WYHL

Meridian, Mississippi
Frequency	1450 kHz
Branding	Fox Sports Meridian 99.7 FM 1450 AM [1]
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner	Mississippi Broadcasters LLC
Sister stations	WJDQ , WZKS , WOKK , WJXM , WMOG
History
First air date	1947  ( 1947 )
Former call signs	WTOK (1946?1957) WOKK (1957?1973) WQIC (1973?1987) WMDN (1987?1990) WQIC (1990?1991) WMGP (1991?1996) WFFX (1996?2007)
Call sign meaning	"Hallelujah" (previous format)
Technical information
Facility ID	7064
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates	32°23′09″N 88°41′36″W  /  32.38583°N 88.69333°W  / 32.38583; -88.69333
Translator(s)	99.7 W259BP (Meridian)

WYHL (1450 AM ) is a sports radio station in Meridian, Mississippi , owned by Mississippi Broadcasters, LLC.

History [ edit ]

The station was first licensed in 1947 as WTOK, owned by the Meridian Broadcasting Company. ^[2] It changed its call sign to WOKK on April 1, 1957, after being sold to the New South Broadcasting Corporation by the Southern Television Corporation ^[2] (which retained WTOK-TV ^[3] ); to WQIC on October 15, 1973, after a sale to Torgerson Broadcasting Company; ^[2] to WMDN on April 13, 1987; back to WQIC on February 9, 1990; to WMGP on September 20, 1991; to WFFX on August 16, 1996; and to WYHL on March 23, 2007. ^[4]

As of September 26, 2016, WYHL is now being heard on W259BP 99.7 FM in Meridian. (Info taken from Radio-Locator and fccdata.org)

As of January 17, 2017, WYHL changed format from gospel to sports, with programming from Fox Sports Radio . (info taken from stationintel.com)

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• WYHL in the FCC AM station database
• WYHL in Nielsen Audio 's AM station database
• W259BP in the FCC FM station database
• W259BP at FCCdata.org

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