WERH (AM)

WERH (970 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Hamilton, Alabama. The station was owned by Kate F. Fite. It aired a Southern Gospel music format on partial weekday mornings and all-day Sunday while playing a country music format on weekday mornings and afternoons.^[3]

WERH

Hamilton, Alabama
Frequency	970 kHz
Programming
Format	Defunct
Ownership
Owner	Kate F. Fite
Sister stations	WERH-FM
History
First air date	1950
Call sign meaning	"William Earnest Rankin Hugh"[1] "Where Entertainment Rates High"[2]
Technical information
Facility ID	33472
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts (day only)
Transmitter coordinates	34°07′01″N 87°59′29″W

WERH was established in 1950. Although Kate F. Fite was still listed as the station's licensee in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) database, she died on June 15, 2001,^[4] and the station's December 2003 license renewal application lists the licensee as "Kate F. Fite (deceased), Martha H. Fowler, & Megan Summerford."^[5]

The station was assigned the WERH call letters by the FCC.^[6]

WERH's license was cancelled by the FCC on February 12, 2015, due to the station having been silent for more than twelve months (since November 8, 2012).