City | Decatur, Alabama |
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Broadcast area | Huntsville, Alabama |
Branding | The Big Talker - 800 & 1230 |
Slogan | "The Valley's Big Talker" |
Frequency | 800 kHz |
First air date | October 1948 |
Format | News/Talk |
Power | 1000 watts (day) 215 watts (night) |
Class | D |
Facility ID | 44023 |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°35′55″N 87°00′24″W / 34.59861°N 87.00667°W |
Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
Sister stations | WBHP (AM), WDRM, WQRV, WTAK |
Website | wbhpam.com |
WHOS (800 AM, "The Big Talker") is a radio station licensed to serve Decatur, Alabama, USA. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and the broadcast license is held by Capstar TX Limited Partnership. WHOS is one of five stations in the Huntsville, Alabama, market owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. The station is also simulcast on WBHP at 1230 AM in Huntsville, a 106.5 FM broadcast translator in Huntsville, and on WQRV-HD2 (HD Radio).
WHOS broadcasts a news/talk format that serves northwest Alabama and south-central Tennessee. The station's current programming is a simulcast of Huntsville, Alabama, sister station WBHP (1230 AM), "The Valley's Big Talker." The studios for both stations are located in nearby Madison, Alabama.
Notable local weekday programming includes The WBHP Morning Program with Gary Dobbs and Toni Lowery plus the late-morning The Will Anderson Show. Notable syndicated weekday programming includes Coast to Coast AM with George Noory,The Dave Ramsey Show,Paul Finebaum of the The Paul Finebaum Radio Network, and The Glenn Beck Program. Weekend programming includes local news and sports, Somewhere In Time hosted by Art Bell,Fox News Sunday, and select programming from Fox Sports Radio.