World Harvest Radio International
Encyclopedia
World Harvest Radio International (WHRI) is a shortwave
radio station in the United States
, broadcasting conservative religious programming worldwide in the English language
on a number of frequencies. Part of the LeSEA
Christian broadcasting group, WHRI is based in Cypress Creek, South Carolina
, with its signal rebroadcast on its sister station
s, WHRA in Greenbush, Maine
.
In 1993, WHRI opened a second station, KWHR (transmitted from Ka Lae
, the southernmost point in Hawaii
), which provided Angel 3 covering China and Eastern Asia, expanding in 1997 with Angel 4, covering the South Pacific. The license for KWHR expired in 2009.
In 1998, its third station, WHRA, signed on with Angel 5, a signal for Africa and the Middle East.
WHRI also operates Angel 6 with a signal primarily for Mexico.
Shortwave
Shortwave radio refers to the upper MF and all of the HF portion of the radio spectrum, between 1,800–30,000 kHz. Shortwave radio received its name because the wavelengths in this band are shorter than 200 m which marked the original upper limit of the medium frequency band first used...
radio station in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, broadcasting conservative religious programming worldwide in the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
on a number of frequencies. Part of the LeSEA
LeSEA
LeSEA Broadcasting , also known as World Harvest Television, is an American Christian television network with over 40 affiliate stations in a number of U.S...
Christian broadcasting group, WHRI is based in Cypress Creek, South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
, with its signal rebroadcast on its sister station
Sister station
In broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels are radio and/or television stations operated by the same ownership....
s, WHRA in Greenbush, Maine
Greenbush, Maine
Greenbush is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States on the Penobscot River. The population was 1,421 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
.
History
WHRI signed on in 1985 with their first service, Angel 1, covering Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Two years later, its second service from WHRI, Angel 2 goes on the air, covering Europe, Central and South America.In 1993, WHRI opened a second station, KWHR (transmitted from Ka Lae
Ka Lae
Ka Lae , also known as South Point, is the southernmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii and of the 50 United States. The Ka Lae area is registered as a National Historic Landmark District under the name South Point Complex...
, the southernmost point in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
), which provided Angel 3 covering China and Eastern Asia, expanding in 1997 with Angel 4, covering the South Pacific. The license for KWHR expired in 2009.
In 1998, its third station, WHRA, signed on with Angel 5, a signal for Africa and the Middle East.
WHRI also operates Angel 6 with a signal primarily for Mexico.
Frequencies
- Angel-1: 5.850, 7.315, 9.495, 11.565, 11.855, 15.195, 15.665, 17.520, 17.610
- Angel-2: 5.850, 7.365, 7.385, 7.390, 9.410, 9.425, 9.690, 9.825, 9.840, 11.565, 15.665, 17.520, 17.820
- Angel-3: 9.930, 9.905
- Angel-4: 9.965, 12.130, 15.550, 15.700, 15.710
- Angel-5: 7.315, 7.385, 7.390, 9.615, 9.840, 11.565, 11.885, 15.195, 15.665, 17.520
- Angel-6: 5.875, 7.375, 11.785