- Station name Station name
- NewsRadio 840 WHAS
- Description Description
- entertainment complex. First licensed in July 1922, it is the oldest radio station in Kentucky. WHAS is a Class A clear-channel station, powered at 50,000 watts non-directional, the maximum for commercial AM stations.
- Launch date Launch date
- 18 July 1922
- Owner Owner
- iHeartMedia
- Contact Contact
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NewsRadio 840 WHAS
United States
Format
AAC
WHAS (840 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Louisville, Kentucky, airing a news/talk radio format. It is owned by iHeartMedia, with studios in downtown Louisville, in the Fourth Street Live!
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United States
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | whas.com |
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Broadcast profile
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Primary frequency
840.0 kHz
Service type
AM
Transmitter coordinates
38.2611111, -85.4286111
Coverage area
Louisville metropolitan area
Owner / network
iHeartMedia
First air date
18 July 1922
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Station details
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Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 29729 |
|---|---|
| Region | United States, Kentucky |
| Owner | iHeartMedia |
| Broadcast area | Louisville metropolitan area |
| Launched | 18 July 1922 |
| Website | whas.com |
| Primary frequency | 0.84 MHz |
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| Last check | 20 hours ago |
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| Stream host | stream.revma.ihrhls.com |
| Final host | cloud.revma.ihrhls.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/aac |
| Latency | 248 ms |
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| Current stream format | AAC |
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Last successful stream
20 hours ago
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About station About NewsRadio 840 WHAS
WHAS (840 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Louisville, Kentucky, airing a news/talk radio format. It is owned by iHeartMedia, with studios in downtown Louisville, in the Fourth Street Live!
entertainment complex. First licensed in July 1922, it is the oldest radio station in Kentucky. WHAS is a Class A clear-channel station, powered at 50,000 watts non-directional, the maximum for commercial AM stations. Its daytime signal can be heard in most of central Kentucky, as well as almost half of Indiana (including Indianapolis) and much of southwestern Ohio (including Cincinnati and Dayton). Its nighttime signal can be heard in most of the Eastern and Central United States and much of Canada with a good radio.
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