WHTU (103.9
MHz
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) is a
commercial
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* a dose of advertising ...
FM radio station
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licensed to
Big Island, Virginia
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, and serving the
Lynchburg metropolitan area
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.
WHTU broadcasts a
classic hits radio format
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and is owned by Gary Burns' Three Daughters Media, through licensee KSM Holdings, LLC.
The
studio
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The word ''studio'' is derived from the , from , from ''studere'', meaning to study or zeal.
Types Art
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s and offices are off Forest Road in
Forest, Virginia
Forest is a census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Bedford County, Virginia, United States. The population was 11,709 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Forest is located at (37.37072 ...
.
WHTU has an
effective radiated power
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(ERP) of 190
watt
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s as a
Class A station. The
transmitter
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is near Sweet Hollow Road in
Forest, Virginia
Forest is a census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Bedford County, Virginia, United States. The population was 11,709 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Forest is located at (37.37072 ...
.
History
The station
signed on
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the air on . Its original
call sign
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was WXCF-FM, the
sister station
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Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
to
WXCF 1230 AM
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in
Clifton Forge, Virginia
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.
From 2009 to 2012 it was branded as Mix 104.1 with an Adult Contemporary format.
On November 2, 2012, WXCF-FM split from its
simulcast
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with
WKHF and changed its format to
Urban Adult Contemporary
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, branded as "Hot 103.9".
On December 12, 2012, WXCF-FM changed its call letters to WHTU to go with the "Hot 103.9" branding.
On June 2, 2014, WHTU changed its format to
Oldies
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Since 2 ...
and
Classic Hits, branded as "Good Time Oldies 103.9", with programming from
Westwood One
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The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1976. The co ...
's "
Good Time Oldies
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" network.
The branding was later shortened to "Oldies 103.9". In August 2015, WHTU began simulcasting on sister station
WZZI at 106.9 FM. That station was later sold to the
Educational Media Foundation
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EMF is the parent company of K-LOVE and Air1—the world's largest contempor ...
for its "
K-Love
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As of June 2019, the network's progr ...
"
Christian Contemporary
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format.
On May 31, 2022, WHTU rebranded as "Rewind 103.9".
WHTU Rewinds
Radioinsight - May 31, 2022
References
External links
Rewind 103.9 Online
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