WHIL (FM)

WHIL
Frequency91.3 MHz
Programming
FormatPublic Radio - News - Talk - Classical Music
AffiliationsAlabama Public Radio
National Public Radio
BBC World Service
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
August 29, 1974; 50 years ago (1974-08-29)
Former call signs
WHIL-FM (1974–2016)
Call sign meaning
Spring HILL College
(former owner)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID61999
ClassC
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT325 meters (1,066 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
30°41′20″N 87°49′49″W / 30.68889°N 87.83028°W / 30.68889; -87.83028
Links
Public license information
WebsiteAPR.org

WHIL (91.3 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio station in Mobile, Alabama. It features news and talk programming in morning and afternoon drive times, classical music in middays and evenings, and the BBC World Service in late nights. It is part of Alabama Public Radio's "News and Classics" network and a member of National Public Radio (NPR). The studios are at the Digital Media Center on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

WHIL is a Class C station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. The transmitter tower is on Austin Lane in Spanish Fort.[2] WHIL's signal covers an area centered at the southern part of Alabama along the Gulf of Mexico Coast, stretching from Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Pensacola, Florida.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHIL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WHIL