WKHI (94.5 FM, "94.5 KHI") is a commercial

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that is licensed to

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, United States and serves the

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. The station is owned by The Voice Radio Network and broadcasts a classic hits format.

History

The station was granted an initial construction permit for 94.9 FM in November 2015. Originally called WMDS, it switched its

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to WAMS in May 2016. On April 1, 2017, the station signed on the air with a triple-A format as "94.9 WAMS", programmed under an LMA between Miriam Media and Robin Rothschild. In October 2017, Seaford Media, LLC (now Vinco Media, LLC) purchased WAMS from Miriam Media; the new owner flipped the station to adult hits as "94.9

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" on November 1, moving that format from WSUX-FM. On September 19, 2018, WAMS adopted the legacy WKHI call letters that were used previously at 99.9 FM (now WWFG) when it was a

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(CHR) station. On January 30, 2019, the station flipped to classic hits as "94.9 KHI". From May 1 to June 7, 2019, WKHI was

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on WXSH (106.1 FM). In January 2020, WKHI was sold to The Voice Radio Network. The following month, the station relaunched its classic hits format with the new tagline "Delmarva's Super Hits", focusing on classic hits from the 1980s and 1990s. Promotion for the relaunch included former personalities of the 1990s CHR incarnation of WKHI. In July 2022, WKHI changed frequencies to 94.5 FM. Syndicated programming on WKHI includes ''

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'' — the 1980s version on Saturdays and 1990s on Sundays.

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