WHLF
Encyclopedia
WHLF is an Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast
radio station
licensed to South Boston, Virginia
, serving South Boston
and Halifax County, Virginia. WHLF is owned and operated by Birch Broadcasting Corporation.
In 1992, JLC Properties signed on this station after another station with the WJLC letters moved to Raleigh, North Carolina
as WQOK
. Late in the 1990s, sister AM WHLF
traded letters with WJLC; the WJLC letters also went to an FM station.
Tom Joyner, who had played a role in moving the other WJLC to Raleigh, bought WHLF and WJLC-FM.
Broadcasting
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radio station
Radio station
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licensed to South Boston, Virginia
South Boston, Virginia
South Boston is a town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 8,142 at the 2010 census.- History :On December 8, 1796, the General Assembly authorized eight commissioners to establish at Boyd's Ferry on the south side of the Dan River the town of South Boston, named for...
, serving South Boston
South Boston, Virginia
South Boston is a town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 8,142 at the 2010 census.- History :On December 8, 1796, the General Assembly authorized eight commissioners to establish at Boyd's Ferry on the south side of the Dan River the town of South Boston, named for...
and Halifax County, Virginia. WHLF is owned and operated by Birch Broadcasting Corporation.
History
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
as WQOK
WQOK
WQOK is a Mainstream Urban formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Carrboro, North Carolina, serving the Raleigh/Durham area. WQOK is owned and operated by Radio One.-History:...
. Late in the 1990s, sister AM WHLF
WAJL
WAJL is a Southern Gospel and Bluegrass formatted broadcast radio station licensed to New Market, Virginia, serving South Boston and Halifax County, Virginia. WAJL is owned and operated by Linda Waller Barton....
traded letters with WJLC; the WJLC letters also went to an FM station.
Tom Joyner, who had played a role in moving the other WJLC to Raleigh, bought WHLF and WJLC-FM.