WHRP
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| Broadcast area | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Frequency | 94.1 MHz |
| Branding | 94.1 WHRP |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban adult contemporary |
| Ownership | |
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| WUMP, WVNN, WVNN-FM, WWFF-FM, WZYP | |
| History | |
First air date | 1996 (as WXQW) |
Former call signs | WDJU (3/1995-11/1995) WXQW (1995–2007)[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 22264 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 710 watts |
| HAAT | 288 meters (946 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°40′50″N 86°30′55″W / 34.68056°N 86.51528°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | whrpfm.com |
WHRP (94.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Gurley, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and the license is held by Cumulus Licensing LLC. WHRP broadcasts an urban adult contemporary music format to the Huntsville, Alabama, market.[3] Its transmitter is located southeast of downtown Huntsville, but its main studios are in Athens, Alabama.
Notable personalities on WHRP include local weekday hosts Toni Terrell with the "At Work Network" mid-days,[4] Big O (a.k.a. The Mayor of Soul) Saturday mornings with Classic Soul on "The Time Tunnel", and Huntsville radio veteran Kevin "The Nighthawk" Williams weekends. Notable syndicated hosts include Tom Joyner of The Tom Joyner Morning Show, Michael Baisden of The Michael Baisden Show and Keith Sweat of The Keith Sweat Hotel.[5]
Notable former on-air personnel include Bobby Wonder, Nia Noelle[6] and Ronnie Rio.[7]
Former WXQW mid-day host Chuck Boozer, apparently local, was actually the evening host at WWMG-FM in Charlotte, North Carolina.[8] Boozer recorded his WXQW air shift in about forty minutes on a computer in Charlotte as digital voice tracks for later playback on the air in Huntsville.[8] This use of "voice tracking" is a practice common to many Clear Channel-owned radio stations, as then-WXQW was at that time.