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WHPE-FM
High Point, North Carolina; Vereinigte Staaten;
Broadcast area	Piedmont Triad
Frequency	95.5 MHz
Programmierung
Format	Christian talk and teaching
Ownership
Owner	Bible Broadcasting Network
History
First air date	November 1947 (76 years ago)
Call sign meaning	High Point Enterprise (former newspaper owner); "Where His Praises Echo" (backronym);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	5164
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	159 meters (522 ft)
Translator(s)	96.7 MHz W244BB (Princeton, WV)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.bbnradio.org

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WHPE-FM (95.5 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to High Point, North Carolina, and serving the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, including Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The station broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format and is owned by the Charlotte-based Bible Broadcasting Network, which has Christian stations around the U.S. National religious leaders heard on WHPE-FM include Adrian Rogers, Chuck Swindoll, Joni Eareckson Tada and J. Vernon McGee.

WHPE-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for non-grandfathered FM stations. In addition, it feeds a network of FM translator stations in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.

History

WHPE-FM signed on in November 1947, months after its AM counterpart, WHPE (1070). That makes WHPE-FM one of the oldest FM stations in North Carolina. Both stations were originally owned by the High Point Enterprise daily newspaper,^[2] from which the stations derived their call sign.

The newspaper sold the stations in 1953. The stations aired Christian programming in the 1960s. For a brief time in the early 1970s, they switched to Top 40 hits. The Bible Broadcasting Network acquired WHPE-AM-FM in October 1974, as the network's second station; the price was $650,000.^[3]

On October 28, 1986, just before a fund-raiser, the WHPE studios were damaged by an arson fire. The AM station was later sold and now broadcasts Christian programming in Spanish as WGOS.

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WHPE-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "Raleigh-Durham FM Dial". Archived from the original on February 1, 2003. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
^ "Religious Group Buys WHPE". High Point Enterprise. July 1, 1974. p. 1B. Retrieved October 6, 2019.

External links

Official website
Facility details for Facility ID 5164 (WHPE-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WHPE-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

35°55′11″N 80°01′46″W / 35.9196°N 80.0295°W / 35.9196; -80.0295

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[1] "Facility Technical Data for WHPE-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[rdu-2] "Raleigh-Durham FM Dial". Archived from the original on February 1, 2003. Retrieved April 27, 2010.

[3] "Religious Group Buys WHPE". High Point Enterprise. July 1, 1974. p. 1B. Retrieved October 6, 2019.

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-'''WHPE-FM''' (95.5 [[Hertz|MHz]]) is a [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[High Point, North Carolina]], and serving the [[Piedmont Triad]] region of [[North Carolina]], including [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]] and [[Winston-Salem]].  The station broadcasts a [[Christian right|Conservative]] [[Christian talk and teaching]] [[radio format]] and is owned by the [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]-based [[Bible Broadcasting Network]], which has Christian stations around the U.S.  National religious leaders heard on WHPE-FM include [[Adrian Rogers]], [[Chuck Swindoll]], [[Joni Eareckson Tada]] and [[J. Vernon McGee]].
+'''WHPE-FM''' (95.5 [[Hertz|MHz]]) is an [[FM radio|FM]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[High Point, North Carolina]], and serving the [[Piedmont Triad]] region of [[North Carolina]], including [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]] and [[Winston-Salem]].  The station broadcasts a [[Christian talk and teaching]] [[radio format]] and is owned by the [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]-based [[Bible Broadcasting Network]], which has Christian stations around the U.S.  National religious leaders heard on WHPE-FM include [[Adrian Rogers]], [[Chuck Swindoll]], [[Joni Eareckson Tada]] and [[J. Vernon McGee]].
 WHPE-FM has an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 100,000 [[watt]]s, the maximum for non-[[grandfather clause|grandfathered]] FM stations.  In addition, it feeds a network of [[FM translator]] stations in North Carolina, [[Virginia]] and [[West Virginia]].
 ==History==
-WHPE (now [[WGOS]]) first [[sign-on|signed on]] the air in July 1947 and its FM counterpart station, WHPE-FM, came on the air in November, that same year.  That makes WHPE-FM one of the oldest FM stations in North Carolina.  Both stations were originally owned by the ''[[High Point Enterprise]]'' daily newspaper.<ref name=rdu>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/rdurw/fm.html|title=Raleigh-Durham FM Dial|access-date=2010-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030201081556/http://www.geocities.com/rdurw/fm.html|archive-date=2003-02-01}}</ref>  The newspapers initials, '''H'''igh '''P'''oint '''E'''nterprise, formed the stations' [[call sign]].
+WHPE-FM signed on in November 1947, months after its AM counterpart, WHPE (1070). That makes WHPE-FM one of the oldest FM stations in North Carolina.  Both stations were originally owned by the ''[[High Point Enterprise]]'' daily newspaper,<ref name=rdu>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/rdurw/fm.html|title=Raleigh-Durham FM Dial|access-date=April 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030201081556/http://www.geocities.com/rdurw/fm.html|archive-date=February 1, 2003}}</ref> from which the stations derived their [[call sign]].
-The newspaper sold the stations in 1953. The stations aired Christian programming in the 1960s.  For a brief time in the early 1970s, they switched to [[contemporary hit radio|Top 40]] hits.  The [[Bible Broadcasting Network]] acquired WHPE-AM-FM in October 1974, as the network's second station.
+The newspaper sold the stations in 1953. The stations aired Christian programming in the 1960s.  For a brief time in the early 1970s, they switched to [[contemporary hit radio|Top 40]] hits.  The [[Bible Broadcasting Network]] acquired WHPE-AM-FM in October 1974, as the network's second station; the price was $650,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36837244/|date=July 1, 1974|work=High Point Enterprise|title=Religious Group Buys WHPE|access-date=October 6, 2019|page=1B}}</ref>
-<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?458161-Greensboro-High-Point-radio-dial-1972 |title=Greensboro/High Point radio dial 1972 |author=lumper5 |publisher=Radio Discussions |date=2005-12-29 |access-date=2016-01-16 }}
-</ref>  The price was $650,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36837244/|date=July 1, 1974|work=High Point Enterprise|title=Religious Group Buys WHPE|access-date=October 6, 2019|page=1B}}</ref>
 On October 28, 1986, just before a fund-raiser, the WHPE studios were damaged by an [[arson]] fire.  The AM station was later sold and now broadcasts Christian programming in [[Spanish-language|Spanish]] as [[WGOS]].
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-*{{official website|http://www.bbnradio.org/}}
+* {{official website|http://www.bbnradio.org/}}
-*{{FM station data|WHPE}}
+* {{FM station data|5164|WHPE-FM}}
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+[[Category:High Point, North Carolina]]

v t e Religious radio stations in the state of North Carolina
Stations	WAAE – New Bern WADE – Wadesboro WAGR – Lumberton WBFJ – Winston-Salem WBFJ-FM - Winston-Salem WBKU – Ahoskie WBKZ – Havelock WBLA - Elizabethtown WCGC – Belmont WCLW – Eden WCRU – Dallas WDRU – Wake Forest WDVV – Wilmington WEAL - Greensboro WGAS – Gastonia WGHJ – Fair Bluff WGHW – Lockwoods Folly Town WGTI – Windsor WHGW-LP – Morganton WHPE-FM – High Point WHPY – Clayton WIAM – Williamston WICE-LP – Henderson WJCV – Jacksonville WJOF-LP – Liberty WJRM – Troy WKFV – Clinton WKJW – Black Mountain WLGP – Harkers Island WLGT – Washington WLLY – Wilson WLXN – Lexington WLXZ – Pinehurst WMIT – Black Mountain WOBX – Wanchese WOGR – Charlotte WOGR-FM – Salisbury WOTJ – Morehead City WPCM – Burlington–Graham WPET – Greensboro WPFJ – Franklin WPIP – Winston-Salem WPJL – Raleigh WRAE – Raeford WSKY – Asheville WSTK - Aurora WSTS – Fairmont WTRU – Kernersville WUBN-LP – Wilson WUIT-LP – Durham WVRL – Elizabeth City WVRP – Roanoke Rapids WWIL-FM – Wilmington WWOL – Forest City WWQT – Tryon WWQY – Yadkin County WXBE – Beaufort WYAL – Scotland Neck WYBJ – Newton Grove WYDU – Red Springs WYFL – Henderson WYFQ – Charlotte WYFQ-FM – Wadesboro WYHW - Wilmington WYTR – Robbins WYZD – Dobson WZKB – Wallace
Defunct	WDLV-LP – Simpson WFWC-LP – Fremont WPTP-LP – Marble WVBS – Burgaw WWIL – Wilmington
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Carolina See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other