WHTY (1460 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Phenix City, Alabama, United States.
[6] On February 1, 1989, the station changed callsigns to WIQN to match a shift to talk radio programing.
[1] On March 4, 1991, the station returned to its heritage WPNX call letters and a country music format.
[9] The transmitter site was moved to its current location at the intersection of North Lumpkin Road and US Highway 27 in Columbus, Georgia.
[11] Jim Martin and Tommy Milligan reached an agreement in January 1996 to sell JRM Broadcasting to a new company, M&M Partners, Inc., which they would continue to own jointly.
[15] The new owners flipped the station to a sports talk format including Atlanta Falcons football games and regular programming from ESPN Radio.
[16] In July 2000, Cumulus Media Inc. (Lewis W. Dickey Jr., president) reached an agreement to sell this station to Clear Channel Communications Inc. (L. Lowry Mays, chairman) as part of an 80-station deal for a reported $166 million.
[14][17] After multiple formal objections to this deal, it was ultimately approved by the FCC on February 21, 2002, and the transaction was consummated on April 23, 2002.
[24] On June 29, 2020, fifteen iHeart stations in markets with large African American populations, including WGSY, began stunting with African American speeches, interspersed with messages such as "Our Voices Will Be Heard" and "Our side of the story is about to be told," with a new format slated to launch on June 30.