City Jackson, Alabama Branding Dixie 94.5 First air date 1964 | Broadcast area Thomasville, Alabama Frequency 94.5 MHz | |
Slogan Southwest Alabama's Home for Classic Rock | ||
WHOD (94.5 FM, "Dixie 94.5") is a radio station licensed to serve Jackson, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Capital Assets, Inc.
WHOD airs a classic rock music format featuring programming from ABC Radio and Jones Radio Network. In addition to its usual music programming, WHOD and sister station WBMH air the football and baseball games of Jackson High School, Leroy High School, Washington County High School, Jackson Academy and Clarke Preparatory School. WHOD is also an affiliate of the Crimson Tide Sports Network.
History
WHOD signed on in 1948 as WHOD, licensed then to Homestead, PA. WHOD became WAMO in 1956.
In November 1982, control of Vogel-Ellington Corporation, the station's licensee at the time, was transferred from William R. Vogel to William R. Vogel Jr. The transfer was approved by the FCC on December 17, 1982, and the transaction was consummated on March 2, 1983. In May 1988, Vogel-Ellington Corporation reached an agreement to sell this station to Radio Station WHOD Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 14, 1988, and the transaction was consummated on July 1, 1988.
In February 1994, Radio Station WHOD Inc. (Bennie E. Hewett, president) reached an agreement to sell this station to Capital Assets, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 7, 1994, and the transaction was consummated on April 25, 1994.
The station was assigned the WHOD call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on December 31, 2004.
Bennie Hewitt's Capital Assets sold this station, along with WBMH and WRJX, for $500,000 to Jason Kyzer's Kyzer Communications, in March 2017. (Taken from Alabama Broadcast Media Page)