WHPD (92.1

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. WHPZ (96.9 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to

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. WHME (103.1 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to

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. The three stations are known as "Pulse FM" and they

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. They are owned by

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Broadcasting, part of the

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, started by

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. LeSEA stands for the Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association. Pulse FM serves the

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, including South Bend and Elkhart. All three stations are licensed for

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operations and feature a

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format on their HD2 side channels known as "Harvest", continuing the format formerly heard on WHME before it began to simulcast its sister stations in 2018.

History

WHME, the flagship station of LeSEA, was the original host of the

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festival that is now known as the World Pulse Festival, which began as a free concert to celebrate WHME's 19th birthday 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 96.9 FM. In 2018, WHME returned to its Christian contemporary format as a simulcast of Pulse FM, and its former talk and teaching format moved to the HD2 side channels of all three Pulse stations. WHPD

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the air in 1971. It broadcast on 97.7 MHz with the

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WDOW-FM. It was the FM counterpart to

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WDOW, which is now defunct. WDOW-FM moved to 92.1 MHz and changed its call letters to WVHQ in 1994. (The 97.7 spot on the dial is now the home of

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WYXX in

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.) WVHQ returned to the WDOW-FM call sign in 2000, continuing with its mainstream

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music format as "Q92". LeSea Broadcasting bought the station in February 2005 for $950,000. It became WHPD in 2006, as a Christian Contemporary music station. WHPZ signed on the air on March 1, 1993. Its call letters were WYEZ, owned by WMRI, Inc. The station aired an

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format. In January 2000, it was bought by LeSea Broadcasting for $280,296.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2007 page D-189
/ref> LeSea switched the format to contemporary Christian music.

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* * {{Family Broadcasting Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1971 1971 establishments in Michigan HPD Family Broadcasting Corporation Cass County, Michigan