WHAP
WHAP (1340 AM) is a country music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Hopewell, Virginia, serving Petersburg, Virginia. WHAP is owned by Bruce D. Gee and Davie E. Gee, through licensee Gee Communications, Inc. The station first signed on the air on January 16, 1949, as WHAP. It was originally licensed to the Hopewell Broadcasting Company and served as the primary local radio outlet for Hopewell and surrounding Prince George County. The call letters were chosen to represent "Hopewell And Petersburg". Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, WHAP maintained a full-service middle-of-the-road (MOR) and adult contemporary format, often emphasizing local news and high school sports. In 1988, the station was acquired by Gee Communications, Inc., owned by Bruce and David Gee, who transitioned the station to a country music format branded as "The Point". In the early 2010s, the station briefly shifted to a sports talk format as an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio, branded as "Fox Sports 1340," before eventually returning to its country roots. As of 2025, the station continues to operate from its studio location in Hopewell, simulcasting its programming on FM translator W245CU at 96.9 MHz .
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| Broadcast area | Petersburg, Virginia |
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| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
| Branding | The Point |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country music[1] |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | January 16, 1949[2] |
Call sign meaning | Hopewell And Petersburg |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 33900 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°17′46.0″N 77°18′50.0″W / 37.296111°N 77.313889°W |
| Translator | 96.9 W245CU (Hopewell) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | whapradio.com |
WHAP (1340 AM) is a country music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Hopewell, Virginia, serving Petersburg, Virginia.[1] WHAP is owned by Bruce D. Gee and Davie E. Gee, through licensee Gee Communications, Inc.[4]
The station first signed on the air on January 16, 1949, as WHAP.[5] It was originally licensed to the Hopewell Broadcasting Company and served as the primary local radio outlet for Hopewell and surrounding Prince George County.[6] The call letters were chosen to represent "Hopewell And Petersburg".[7]
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, WHAP maintained a full-service middle-of-the-road (MOR) and adult contemporary format, often emphasizing local news and high school sports.[8] In 1988, the station was acquired by Gee Communications, Inc., owned by Bruce and David Gee, who transitioned the station to a country music format branded as "The Point".[9]
In the early 2010s, the station briefly shifted to a sports talk format as an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio, branded as "Fox Sports 1340," before eventually returning to its country roots.[10] As of 2025, the station continues to operate from its studio location in Hopewell, simulcasting its programming on FM translator W245CU at 96.9 MHz .[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-565. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHAP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WHAP Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ "WHAP Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1950. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1950. p. 302.
- ^ "History of WHAP Radio". D.C. Radio History. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Virginia Radio History: The Tri-Cities". Virginia Radio History. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Call Sign History: WHAP (Facility ID 33900)". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ Venta, Lance (August 12, 2022). "WHAP Returns To Country". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "WHAP 1340 AM/96.9 FM Radio Station". Hopewell/Prince George Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
External links
[edit]- WHAP The Point
- Facility details for Facility ID 33900 (WHAP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WHAP in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 138712 (W245CU) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W245CU at FCCdata.org
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