WHMA (AM)

WHMA (1390 AM, "Mighty Power 1390") is a radio station licensed to serve Anniston, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Williams Communications, Inc.

It broadcasts a Gospel music format and features news programming from Fox News Radio.

History

WHMA began broadcasting in Anniston on November 3, 1938. Operating on 1420 kHz (kilocycles or kc) with a daytime-only power of 100 W, it was owned by the Anniston Broadcasting Company. The call letters were for Harry M. Ayers, president of the owning company and publisher of The Anniston Star. In about 1940, the FCC granted permission to operate at 1450 kHz with 250 W day and night. WHMA-FM, 100.5 MHz class C 100 kW, was added in 1947. In 1955, WHMA purchased WSPC, their primary competitor in Anniston, and took over this station's operation at 1390 kHz, 5 kW-D, 1-kW DA-N. The call letters WSPC were first used by a police radio station in Michigan. An agreement was reached to have the letters transferred to the new broadcast station being built in Anniston and owned by Stanton Ingram and Elbert Boozer. WSPC opened in July 1949. These call letters were abandoned after the WHMA purchase.

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