History of
WPLH/WWHY/WKSD/WWHY/WHRD/WEMM,
Huntington
This page is under construction and was last revised on March 23, 2007.
WPLH went on the air on Nov. 29, 1946. An article in the Portsmouth Times on Nov. 30, 1946, reported:
Two former employes of the local radio station, Harold Arthur and Albert Villistrigo,
are on the staff of the new station, WPLH, which took to the air in Huntington for the first
time Friday night. Mr. Arthur is newscaster and Mr. Villistrigo, under the name of
Tim Collins, is chief announcer. The new station is a Mutual network affiliate.
WPLH-FM went on the air in 1947.
The 1947 Broadcasting Yearbook shows WPLH on 1450 kHz with 250 watts, owned by Huntington Broadcasting Corp., 1105 Fourth Ave.,
a Mutual affiliate. Personnel: F. J. Evans, pres. & gen. mgr.; Claude Landry, coml. mgr.; Lillian P. Swann, prom. mgr.;
Jay Caldwell, prog. dir.; William H. Hansher Jr., chief engr.
The yearbook also shows a construction permit for an FM on Channel 258 (99.5 MHz), 38 kw.
The 1950 Broadcasting Yearbook shows WPLH on 1450 kHz with 250 watts and WPLH-FM on 102.5 MHz with 41 kw.
The station has the call letters WWHY in the 1976 yearbook, WKSD in the 1980 yearbook, and WWHY again in the 1986 yearbook.
1963 WWHY music surveys, provided by Paul Urbahns.
WWHY music survey from Dec. 29, 1963; WWHY DJ cards (photos courtesy of Paul Urbahns)
Detail from Dec. 29, 1963, music survey
Ad from 1947 City Directory; ad from 1949 City Directory
Audio
Files provided by Paul Urbahns.
WWHY weekend song, ca. 1962
wwhy_weekend_song.mp3
[This song was produced by Pepper-Tanner. The original cut
was produced for WCAO in Baltimore.]
WWHY jingle, 1960s: wwhy_big_voice.mp3
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