- Station name Station name
- WHUR 96.3
- Description Description
- Staff members of the station mentor the students of the university's school of communications. The studios are located inside building number 49 (the C.
- Launch date Launch date
- 1939
- Owner Owner
- Howard University
- Contact Contact
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WHUR 96.3
United States
Format
96kbps • AAC
WHUR-FM (96.3 MHz) is an urban adult contemporary commercial FM radio station that is licensed to Washington, D.C., and serving the Washington metropolitan area.
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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 | whur.com |
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Broadcast profile
Broadcast profile Broadcast profile
Primary frequency
96.3 MHz
Service type
FM
Transmitter coordinates
38.950389, -77.079417
Coverage area
Washington metropolitan area
Owner / network
Howard University
First air date
1939
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Station details
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Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 22256 |
|---|---|
| Region | United States, District of Columbia |
| Branding | 96.3 WHUR |
| Owner | Howard University |
| Broadcast area | Washington metropolitan area |
| Launched | 1939 |
| Website | whur.com |
| Primary frequency | 96.3 MHz |
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| Last check | 1 day ago |
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| Stream host | futuri-das.cdnstream1.com |
| Final host | futuri-das.cdnstream1.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/aac |
| Server software | DAS |
| Latency | 610 ms |
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| Current stream format | AAC |
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Last successful stream
1 day ago
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About station About WHUR 96.3
WHUR-FM (96.3 MHz) is an urban adult contemporary commercial FM radio station that is licensed to Washington, D.C., and serving the Washington metropolitan area. It is owned and operated by Howard University, making it one of the few commercial radio stations in the United States to be owned by a college or university, as well as being the only independent, locally owned station in the Washington, D.C., area.
Staff members of the station mentor the students of the university's school of communications. The studios are located inside building number 49 (the C. Powell Building) on campus in its Lower Quad portion on Bryant Street NW, and the transmitter tower is based in the Tenleytown neighborhood. It is also co-owned with its television partner, WHUT-TV, one of D.C.'s PBS affiliates. WHUR is also the home of the original Quiet Storm program, which longtime D.C. listeners have rated number one in the evening since 1976, and which spawned the namesake music genre that now airs on many radio stations across the United States. In 2005, it also began broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity.
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