WYHL

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

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 (78 years ago) (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[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	7064
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates	32°23′09″N 88°41′36″W
Translator(s)	99.7 W259BP (Meridian)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

History

The station was first licensed in 1947 as WTOK, owned by the Meridian Broadcasting Company.^[3] 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^[3] (which retained WTOK-TV^[4]); to WQIC on October 15, 1973, after a sale to Torgerson Broadcasting Company;^[3] 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.^[5]

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)