WHYM (1260 AM) is an American

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licensed to serve

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. The station is currently owned by

Community Broadcasters, LLC Community Broadcasters, LLC is a Watertown, New York based radio holding group that owns radio stations in its own market and surrounding areas. It was founded by media executives Bruce Mittman and Jim Leven, and started out in 2006 by buying st ...

. The station currently simulcasts

WFRK WFRK (95.3 FM), known as "Live 95", is a talk formatted radio station licensed to Quinby, South Carolina. The station is owned by Community Broadcasters, LLC and is simulcast on WHYM and WTQS. History Originally, Frank FM aired on W246AW 97.1 ...

, a

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station known as "Live 95".

Programming

Syndicated talk show hosts formerly on WHYM included

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Dennis Miller Dennis Michael Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American talk show host, political commentator, sports commentator, actor, and comedian. He was a cast member of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1985 to 1991, and he subsequently hosted a stri ...

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, and

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. Sports coverage included

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, the weekday morning ''Press Box with Allen Smothers'' and University of South Carolina sports.

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airs each hour.

History

The station signed on in 1953 as WJOT and aired a variety of local programming. Then the station shared some of its programming with adult standards radio station WOLS (later WTIX, now WOLH). The slogan used by this station was "We Have Your Music". At one point WHYM was

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. GHB Broadcasting sold WTIX and WHYM to Estuardo Rodriguez in 2006. WHYM then aired a

Regional Mexican Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Genres include banda, country en español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mexico ...

music format called Radio Fiesta along with what was once again WOLS. Miller Communications, Inc. bought WOLH and WHYM in 2008. The switch to the urban oldies format was made in 2009. On March 1, 2013, WHYM changed their format to

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, with programming from

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. WHYM simulcast WOLH in Florence SC, also heard on W255BD in

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

. Miller Communications sold WHYM, eleven other South Carolina radio stations, and several translators to

for $2.5 million, in a transaction that was consummated on January 7, 2016.

References

External links

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