City Farmer City, Illinois Frequency 98.3 MHz Format Classic rock | Branding Classic Rock 98.3 First air date 1983 (as WEZO) | |
Broadcast area Farmer City, Champaign, Bloomington | ||
WWHP (98.3 FM) is a classic rock formatted radio station in Farmer City, Illinois. The station began operations in 1983 as WZRO 5 county country, then changed to WEZO, and changed to WWHP as "The Whip". It played a variety of music genres, primarily Americana roots, classic country, blues, and bluegrass. The station claimed to be located, "somewhere between Memphis and Chicago."
After a change in ownership in early 2014, the station changed formats to classic hits.
On November 23rd, 2015, WWHP became NewsTalk 98.3 with a local morning and afternoon drive.
Former Cities 92.9 morning host Ian Bayne is on from 6-9am and national Breitbart editor Mike Flynn from 3-6pm. Other programming includes Laura Ingraham, Dana Loesch, Jerry Doyle, and Lars Larson.
On May 30, 2016 WWHP changed their format to classic rock.