WHME (103.1 FM, "PulseFM") is a Christian radio station in South Bend, Indiana. The flagship radio station of Family Broadcasting Corporation,[1] it broadcasts a contemporary Christian music format as part of a trimulcast with 96.9 WHPZ and 92.1 WHPD.
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| Broadcast area | Michiana |
| Frequency | 103.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | PulseFM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian contemporary |
| Subchannels | HD2: Christian talk "Harvest FM" |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Family Broadcasting Corporation |
| WHPZ, WHPD, WHME-TV, WHRI | |
| History | |
First air date | 1968[1] |
Call sign meaning | "World Harvest Michiana Entertainment" |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 37149 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | 91 meters (299 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°36′11.1″N 86°12′51″W / 41.603083°N 86.21417°W |
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The station carries a Christian talk and teaching format, Harvest FM, on its HD Radio subchannel.
History
editWHME has a long history of airing Christian contemporary music, and was the original host of the Christian contemporary music festival that is now known as the World Pulse Festival, which began as a free concert to celebrate WHME's 19th anniversary in 1987.[3][4]
On December 9, 1996, WHME's Christian contemporary music format moved to WHPZ, and the station switched to a Christian talk format,[4] branded as Harvest FM.[5]
In March 2018, it was announced that WHME would return to the PulseFM format (forming a trimulcast with it and WHPD), and that all three stations would upgrade their signals to deploy HD Radio service (with the Harvest FM programming moving to the HD2 subchannels of all three stations).[6]
References
edit- ^ a b About Us WHME. Accessed August 15, 2012
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHME". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ World Pulse Festival Attracts 50000+ Wong, Joanna S. Christian Today. August 21, 2004. Accessed August 15, 2012
- ^ a b History of World Pulse Festival World Pulse Festival. Accessed August 15, 2012
- ^ "LeSEA purchasing radio station WDOW". Leader Publications. December 2, 2004. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ admin (March 26, 2018). "Pulse FM Expands South Bend Reach". HisAir.Net. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
External links
edit- WHME-FM Harvest FM's official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 37149 (WHME) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WHME in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
