WHEO

WHEO

City	Stuart, Virginia
Broadcast area	Stuart, Virginia Patrick County, Virginia
Branding	"1270 WHEO"
Slogan	"The Heart of Patrick County"
Frequency	1270 AM kHz
First air date	October 12, 1959^[1]
Format	Classic Hits Oldies^[2]
Power	5,000 Watts daytime only
Class	D
Facility ID	46335
Transmitter coordinates	36°37′25.0″N 80°15′50.0″W / 36.623611°N 80.263889°W / 36.623611; -80.263889
Former callsigns	WHEO (1959-Present)^[3]
Affiliations	Town Hall Radio News
Owner	Patrick Community Media, Inc.
Webcast	WHEO Webstream
Website	WHEO Online

WHEO is a Classic Hits and Oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Stuart, Virginia, serving Stuart and Patrick County, Virginia.^[2] WHEO is owned and operated by Patrick Community Media, Inc.^[4]

Signing off and back on

WHEO fell Silent on August 31, 2014 due to low advertising revenue.^[5]^[6] On September 1, 2015, less than one day before the station's license expired, WHEO returned to the air.^[7] WHEO returned to the air with the help of financial support from "angel lenders in community".^[7]

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-573. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "WHEO Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "Patrick County radio station preparing to sign off the air.". WDBJ/Schurz Communications. August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
↑ "Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
1 2 Staub, Danielle (September 5, 2015). "WHEO 1270 AM back on the air". WDBJ/Schurz Communications. Retrieved September 5, 2015.

External links

1270 WHEO Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WHEO

Radio-Locator Information on WHEO

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WHEO

Radio stations in the Southside Virginia market

By AM frequency	730 900 970 1000 1050 1080 1160 1230 1250 1270 1330 1370 1400 1450 1530 1560 1570 1580

By FM frequency	89.9 90.1 90.5 90.9 95.3 95.7 96.3 98.3 99.9 103.3 103.7 104.5 105.5 106.3

By callsign	W279AO W282BH WAJL WAKG WBTM WCBX WDVA WFFC WFIC WFLO WGFC WHEE WHEO WHLF WKBY WKDE WKDE-FM WLUS-FM WMNA WMNA-FM WMPW WMVA WMVE WODI WODY WPEX WPIM WROV-FM WSBV WWDN WYTI WZBB

Defunct	WXRE-LP (97.9 FM)

Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands See also List of radio stations in Virginia

Daytime-Only radio stations in Virginia

Stations	WAVA - Arlington WCRW - Leesburg WEVA - Emporia WFIC - Collinsville WFLO - Farmville WFNR - Blacksburg WGFC - Floyd WHEE - Martinsville WHEO - Stuart WITM - Marion WJYK - Chase City WKBA - Vinton WKBY - Chatham WKDE - Altavista WKNV - Fairlawn WKQA - Norfolk WKTR - Earlysville WLOY - Rural Retreat WLQM - Franklin WPIN - Dublin WSBV - South Boston WSLK - Moneta WTZE - Tazewell WWDN - Danville WXLZ - St. Paul WYRV - Cedar Bluff

Defunct	WBDY - Bluefield WDUF - Duffield WOWZ - Appomattox WRAR - Tappahannock

See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

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