WHLR (95.9 FM) is a silent

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, United States, the station serves the Terre Haute area. The station is currently owned by David Crooks, through licensee DLC Media, Inc.

History

The station went on the air as WAGD on 1993-12-17. On 1994-05-02, the station changed its call sign to WTHC, on 1999-12-01 to WWSY, and on 2012-06-12 to WXXR. In May 2014, the website 959DukeFM.com was registered, and WXXR flipped to '90s-based Classic Country as ''95.9 Duke-FM'' shortly after Noon on the 23rd. A Facebook page has been registered for the station, promoting that Duke-FM "Plays The Legends Of Country". On May 26, WXXR changed their call letters to WDKE, to go with the "Duke FM" branding. On January 30, 2017, WDKE changed their call letters to WVIG and rebranded as "95.9 The Legend".DLC Media Sets Plans For New Terre Haute Stations
Radioinsight - January 29, 2017 This change coincided with the consummation of DLC Media's acquisition of WVIG from

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. On August 4, 2021, DLC Media filed a license assignment for a sale of WVIG to

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format on the station. On October 1, 2021, DLC took the station silent. On January 14, 2022, the station changed its call sign to WHLR.

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* HLR Radio stations established in 1997 1997 establishments in Indiana {{Indiana-radio-station-stub