WHPE-FM (95.5

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) is an FM

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High Point, North Carolina High Point is a city in the Piedmont Triad region of the United States, U.S. state of North Carolina. Most of the city is in Guilford County, North Carolina, Guilford County, with parts extending into Randolph County, North Carolina, Randolph, ...

, and serving the

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region of

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, including

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and

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. The station broadcasts a

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and is owned by the

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-based

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, which has Christian stations around the U.S. National religious leaders heard on WHPE-FM include

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Chuck Swindoll Charles Rozell Swindoll (born October 18, 1934) is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher. He founded Insight for Living, headquartered in Frisco, Texas, which airs a radio program of the same name on more than 2 ...

Joni Eareckson Tada Joni Eareckson Tada (born October 15, 1949) is an American evangelical Christian author, radio host, artist, and founder of Joni and Friends, an organization "accelerating Christian ministry in the disability community". Early life Joni Eareck ...

and

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. WHPE-FM has an

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(ERP) of 100,000

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s, the maximum for non- grandfathered FM stations. In addition, it feeds a network of

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stations in North Carolina,

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History

WHPE-FM signed on in November 1947, months after its AM counterpart, WHPE (1070). That makes WHPE-FM one of the oldest FM stations in North Carolina. Both stations were originally owned by the ''

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'' daily newspaper, from which the stations derived their

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. The newspaper sold the stations in 1953. The stations aired Christian programming in the 1960s. For a brief time in the early 1970s, they switched to

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hits. The

acquired WHPE-AM-FM in October 1974, as the network's second station; the price was $650,000. On October 28, 1986, just before a fund-raiser, the WHPE studios were damaged by an

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fire. The AM station was later sold and now broadcasts Christian programming in

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WGOS WGOS (1070 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Christian radio format. Licensed to High Point, North Carolina, it serves the Piedmont Triad area. The station is owned by Iglesia Nueva Vida, a national religious broadcaster. WGOS is ...

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External links

* * HPE Bible Broadcasting Network Radio stations established in 1947 1947 establishments in North Carolina HPE-FM High Point, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-radio-station-stub