WHHY-FM is a radio stationlicensed to serve Montgomery, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Cumulus Media. Y102 broadcasts a Top 40music format. The WHHY-FM studios are located on the 3rd floor of The Colonial Financial Center in downtown Montgomery. The broadcast signal, based from a transmitter in Montgomery's northeast side, can be heard as far away as Birmingham, Alabama, and is generally clear south of there along Interstate 65. The home of The Wake Up Crew with Gordie & April in the Morning, The Adam Bomb Show in Middays, John Garrett in the afternoon and the Zach Sang Show at night!
History
The station first operated in downtown Montgomery. During the late 1960s the station moved from the Frank Leu Building downtown, into a house on Norman Bridge Road. A broadcast wing was added to the back of the building in the early 1970s. The original "WHHY" was an AM station owned by Holt/Robinson. The FM station on 101.9 was an automated FM country music station before becoming a rock station. It would be known as "The Music FM - Y-102". The FM station would simulcast the AM's morning show hosted by longtime personality and program director Larry Stevens. This was followed on AM by Kris O'Kelly, "The Thin Man", music director Lanny West Jeffry Tilden and public relations director Mike Sanders. During the 1970s Y-102 would split from the AM at 10 am each morning and would broadcast light classic rock The AM was CHR. In the early 1980s, the FM became the focus station of the pair. The FM was changed to CHR. The AM format was changed to adult contemporary. During the 1990s Holt/Robinson broadcasting began to have money problems. Longtime morning show host Larry Stevens exited to rival Colonial Broadcasting. The format was shifted to "New Rock" and known as "Live 101.9". In May 1993, Holt-Robinson Communications Corporation was placed into receivership. Thomas M. Duddy was approved by the FCC as receiver on June 21, 1993. In May 1995, receiver Thomas M. Duddy made a deal to sell this station to McDonald Investment Company, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 3, 1995, and the transaction was consummated on September 15, 1995. McDonald in turn sold it to Cumulus Broadcasting. The FM station's format was changed to country music by McDonald then back to CHR by Cumulus. The AM had several formats, including late 1970s AC with Larry King overnights and oldies. Cumulus Broadcasting changed the format of the AM to talk and ended the heritage call letters WHHY. The station was reassigned the heritage WHHY-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 22, 1999.
