WHFA

WHFA

City	Poynette, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Madison
Frequency	1240 kHz
Format	Catholic radio
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Class	C
Facility ID	54617
Transmitter coordinates	43°21′38″N 89°24′8″W / 43.36056°N 89.40222°W / 43.36056; -89.40222
Former callsigns	WIBU
Owner	Starboard Media Foundation (Starboard Media Foundation, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.relevantradio.com/

WHFA (1240 AM) is a radio station licensed to Poynette, Wisconsin, USA. The station serves the Madison area. It currently broadcasts a Catholic format. The station is currently owned by Starboard Media Foundation. WHFA previously had the call letters WIBU.^[1]^[2] The station is an affiliate of Relevant Radio.

The frequency once belonged to WIBU, Poynette, Wisconsin. Founded in 1925 by William C. Forrest. Forrest is regarded as an early pioneer of Wisconsin broadcasting. The randomly assigned call letters of WIBU were quickly adopted to mean “Wind Is Being Used” or “Wind Is Behind Us” as Forrest utilized windmills to generated electricity for the station. The station’s studios were housed in a streamlined art-modern style building located on N2349 WIBU Road in Poynette. In the spring of 1988 WIBU gained national notoriety in national media as it adopted an all polka format. The polka format lasted until 1991. In 1999 the format changed to “Music of Your Life.” WIBU was sold in 2001 and changed to a religious format. WIBU’s frequency, 1240am, is currently being used by WHFA that broadcasts a Catholic religious format. Veteran Wisconsin Public Radio announcer Jim Packard, announcer of “Whad’Ya Know” was among WIBU alums.

References

↑ "WHFA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WHFA Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WHFA

Radio-Locator Information on WHFA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WHFA

Radio stations in the Madison, Wisconsin market

By FM frequency	88.7 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.9 91.1 91.3 91.7 92.1 93.1 93.7 94.1 94.9 95.9 96.3 97.1 98.1 99.1 99.3 99.9 100.1 100.5 100.9 101.5 101.9 102.5 103.3 104.1 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.3 107.9

By AM frequency	810 970 1070 1190 1240 1310 1350 1480¹ 1550 1580¹ 1670

By callsign	W215AQ W216BL W265CV W270AU W277AE W300BM WBGR-FM WBKY WCNP WDDC WDMP WDMP-FM WERN WHA WHFA WHIT WHHI WIBA WIBA-FM WIDE-LP WIXL-LP WJJO WJQM WJVL WJWD WLMV WMAD WMGN WMHX WMMM-FM WNWC WNWC-FM WOLX-FM WORT WOZN WOZN-FM WPDR WSJY WSUM WTMJ WTTN WTLX WTSO WWHG WWQM-FM WXJ87 WXXM WZEE

NOAA Weather Radio	162.550

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Relevant Radio stations

Owned and operated stations	KIXL WDVM WHFA WJOK WKBH WKBM WLOL WMMA-FM WNSW WNTD WSJP WSJP-FM WSJW WWCA WWJZ WYNW

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