Broadcast area | Lexington Metro Area |
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Frequency | 1420 kHz |
Branding | The Rooster |
Programming | |
Format | Country music |
Affiliations | Mercer County High School Burgin Independent Schools[1] |
Ownership | |
Owner | Hometown Broadcasting of Harrodsburg Inc |
WHIR, WRNZ | |
History | |
First air date | June 25, 1955[2] |
Call sign meaning | Hometown Broadcasting Network (owners) |
Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 22084 |
Class | D |
Power | 1,000 watts day 46 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°44′3″N 84°48′50″W / 37.73417°N 84.81389°W |
Translator(s) | 99.5 W258DH (Harrodsburg) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | Official Website |
WHBN (1420 AM) is a country music–formatted radio station licensed to Harrodsburg, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by Hometown Broadcasting as part of a triopoly with Danville–licensed news/talk station WHIR (1230 AM) and Lancaster–licensed hot adult contemporary station WRNZ (105.1 FM).[4] All three stations share studios on Shakertown Road (KY 33) north of Danville, while its transmitter is located along Bellow Mills Road southeast of Harrodsburg.