FM Technical Profile: WPIL

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Station Name:

Radio With A Difference

Frequency:

91.7

Format:

Classic Country, Gospel, Bluegrass

Transmitter Location:

[map] About a mile south of I-20, just north of CR-84, north of Lake Cleburne. About 2½ miles southeast of the city of Heflin.

Power (ERP):

1 kW

Antenna:

Directional

Antenna HAAT:

85

Other Information:

60 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.

More Information:

[FCC]

[RECnet]

[Radio-Locator]

[Wikipedia]
[Facebook]
[YouTube] A promotional video about the radio station.

Owner:

Down The Hill Communications

History:

This station signed on in early September 2003 with a country variety format, including bluegrass and gospel music.  In August 2007 the station was silenced when lightning struck the tower and caused it to collapse.  They resumed operations from a temporary site soon thereafter and was back to full power by the start of May, 2008.  The station now broadcasts from a studio in Heflin.  In June 2015 the station was sold for $1 to Down The Hill Communications, a non-profit religious organization (that, oddly, lists itself as a “non-prophet organization” in its FCC filing) based in Opelika, Alabama.  That sale was finally consummated in October 2015.