WHEW (1380 AM, "Bonita 1380") is an American

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to serve the

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Franklin, Tennessee Franklin is a city in and county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About south of Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020, its population was 83,454 ...

. The station's

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is held by SG Communications, Inc.

Programming

WHEW broadcasts a

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format branded as "Bonita 1380".

History

It used to be licensed to an earlier ownership group as WIZO, and was assigned the

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"WHEW" by the

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(FCC) on October 1, 1996. Following a series of missteps by the licensee, WHEW's call sign was deleted from the FCC database and the broadcast license cancelled in August 2012. After a lengthy appeal, the station was fully reinstated in September 2013.

References

External links

Bonita 1380 Nashville Facebook
HEW HEW Franklin, Tennessee Radio stations established in 1975 HEW Mass media in Williamson County, Tennessee 1973 establishments in Tennessee {{Tennessee-radio-station-stub