''WVHU''' (800 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[Talk radio|news/talk]] [[radio station]] in the [[Huntington, West Virginia]] market. Its offerings are similar to other news talk stations owned by [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]], as it is the home for [[Glenn Beck]], ''[[The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show]]'', and [[Sean Hannity]]. The station also carries live play-by-play of the [[Cincinnati Reds]].


Previously, rival station [[WRVC (AM)|WRVC]], carried the Reds and Limbaugh, until Clear Channel acquired the station and moved the programming. WVHU is simulcast on [[WZZW]], located to the east in [[Milton, West Virginia]] and covering the [[Teays Valley]] area. This gives the station the range of a more powerful station. Previously it was also simulcast on [[WIRO]] located to the west, but this station was dropped on April 6, 2009.
Previously, rival station [[WRVC (AM)|WRVC]], carried the Reds and [[Rush Limbaugh]], until Clear Channel acquired the station and moved the programming. Previously it was also simulcast on [[WITO|WIRO]] located to the west, but this station was dropped on April 6, 2009, and [[WZZW]], which was dropped in April 2021.


In recent years the station has led the market in AM radio listenership.
In recent years{{when|date=April 2022}} the station has led the market in AM radio listenership.


Prior to adapting a news-talk format, WVHU used the call sign WKEE (which is used by an FM station in Huntington) and featured a Top 40 music format. With its daytime signal extending beyond the Tri-State region centered on Huntington-Ashland-Ironton, the former WKEE was the major Top 40 station for Eastern Kentucky, Southern Ohio, and Northern West Virginia. During that era, WKEE used the slogan "The Tri-State's Friendly Giant." Before becoming WKEE, the station was known as WHTN and it was under those call signs that comedian [[Soupy Sales]] began his career as a writer and disc jockey.
Prior to adapting a news-talk format, WVHU used the call sign WKEE (which is used by an FM station in Huntington) and featured a Top 40 music format. With its daytime signal extending beyond the Tri-State region centered on Huntington-Ashland-Ironton, the former WKEE was the major Top 40 station for Eastern Kentucky, Southern Ohio, and Northern West Virginia. During that era, WKEE used the slogan "The Tri-State's Friendly Giant." Before becoming WKEE, the station was known as WHTN and it was under those call signs that comedian [[Soupy Sales]] began his career as a writer and disc jockey.
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.800wvhu.com WVHU Website]{{AM station data|WVHU}}
*[http://www.800wvhu.com WVHU Website]{{AM station data|505|WVHU}}


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[[Category:Radio stations in West Virginia|VHU]]
[[Category:Radio stations in West Virginia|VHU]]
[[Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1973]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1947]]
[[Category:1973 establishments in West Virginia]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in West Virginia]]
[[Category:IHeartMedia radio stations]]
[[Category:IHeartMedia radio stations]]


Latest revision as of 08:42, 24 July 2024

WVHU
Broadcast areaHuntington, West Virginia
Frequency800 kHz
BrandingNews Radio 800
Programming
FormatNews/talk
AffiliationsFox News Radio
Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
WAMX, WBVB, WKEE-FM, WTCR-FM, WZWB
History
First air date
July 1947 (1947-07)
Former call signs
  • WHTN (1947–1959)
  • WKEE (1959–1979)
  • WHTN (1979–1983)
Call sign meaning
"West Virginia Huntington"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID505
ClassD
Power5,000 watts day
185 watts night
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Website800wvhu.iheart.com

WVHU (800 AM) is a news/talk radio station in the Huntington, West Virginia market. Its offerings are similar to other news talk stations owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., as it is the home for Glenn Beck, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, and Sean Hannity. The station also carries live play-by-play of the Cincinnati Reds.

Previously, rival station WRVC, carried the Reds and Rush Limbaugh, until Clear Channel acquired the station and moved the programming. Previously it was also simulcast on WIRO located to the west, but this station was dropped on April 6, 2009, and WZZW, which was dropped in April 2021.

In recent years[when?] the station has led the market in AM radio listenership.

Prior to adapting a news-talk format, WVHU used the call sign WKEE (which is used by an FM station in Huntington) and featured a Top 40 music format. With its daytime signal extending beyond the Tri-State region centered on Huntington-Ashland-Ironton, the former WKEE was the major Top 40 station for Eastern Kentucky, Southern Ohio, and Northern West Virginia. During that era, WKEE used the slogan "The Tri-State's Friendly Giant." Before becoming WKEE, the station was known as WHTN and it was under those call signs that comedian Soupy Sales began his career as a writer and disc jockey.

WHTN began broadcasting in July 1947 as a daytime station on 800 kHz with 1 KW power, licensed to the Greater Huntington Radio Corp.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WVHU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WHTN Underway" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 4, 1947. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
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