WHLM (AM)

WHLM (930 AM, "NewsRadio WHLM") is a radio station broadcasting a full-service oldies/classic hits format.[1] Licensed to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States, the station is currently owned by Columbia Broadcasting Company (not a part of CBS Radio). The station is news intensive with local and national news at the top and bottom of every hour during the day.

For the FM radio station in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States formerly holding the call sign WHLM-FM from 1981-2001, see WCFT-FM. For the FM radio station in Berwick, Pennsylvania, United States formerly holding the call sign WHLM-FM from 2006-2017, see WMMZ.
WHLM
CityBloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Frequency930 kHz
BrandingNewsRadio WHLM
Programming
FormatOldies/Classic hits/News
AffiliationsFox News Radio
Ownership
OwnerColumbia Broadcasting Company
WBWX
History
First air date
1947 (as WCNR)
Former call signs
WCNR (1947-2001)
Call sign meaning
Harry L. Magee
Technical information
Facility ID12465
ClassD
Power2,000 watts day
18 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
41°1′0.00″N 76°27′44.00″W
Translator(s)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewhlm.com

The Columbia Broadcasting Company also owns WBWX (which serves as a satellite station of WHLM), and a second company called Columbia FM Inc. which formerly owned Classic Rock 103.5. The stations studios are located on East Main Street in downtown Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.

On March 21, 2022, the Press Enterprise reported that owner Joe Reilly sold WHLM and the Columbia Broadcasting Company to Seven Mountains Media for $450,000. The sale did not include the stations' studios location.[2][3]

History

In the fall of 1947, two brand new radio stations signed on-the-air in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The Morning Press (now Press Enterprise) signed on 930 WCNR and a group of local business people signed on 690 WLTR.

In September 1951, Harry L. Magee of Magee Industrial Enterprises changed the call letters of WLTR to WHLM

In October 1953, daytime only WHLM 690 moved to AM 550, a full-time channel and WHLM became Bloomsburg's first 24-hour radio station.

In September 1956, Harry built and signed on WHLM-FM 106.5

In 1966, The Morning Press sold 930 WCNR to the station manager Ed Darlington.

Press Enterprise in 1998 petitioned the Federal Communications Commission for a waiver to buy back 930 WCNR.

In 1998, Magee Industrial Enterprises sold WHLM-AM 550 and WHLM-FM 106.5 to the Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation. Under this ownership, they turned off WHLM-AM 550 and later changed the WHLM-FM call letters to WFYY, "Flight 106.5", later Y106.5, and now "Bigfoot Country".

In April 2001, Press Enterprise turned off AM 930 WCNR.

Joe Reilly formed the Columbia Broadcasting Company in September 2001 and purchased the assets of 930 WCNR-AM from the Press Enterprise. The studios, offices and historic call letters were restored in the WHLM Building on the Square in Downtown Bloomsburg. The station signed back on-the-air as "The New 930 WHLM."[4][5]

In March 2022, it was announced that the Columbia Broadcasting Company would sell its network of stations to Seven Mountains Media,[6] after nearly 21 years of ownership. The sale would make 930 WHLM a sister station to WCFT-FM, which used to hold the WHLM callsign.

References
  1. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Spring 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  2. "WHLM owners sell for $450G". pressenterpriseonline.com. Press Enterprise. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. "Seven Mountains Media Expands In Northeast PA". RadioInsight. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. "WHLM History". History - WHLM. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. "The History of WHLM". WHLM-AM. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. "Seven Mountains Media Expands In Northeast PA". RadioInsight. Retrieved 23 March 2022.


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