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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WERH-FM
| logo             =
| city             = [[Hamilton, Alabama]]
| area             =
| branding         =
| frequency        = 92.1 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| airdate          = 1950
| last_airdate     = May 1, 2017
| format           = Defunct (was [[Country music|Country]])
| erp              = 3,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = 37 meters (121 feet)
| class            = A
| facility_id      = 33473
| coordinates      =
| callsign_meaning = "'''W'''here '''E'''ntertainment '''R'''ates '''H'''igh"<ref>{{cite web |work=Alabama Broadcast Media Page |title=FM History Profile: WERH |url=http://bellsouthpwp2.net/c/r/crackedlcd/almediapage/profiles/werh.html |accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref>
| former_callsigns =
| affiliations     =
| owner            = Kate F. Fite
| licensee         =
| sister_stations  = [[WERH (AM)]]
| webcast          =
| website          =
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WERH-FM''' (92.1 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "Country 92.1") was a [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[country music]] format.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WERH-FM |title=WERH-FM Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref> Formerly licensed to [[Hamilton, Alabama]], United States, the station was licensed to Kate F. Fite.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arbitron.com |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron}}</ref>
Although Kate F. Fite was still listed as the station's licensee in the FCC database, she died on June 15, 2001,<ref>{{cite web |work=Social Security Death Index |title=Search Results |url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?lastname=FITE&ls=AL&stat=a&start=21 |accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref> and the station's December 2003 license renewal application listed the licensee as "Kate F. Fite (deceased), Martha H. Fowler, & Megan Summerford."<ref>{{cite web |title=Application Search Details (BRH-20031208BLR) |accessdate=2008-10-21 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=710227 |date=2004-03-26}}</ref>
The station was assigned the WERH-FM call letters by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] on December 8, 1978.<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=33473&Callsign=WERH-FM |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}</ref>
On Monday, May 1, 2017, at 10:35&nbsp;a.m., WERH-FM played its last song; "Abba Dabba Honeymoon", which is the first song the station played when it went on the air in 1950. The FCC cancelled the station's license on March 12, 2019, due to the station having been silent since signing off in 2017.
==References==
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==External links==
*{{FM station data|768230|WERH}}
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