City | Huntsville, Alabama |
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Broadcast area | Madison County, Alabama |
Branding | The Big Talker 800/1230 |
Slogan | "The Valley's Big Talker" |
Frequency | 1230 kHz |
Translator(s) | 106.5 W293AH (Huntsville) |
First air date | April 22, 1931 (as WBHS) |
Format | Talk |
Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 44025 |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°43′09″N 86°35′42″W / 34.71917°N 86.59500°W |
Callsign meaning | Wilton "Buster" H. Pollard (former owner) |
Former callsigns | WBHS (1931-1933) |
Affiliations |
Premiere Networks Fox News Radio |
Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
Sister stations | WHOS, WDRM, WQRV, WTAK |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wbhpam.com |
WBHP (1230 kHz, "The Big Talker") is a commercial AM radio station in Huntsville, Alabama and serves Madison County. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and airs a talk radio format. WBHP programming is simulcast on AM 880 WHOS in nearby Decatur, FM translator W293AH at 106.5 FM, and on 100.3 WQRV-HD2 (HD Radio).
WBHP and WHOS have a local morning drive news and talk show hosted by Toni Lowery and Gary Dobbs. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated talk shows, mostly from co-owned Premiere Networks: Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Dave Ramsey, Michael Berry, Clyde Lewis and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.
Weekends feature shows on money, real estate, cars, travel and home repair. Weekend syndicated hosts include Rudy Maxa, Joe Pags, Gary Sullivan and Bill Cunningham. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.