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653: 559:. A secretary testified that Shipp kept a second WHHM bank account even after selling the station and commingled personal and business funds; she noted that most of Shipp's capital investment came from a lease-back arrangement with a New York company for the station's equipment. After returning and testifying in his own case, Shipp was personally declared bankrupt in April after another creditor from another business filed a petition for involuntary bankruptcy; the judge in that case noted Shipp's "effort to defraud" his creditors. The $ 146,000 owed Shipp by WHHM made Shipp WHHM's largest creditor and also was Shipp's largest asset against more than $ 320,000 of debts. 29: 580: 571:, would give WHHM's creditors 33 cents of every dollar owed them. Meanwhile, WLOK would move its programming from 1480 to 1340 kHz, build a new transmitter facility to take advantage of the nighttime broadcasting authorization on 1340 kHz (though 1480 kHz was authorized for 5,000 watts during daylight hours, more than 1340), and sell the 1480 kHz license. With Goff explaining that the WHHM license had been a "dog" to sell, the deal was approved by a federal bankruptcy referee on July 16. 435:(FCC) for a construction permit to build a new radio station to broadcast with 250 watts on 1340 kHz in Memphis. It was the second time Herff, a local auto dealer, had filed for a radio station that year; in January, he applied for an FM station at 45.3 MHz. The FM station was approved in November 1945, and the FCC approved the AM station permit on February 13, 1946. Construction immediately began on facilities to house the AM and FM stations in the 416: 680:, settling in as a consistent second-place to WDIA. Over the years, what had been a more teen-oriented station shifted its focus to adults, adopting a gospel format in 1985 in order to stave off competition from FM stations adopting the same format. Gilliam Communications made several other expansions, attempting to win the rights to channel 13 in Memphis when RKO General was to be replaced as owner of 535:, before cutting ties and searching for a station to own himself. Upon taking over in November, Grumbles replaced all the disc jockeys with a new airstaff, consisting mostly of former Memphians returning from other cities; he also changed the operation so that all music was played from cartridges instead of records. The station also increased daytime power to 1,000 watts in November 1962. 552:
minority stake in the station from another Mercury shareholder and objected to the transaction. Their successful efforts to halt the sale, however, soon took on a new dimension when it was revealed in early February that federal investigators were looking into two other Shipp businesses on mail fraud charges and that Shipp's whereabouts were unknown.
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magazine, two White employees were fired and a third transferred to New Orleans. The new general manager, Billy T. Lathem, was viewed by the 11 Black employees on staff as an "Uncle Tom who made promises but didn't carry them through". As a result, they walked out and were fired on July 21, demanding
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WLOK operates on the fifth-oldest radio license in Memphis, which dates to 1946 as WHHM. One of the city's first personality-oriented stations, WHHM remained on the air through December 1962, when it was taken off the air in financial dire straits and amid a disputed sale. It remained silent for more
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fire, a five-alarm blaze in April 1960, destroyed the baseball stadium as well as the nearby WHHM studios and a bank branch, causing an estimated $ 1 million in damage. The fire nearly trapped the on-air announcer and his guest, who fled the burning station after black smoke entered the studio.
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WHHM, the fifth radio station in Memphis, formally debuted July 29, 1946, with a two-hour-long opening program. (The call letters either represented the car dealership, Herbert Herff Motors, or the city, Herbert Herff/Memphis.) The Sterick Building facilities contained two studios, one of them 20 by
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from 1956 to 1964. WLOK and its programming moved to 1340 kHz on the former WHHM license in 1964, allowing it to broadcast with more power and at night for the first time. In 1977, the station became the first Black-owned radio station in Memphis under Gilliam Communications ownership, adopting its
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Meanwhile, Marvin C. Goff, trustee in bankruptcy, was charged with finding a buyer for the radio station, reporting in June that two experienced broadcasters were "very strong prospects" to purchase the outlet. The lead offer came from the OK Group, which already had a Memphis radio station on the
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Broadcasting shifted to the station's transmitter site, which had moved back to the Somerville Street site in 1954, before new studios opened in July in the Holiday Towers building. A dispute over covered losses escalated into litigation when Shipp sued the Agricultural Insurance Company, based in
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in New York. It was one of the first local stations to focus on popular DJs and personalities, though in the mid-1950s increased competition began to dim the success the station enjoyed with this formula. WHHM moved to studios on Madison Avenue in 1957, vacating the Sterick Building studios, which
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s front page read "WHHM Off The Air, Staff Fired". The move came after Mercury Broadcasting had filed to sell the station back to Shipp in exchange for the cancellation of more than $ 140,000 in debt. However, two Connecticut men, Victor Muscat and Joseph P. Trantino, claimed to have bought a
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In late 1976, Starr Broadcasting, citing an interest in bigger markets and a shift in "other directions", sold WLOK to Art Gilliam for $ 725,000. The acquisition closed in January 1977, marking a milestone in Memphis radio. Gilliam was the first Black reporter on Memphis television at
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Grumbles's ownership, though, was not a financially sound one, and a battle over control of station ownership escalated on December 28, 1962. That morning, the station went off the air, all 12 employees were fired, and armed guards were stationed at the studios; the afternoon
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during an ice storm in the first week of January. The transmitter used had previously belonged to WMCF. The FM briefly attempted separate programming in 1951 before being turned off on July 1 due to a "lack of enthusiasm" for the FM programming and its financial failure.
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in October 1968, and WLOK became the first Black-owned radio station in the city. He had pursued the station since 1975, initially backing off when Starr set a $ 1 million purchase price, but it eventually opted to sell under pressure to reduce its debt.
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On December 31, 1963, the FCC granted an application to transfer the license and to relocate the transmitter to the existing WLOK site at 1386 South McLemore Avenue. As part of the sale, the 1480 facility was sold to Century Broadcasting of
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In its final years, WLOK launched one of its longest-running traditions when it organized the first "Stone Soul Picnic", a concert series and family gathering that in its first year had higher turnout than anticipated. Now held at
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back on its air after it was taken off under Starr ownership due to complaints and threats of a boycott, the retooled WLOK made an immediate ratings impression against its longtime competitor,
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joined a picket line and condemned what they saw as "racist control of our people's information". By December, Harvey Lynch, who was Black, had replaced Lathem as WLOK's general manager.
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distributor with no other radio holdings. Shipp was able to rebound the station's ratings somewhat, though he also was confronted with a task of reconstruction. The
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magazine and the National Black Programmers Coalition. Over the years, WLOK has added more talk programs to its schedule; it also started a Black Film Festival.
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was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, death threats were made on Tom Watson, the station's only White employee, who had to be escorted out of the building.
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Herff owned the station for 14 months before selling the AM and the still-unbuilt FM to Mid-South Broadcasting Company, headed by Prentis Furlow, owner of
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However, WLOK frequently ran news editorials that ran in direct opposition to Buckley's views. When this was pointed out in an early July 1971 article in
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On March 13, WHHM filed for bankruptcy; the filing listed $ 94,000 in assets against $ 511,000 in liabilities and attached Shipp to an address in
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Shipp sold WHHM in August 1960 to Bill Grumbles, doing business as Mercury Broadcasting. Grumbles formerly had been a vice president of
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formats, but Memphis presented a programming puzzle. The radio stations in town already served a wide variety of market segments, and
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the firing of the new general manager, a pay raise, and an expanded staff with more full-time employees. Members of the
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than a year before it was sold out of bankruptcy to the OK Group, which had operated Black-oriented WLOK at
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in 1950. The station had several notable DJs at this time, including big band vocalist
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covered the country format. A year later, Blumenthal sold WHHM to Thomas W. Shipp, a
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The WLOK studios at 363 S. Second Street predate WLOK's 1964 move to 1340 kHz.
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Station was owned by the OK Group from 1964 to 1968, replacing the
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housed the original studios of WHHM and the WHHM-FM transmitter.
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WHHM was sold by Mid-South Broadcasting to Cy Blumenthal of
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In November 1968, the OK Group sold three stations—KYOK in
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After four years of independent operation, WHHM joined the
1278:"4 New Sterick Leases Signed: Total of 10,150 Square Feet" 1681:"'Effort To Defraud' Is Noted As Shipp Is Ruled Bankrupt" 1977:. Memphis, Tennessee. May 23, 1969. p. Showtime 10 2457: 2222:"Beating the odds: Gospel station celebrates 25 years" 2003:. Nashville, Tennessee. UPI. July 22, 1971. p. 31 1106:. Memphis, Tennessee. February 25, 1951. p. V:9. 920:"Good Evening: Broadcasting Column Sets Off Nostalgia" 644:, the annual event is still organized by the station. 1576:"Money Order Firm Dealings May Lead To Fraud Charges" 1411:"Ike, Nixon To Be Televised On Arrival at Convention" 2428:"Station Sales Week Of 1/15: iHeart Is A Rare Buyer" 2350:. Memphis, Tennessee. September 22, 1997. p. 14 2077:"Stone Soul Picnic still about music and family fun" 1016:. Memphis, Tennessee. October 16, 1947. p. 16. 956:. Memphis, Tennessee. November 12, 1946. p. 6. 835:. Memphis, Tennessee. February 14, 1946. p. 1. 805:. Memphis, Tennessee. November 3, 1945. p. 16. 495:, in 1958. Blumenthal's chain of stations all aired 3619: 3141: 3031: 3011: 2904: 2876: 2667: 2538: 2398:"Entrepreneur: Gilliam dedicated to black concerns" 1210:"Ron Lundy, a Rock D.J. in New York, Is Dead at 75" 1046:. Memphis, Tennessee. January 7, 1950. p. 13. 775:. Memphis, Tennessee. January 13, 1945. p. 9. 323: 311: 288: 283: 263: 224: 210: 200: 190: 178: 173: 156: 146: 125: 120: 112: 107: 95: 85: 80: 61: 51: 35: 1951:. Memphis, Tennessee. November 2, 1968. p. 12 1765:. Memphis, Tennessee. February 24, 1956. p. 3 1654:"Shipp Mingled WHHM Fund With Own, Secretary Says" 1608:. Memphis, Tennessee. February 7, 1963. p. 13 950:"The Night Desk—How Did Stations Get Their Names?" 328: 2164:"WLOK celebrates 40 years with Mid-South concert" 1495:. Memphis, Tennessee. August 26, 1960. p. 22 1162:. Memphis, Tennessee. October 4, 1950. p. 16 986:. Memphis, Tennessee. July 29, 1946. p. 11. 2485:Facility details for Facility ID 150197 (W285FI) 1898:. Memphis, Tennessee. April 12, 1964. p. 13 1660:. Memphis, Tennessee. March 28, 1963. p. 52 1634:. Memphis, Tennessee. March 14, 1963. p. 46 1076:. Memphis, Tennessee. May 26, 1949. p. 19. 895:. Memphis, Tennessee. July 27, 1946. p. 1. 865:. Memphis, Tennessee. July 13, 1946. p. 8. 1469:. Memphis, Tennessee. April 28, 1962. p. 5 1443:. Memphis, Tennessee. April 25, 1962. p. 7 1390:. Memphis, Tennessee. April 18, 1960. p. 5 1136:. Memphis, Tennessee. June 30, 1951. p. 10 2344:"WLOK: 20 years as pioneer of black ownership" 1818:. Memphis, Tennessee. July 2, 1963. p. 21 1739:. Memphis, Tennessee. June 13, 1963. p. 9 1284:. Memphis, Tennessee. May 17, 1957. p. 20 2510: 2465:Facility details for Facility ID 24214 (WLOK) 2281:"New Director Optimistic About WLOK's Future" 2248: 2246: 2215: 2213: 2211: 2127: 2125: 2104:"Start Of TV Season Looks Like Witches' Brew" 2056:. Memphis, Tennessee. June 1, 1975. p. 3 1539: 1537: 1337:. Memphis, Tennessee. July 9, 1959. p. 1 1245: 1243: 8: 2157: 2155: 1713:. Memphis, Tennessee. May 4, 1963. p. 7 443:32 feet, as well as offices and a newsroom. 21: 2371:"Concert to mark change in WLOK management" 1733:"Silent WHHM To Have Buyer, Creditors Told" 980:"WHHM In Debut Tonight With 2-Hour Program" 703:In 2016, WLOK acquired an FM translator in 3753:Gospel radio stations in the United States 2873: 2517: 2503: 2495: 2083:. Memphis, Tennessee. p. Go Memphis 7 1839:"Referee Agrees: WLOK Can Buy Silent WHHM" 611:, and WLOK—to Starr Broadcasting Group of 20: 487:Blumenthal, Shipp, and Grumbles ownership 378:, WLOK is relayed over low-power Memphis 370:and the transmitter resides in Memphis's 362:WLOK Radio, Inc., the station serves the 18:Radio station in Tennessee, United States 1971:"Station WLOK Changes Hands, Not Format" 2324:from the original on September 27, 2021 1130:"FM Classical Music Nights Leaving Air" 1010:"Radio Station WHHM Given O.K. On Sale" 716: 2253:Cicci, Samuel X. (November 12, 2019). 2102:Williams, Larry (September 13, 1976). 2024:"'Brian's Song' Hits Notes Of Courage" 1574:Allen, Richard T. (February 7, 1963). 829:"Herff Gets O.K. On New Radio Station" 672:Adding jazz to its format and putting 3768:Christian radio stations in Tennessee 3713:List of radio stations in Mississippi 2220:Jones, Jacinthia (October 12, 2002). 1919:"Ex-Resident Flees Studio in Memphis" 1544:Johnson, Robert (December 28, 1962). 1514:Johnson, Robert (November 25, 1960). 1228:from the original on January 29, 2020 7: 3758:Radio stations in Memphis, Tennessee 2396:Adler Thorp, Susan (June 24, 1990). 2132:Williams, Larry (January 19, 1977). 2022:Williams, Larry (December 1, 1971). 1628:"Petition May Help in Finding Shipp" 752: 750: 748: 746: 744: 742: 358:format. 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The stylized stencil letters "WLOK" in blue. Above them, in different stencil letters, the text "FM 105/AM 1340". Beneath, in yellow, "A Family Tradition".
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis metropolitan area
Frequency
kHz
English
Format
Gospel music
Call sign
former WLOK
FCC
Facility ID
Class
Power
watts
35°7′1.8″N 90°0′58.4″W / 35.117167°N 90.016222°W / 35.117167; -90.016222
Translator(s)
Public file
LMS
Webcast
Listen live
wlok.com
AM
radio station
Memphis, Tennessee
gospel music
doing business as
Memphis metropolitan area
Downtown Memphis
Glenview Historic District

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