WFHK-AM

WFHK-AM (AM 1430) is a radio station owned by Adam Stocks' Stocks Broadcasting and located at 22 Cogswell Avenue in Pell City. In addition to country music the station airs programming from the ABC Radio network. Weekdays feature "Swap Shop", a "tradio" program while the "Sunday School Hour" has aired each Sunday morning since 1963.

The station was granted its original permit by the Federal Communications Commission on November 2, 1955 and began broadcasting early in 1956.

In February 1999, Betty Williamson's St Clair Broadcasting System reached an agreement to sell WFHK to Douglas Williamson's Williamson Broadcasting for a reported $10,000. Subsequently the station was sold to Stocks Broadcasting in January 2001 for a reported $275,000. The station was named "Small Business of the Year" by the Greater Pell City Chamber of Commerce that year.

References

• Hanner, Gary (October 22, 2003). "Sunday tradition reaches out over the airwaves". The Daily Home.
• Norwood, Chris (March 4, 2007). "Locally operated radio stations competing with technology". The Daily Home.
• "WFHK." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 31 Oct 2008, 06:19 UTC. 16 May 2009 [1].

External links

• WFHK website