WBHP (1230 AM)
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| Broadcast area | Madison County, Alabama |
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| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
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| History | |
First air date | May 23, 1937 |
Last air date | October 3, 2024 |
Former frequencies | 1200 kHz (1937–1941) |
Call sign meaning | Wilton "Buster" H. Pollard (former owner) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 44025 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°43′9.3″N 86°35′42″W / 34.719250°N 86.59500°W |
| Translator | 102.5 W273CX (Huntsville) |
| Repeater | 102.1 WDRM-HD2 (Decatur) |
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Public license information | |
WBHP (1230 AM) was a commercial radio station licensed to Huntsville, Alabama, United States, and served Madison County. Last owned by iHeartMedia, it aired a talk format as part of a simulcast with WHOS (800 AM) in nearby Decatur, FM translator W273CX at 102.5 MHz and on the second HD Radio channel of WDRM (102.1 FM). Its studios were located in Madison, Alabama, and its AM transmitter was located on Peoples Road near Interstate 565 in Madison, Alabama southwest of downtown Huntsville.
WBHP went on the air in 1937. It was the indirect successor to a previous station, WBHS, which operated from 1932 to 1935. WBHP was a country music station until 1997, when it began an all-news format. The station went off the air in 2024 after its tower collapsed; it did not return, and surrendered its license in 2025.