WHGH (AM 840) is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Contemporary format., and licensed for Thomasville, Georgia, United States, in the Tallahassee, Florida area. The station is owned by Moses L. Gross, a black Thomas County Commissioner, through his HGH Investments Corporation.[1]
The station's license was cancelled and its callsign deleted from the Federal Communications Commission's database on April 6, 2012, for failure to renew.[2] The licensee submitted a petition for waiver and reinstatement, claiming that "the loss of WHGH was represents a severe blow to the people it serves" and "The Commission should not let a rigid adherence to its rules result in the loss of yet another minority-owned voice in our Nation's media landscape."[1] The FCC granted a waiver in June 2013, restoring the callsign and accepting a late renewal application, and granting special temporary authority to resume operations pending renewal.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b c d Oxenford, David (February 11, 2013). "Petition for Waiver and Reinstatement of License (Attachment 12 to BR-20130208ABM)". Letter to Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ^ "Broadcast Actions, April 11, 2012" (PDF). United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Public Notice Comment: BR-20130208ABM". CDBS Public Access. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ^ Doyle, Peter H. (June 7, 2013). "WHGH(AM), Thomasville, Georgia, Facility ID No. 25733, Request for Special Temporary Authorization" (typescript). Letter to David D. Oxenford. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
External links
- WHGH in the FCC AM station database
- WHGH in Nielsen Audio's AM station database