KWHO (107.1 FM) is a

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to serve

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, United States. The station is owned by White Park Broadcasting, Inc, a subsidiary of Oregon Trail Broadcasting. KWHO broadcasts an adult hits music format, and features programming from ABC Radio.

History

This station received its original

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from the

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on March 9,

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. The new station was assigned the

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KROW by the FCC on April 8, 2005. After one modification and overcoming an informal objection during construction, KROW received its license to cover from the FCC on March 21, 2008. On January 28, 2010, KROW changed their call letters to KWHO. The former KWHO call letters were previously used by a radio station in

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, now known as KKAT.

Construction permit

On March 23, 2009, KROW was granted a new construction permit authorizing the station to upgrade from class C3 to class C0, increase

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to 100,000 watts, increase the broadcast antenna's

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to 427 meters (1401 feet), and relocate its transmitter to the southwest at 44°34'13"N, 108°49'09"W, to better serve the larger market of

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. The new transmitter and tower site is east of Highway 14A, between

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and Powell. This permit expired on March 23, 2012.

References

External links

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FCC partial listing of other KROW radio stations

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