WHBU

WHBU

City	Anderson, Indiana
Broadcast area	Muncie-Marion
Branding	Newstalk Sports Anderson
Frequency	1240 kHz
Translator(s)	103.7 MHz (W279CL)
First air date	April 1923
Format	News Talk Information
Power	700 watts day 700 watts night
Class	C
Facility ID	2212
Transmitter coordinates	40°4′25.00″N 85°41′58.00″W / 40.0736111°N 85.6994444°W / 40.0736111; -85.6994444
Owner	Woof Boom Radio Muncie License LLC
Website	1240whbu.com

WHBU (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Anderson, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Muncie-Marion area. The station is currently owned by Woof Boom Radio Muncie License LLC.^[1] The station currently carries Rush Limbaugh, Dave Ramsey and Sean Hannity.

WHBU is the longest running commercial radio station in Anderson,the second oldest radio station in Indiana and the oldest commercial station in Indiana.

History

WHBU made its initial sign-on in April 1923. Its founder and original owner was the Anderson Broadcasting Corporation and for much of its history,was located(along with its rooftop transmitting tower...now razed) in the Citizens Bank Building on Meridian Plaza in downtown Anderson. Once located at 1210 kHz in the 1930s,it would affiliate with the CBS Radio Network until its sale in 1998. It was a stand-alone AM with a full service middle of the road format before becoming clustered with Muncie area stations operated by the present-day Backyard Broadcasting. WAXT (now WBKQ) in nearby Alexandria would later join the cluster. A gradual trend towards soft adult contemporary took place beginning in the mid-1970s, which was reflected in its jingle package "Reaching Out, Touching You" produced by Pepper-Tanner Productions in Memphis. Its main competition was the former WHUT (AM)with a Top 40 (and later a country) format and the original WLHN "Stereo 98" as its FM sister with an easy listening format...which is now WGNR and WGNR-FM with a gospel format owned by Moody Broadcasting.

References

↑ "WHBU Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WHBU

Radio-Locator Information on WHBU

Radio stations in the Muncie-Marion, Indiana market

By FM frequency	88.3 90.7 91.3 92.1 93.5 96.1 96.7 97.9 98.7 99.1 99.3 101.7 102.5 104.1 104.9 106.9

By AM frequency	700 860 990 1070 1190 1240 1340 1400 1450 1470

By callsign	WBAT WBKQ WBST WCJC WFNI WGNR WGNR-FM WHBU WJPB-LP WERK WIKL WKMV WKPW WLBC-FM WLW WLYV WMDH-FM WMDH WMRI WMXQ WOWO WQLK WQME WRFM WWHI WXFN WXXC

Defunct	WWDS 90.5 FM

Nearby radio markets Dayton Ft. Wayne Indianapolis Lafayette Lima South Bend See also List of radio stations in Indiana

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Indiana

Stations	WAOV – Vincennes WBIW – Bedford WCMR – Elkhart WFCV-FM – Bluffton WFWI - Fort Wayne WGBF – Evansville WGCL – Bloomington WHBU – Anderson WIBC – Indianapolis WIBQ – Terre Haute WIMS – Michigan City WIOU – Kokomo WKBV – Richmond WLTH – Gary WOWO – Fort Wayne WRSW – Warsaw WSBT – South Bend WSLM - Salem WSLM-FM - Salem WTRC – Elkhart

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

Old radio tower demolition with photos

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