The call sign was known to have two meanings, the "H" was for Harris, the "W" was for Wilson, and the "B" was for Bates, part of the original trio that launched the radio station.
The schedule of sunrise to sunset operation was designed to protect the clear channel status of WCFL (now WMVP) in Chicago, Illinois.
The WHWB-FM calls were used once again on 92.1 in Port Henry, New York (now WVTK), and eventually were installed on 94.5 FM (now WDVT) in Rutland.
This complement of FM signals with 95.1 and 94.5 came to be known throughout central and southern Vermont and eastern New York as "Cat Country".
[2] The WHWB self-supporting tower on West Proctor Road was demolished in early 1995, only the cement bases and the remnants of the transmitter shack 'doghouse' remain.