WMFH-LP

WMFH-LP is a Radio Reading Service formatted broadcast radio station.^[2] The station is licensed to Columbus, Mississippi, but is heard southwest of the city proper.^[1] WMFH-LP is owned and operated by Classic Book Radio Corporation.^[1]

WMFH-LP

Columbus, Mississippi[1] United States
Broadcast area	Southwest of Columbus
Frequency	95.5 MHz
Branding	Classic Book Radio
Programming
Format	Radio Reading Service[2]
Affiliations	LibriVox
Ownership
Owner	Classic Book Radio Corporation[1]
History
First air date	March 21, 2016 (9 years ago) (2016-03-21)[3]
Technical information[4]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	192662
Class	L1
ERP	82 watts
HAAT	22.2 meters (73 ft)[1]
Transmitter coordinates	33°26′1.40″N 88°29′54.10″W[1]
Links
Public license information	LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.wmfhlp.org

History

The station signed on the air on March 21, 2016.^[3]

WMFH-LP was started primarily because of Lowndes County's very low education level.^[5] Station founder and CEO Christopher Howard said the station "can be an important tool or introducing people to the large body of quality English literature they might not otherwise experience, including timeless works from Aesop to Melville and from Shakespeare to Mark Twain."^[5]

Howard also began a fundraising campaign using Indiegogo to raise funds for the station. The station's goal was $10,000 to purchase the station's equipment, which included studio gear, an Emergency Alert System encoder/decoder, transmitter, and a streaming hosting service.^[6][7] The first book read on the station was "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen.^[6]