WHHW

WHHW

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City of license	Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Branding	AM 1130/FM 93.5 The Island
Slogan	True. Music. Variety.
Frequency	1130 kHz/93.5 mHz
First air date	August 25, 1986 (as WHHR)
Format	Adult Album Alternative
Power	1,000 watts day 500 watts night/250 w ERP
Class	B
Facility ID	48366/153405
Transmitter coordinates
Former callsigns	WHHR (1986–1987) WHHQ (1987–1986) WHHR (1986–1987) WHHR (1994–1995) WFXH (1995–2011)
Affiliations	CNN Radio
Owner	Alpha Media (Alpha Media Licensee LLC)
Sister stations	WFXH-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	am1130theisland.com

WHHW (1130 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult album alternative format as AM 1130 The Island. WHHW is licensed to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media.

WHHW also simulcasts its programming on an FM translator (W228CI) at 93.5, broadcasting at a power level of 250 watts.

History

The station went on the air as WHHR on February 14, 1983, operating as a sister station to WFXH-FM. WHHR then changed calls on June 11, 1987 to WHHQ, then to WHHR on March 18, 1988. On December 23, 1994 it changed its calls back to WHHR, only to change them again on New Year's Day 1995 to WFXH. On February 28, 2011 the callsign was changed to WHHW.

Prior to March 6, 2011, the station was an ESPN Radio affiliate, WFXH, featuring programing from CNN Radio.

Monty Jett, formerly morning host on co-owned WLOW, moved to WHHW with its change to "1130 the Island", a soft AC/adult standards format.

External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for WHHW
• Radio-Locator Information on WHHW
• Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WHHW