City Lisman, Alabama Branding Superstar 107.7 First air date 1997 (as WPRN-FM) | Broadcast area Meridian, Mississippi Frequency 107.7 MHz Format Country | |
WHSL (107.7 FM, "Whistle Country") is a radio station licensed to serve Lisman, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by WHSL, LLC.
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When on the air, WHSL broadcasts a country music format to the greater Meridian, Mississippi area. It is the only locally programmed radio station in the area.
History
K. Darryl Jackson received the original construction permit for a new FM station from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on March 5, 1997. The new station was assigned the call letters WPRN-FM by the FCC on June 9, 1997. WPRN-FM received its license to cover from the FCC on January 9, 2003.
In August 1999, K. Darryl Jackson applied to the FCC to transfer the broadcast license for WPRN-FM to Butler Broadcasting Corporation. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 5, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on November 30, 1999. Butler Broadcasting Corporation is 100%-owned by Darryl Jackson. WPRN previously broadcast the Christian-oriented country music God's Country Radio Network format as "God's Country 107" prior to the network's closure in November 2010. On February 27, 2012, the station changed its call sign to WHSL.
The station was donated to Joshua Coyle's Leap of Faith, LLC effective August 3, 2012.
On an unknown date, the station went silent.
WHSL returned to the air as of June 3, 2014. Effective December 15, 2014, Leap of Faith sold WHSL to WHSL, LLC, at a purchase price of $10,000.
Former on-air staff
Myrtle Todd, grandmother of country music recording artist Ty Herndon, hosted a radio show on WPRN-FM and the now-defunct AM sister station WPRN (1330 AM, Butler, Alabama) for more than 40 years. She played mostly Gospel music and discussed community events. Herndon's mother, Peggy, also once hosted a show along with his aunts Lilly and Benny as "The Todd Sisters". Herndon was born in Meridian, Mississippi, but grew just across the state line in Butler, Alabama, where the AM station was licensed. The AM sister station's license was officially cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission on October 6, 2003. The FM station, established in 1997, carried Myrtle Todd's show through at least late-2006.