WHUR-FM

WHUR-FM
Broadcast areaMetro D.C.
Frequency96.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding96.3 WHUR
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatUrban adult contemporary
Subchannels
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
OwnerHoward University
WHUT-TV
History
First air date
1939 (85 years ago) (1939) (W3XO experimental)
September 1946 (78 years ago) (1946-09)
Former call signs
W3XO (1939–1946)
WINX-FM (1946–1949)
WTOP-FM (1949–1971)[1]
Former frequencies
43.2 MHz (1939–1947)
44.7 MHz (1947)
92.9 MHz (1946–1947)[1]
Call sign meaning
Howard University Radio
Technical information
Facility ID65707
ClassB (Non-commercial)
ERP16,500 watts
HAAT244 meters
Transmitter coordinates
38°57′01″N 77°04′46″W / 38.950389°N 77.079417°W / 38.950389; -77.079417
Translator(s)HD2: 98.3 W252DC (Reston, Virginia)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Listen Live (HD3)
Listen Live (HD4)
Websitewhur.com
thequietstormstation.com (HD2)
whbc963hd3.com (HD3)
dcradio.gov (HD4)

WHUR-FM (96.3 MHz) is an urban adult contemporary radio station that is licensed to Washington, D.C., and serving the Metro D.C. area. It is owned and operated by Howard University, making it one of the few commercial radio stations in the United States to be owned by a college or university, as well as being the only independent, locally-owned station in the Washington, D.C., area. Staff members of the station mentor the students of the university's school of communications. The studios are located on campus in its Lower Quad portion, and the transmitter tower is based in the Tenleytown neighborhood. It is also co-owned with its television partner, WHUT-TV, one of D.C.'s PBS affiliates.

WHUR is also the home of the original Quiet Storm program, which longtime D.C. listeners have rated number one in the evening since 1976, and which spawned the namesake music genre that now airs on many radio stations across the United States. In 2005, it also began broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity.