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363: 27: 1096: 354:, an unincorporated area south of Benton Harbor. The station's transmitter and broadcast tower are also at this location. WHFB is also heard on 102.5 FM, through a translator in Benton Harbor. 1588: 1897: 1124: 1767: 913: 1902: 1817: 1772: 206: 535: 1581: 1802: 1787: 600: 1117: 939: 926: 884: 1892: 1827: 1782: 1812: 1797: 1574: 1822: 1882: 1843: 1807: 424: 1504: 1110: 419:
format. It was branded "All Talk - AM 1060" and later "Fox News Radio AM 1060". Over the years, hosts heard on the station have included
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WHFB began broadcasting September 22, 1947. It ran 1,000 watts, during daytime hours only, and was owned by the
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In 1985, the station was sold to WHFB Broadcast Associates Ltd. Partnership, along with sister station 99.9
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are the dominant stations on this frequency. It broadcasts from its studios on Fairplain Avenue located in
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Stanley R. Banyon, who also had started local radio station WHFB in 1947, died in 1967 at age 80.
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format. In 1996, the station adopted a 1970s based oldies format, with programming from
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The station returned to the air on September 2, 2013. The station aired
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Programs/Issues Quarterly Lists 4th Quarter 2013, 1st Quarter 2014
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format, with a wide variety of music, along with talk shows,
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sports, and other programming. By 2020, it had adopted an
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format in the 1980s. By 1989, the station had adopted a
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Radio station in Benton Harbor–St. Joseph, Michigan
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Benton Harbor
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