New Yorkers who pine for Country music usually remember the legendary WHN… for decades the home for Country music in the city! This was before WYNY’s various country incarnations, before Garth Brooks, Shania or Kenny Chesney!
With decent ratings and a killer signal (at least during the day), WHN served a niche audience, all ending one fateful day in 1987 when then owner Emmis changed formats to Sports, and the now-familiar WFAN station was born.
But, this is 1975 and WHN is in it’s prime. CW McCall is a ‘guest DJ’ on this day. Listen. It’s great!
Total Time: 61 Minutes | Format: Real Audio G2 | Monaural
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As PD of WHN from 83-85 I can tell you that the signal was not exactly “killer” … especially in the New Jersey where there was and still is a strong base of Country fans. Fun to hear old airchecks, though. The day and night patterns were exactly the same, though 1050 CHUM from Canada would often interfere at night.
Ironically 1050 is once again sports as ESPN 1050.
Thanks for posting fun airchecks of WHN!