WHME (103.1 FM, "PulseFM") is a Christian radio station in

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. The flagship radio station of

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, it broadcasts a

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format as part of a

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with 96.9 WHPZ and 92.1 WHPD. The station carries a

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format, ''Harvest FM'', on its

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subchannel.

History

WHME has a long history of airing

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, and was the original host of the Christian contemporary music festival that is now known as the World Pulse Festival, which began as a free concert to celebrate WHME's 19th anniversary in 1987.History of World Pulse Festival
World Pulse Festival. Accessed August 15, 2012 On December 9, 1996, WHME's Christian contemporary music format moved to WHPZ, and the station switched to a Christian talk format, branded as ''Harvest FM''. In March 2018, it was announced that WHME would return to the PulseFM format (forming a

with it and WHPD), and that all three stations would upgrade their signals to deploy

service (with the ''Harvest FM'' programming moving to the HD2 subchannels of all three stations).

References

External links

WHME-FM Harvest FM's official website
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