KWHN

KWHN
City	Fort Smith, Arkansas
Broadcast area	Fort Smith, Arkansas
Branding	NewsTalk 1320 KWHN
Slogan	Fort Smith's News & Talk
Frequency	1320 kHz
First air date	1947
Format	News Talk Information
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	22099
Transmitter coordinates	35°24′36″N 94°21′30″W / 35.41000°N 94.35833°W / 35.41000; -94.35833
Former callsigns	KWHN (1947-2000) KYHN (2000-2008)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kwhn.iheart.com

KWHN (1320 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format to the Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA area. The stations are licensed to Capstar TX Limited Partnership and owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. .

The station had been assigned the callsign KWHN, but changed to KYHN on November 22, 2000. The callsign was changed back to KWHN on April 3, 2008.^[1]

On April 2, 2008, the 1650 kHz station (KWHN at the time, Facility 87114) filed a 'Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA' with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the following reason:

"Due to heavy spring rains, localized flooding of a nearby waterway placed the transmitter site, and the transmitter itself under several feet of water. Access to the site to determine damage has only recently been allowed, and a casual inspection has revealed tremendous amounts of damage.

In order to be allowed time to decide how to best proceeded (sic) with this facility, the licensee requests Special Temporary Authority to remain silent for up to 1 year."^[2]

According to the filing, the flood damage occurred on March 24, 2008.

On April 3, 2008, the FCC granted the callsign exchange, thus the 1320 kHz station became KWYN again after seven and a half years as KYHN.

On September 17, 2012 the FCC was notified that KYHN is in the process of being sold, and that the new licensee intends to return the station to the air as soon as possible. ^[3]

References

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KWHN

Radio-Locator Information on KWHN

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KWHN

Radio stations in the Ft. Smith, Arkansas market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.3 91.3 91.7 92.3 92.7 93.7 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.9 96.3 97.9 99.1 99.9 100.7 102.7 103.1 104.7 105.1 106.3 107.3 107.9

By AM frequency	950 1230 1280 1320 1410 1580 1650

By callsign	KAOW KARG KBBQ KBHN KDYN-FM KERX KEZA KFPW KFPW-FM KFSA KFSW KHGG KHGG-FM KISR KKBD KKRI KLFS KLSZ KMAG KOMS KPRV KQBK KREU KRMW KTCS KTCS-FM KTTG KUAF KWHN KXMX KZBB KZKZ

Defunct	KJQS (1060 AM)

Nearby radio markets Fayetteville Hot Springs Idabel Little Rock Texarkana Tulsa See also List of radio stations in Arkansas

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Arkansas

Stations	KARN-FM – Sheridan KARV – Russellville KAWW – Heber Springs KBJT – Fordyce KBTM – Jonesboro KCAB – Dardanelle KFAY – Farmington KFPW – Fort Smith KHTE-FM – England/Little Rock KJMT – Calico Rock KQEW – Fordyce KVRC – Arkadelphia KWHN – Fort Smith KZNG – Hot Springs

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Arkansas

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio NBC News Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

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