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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WYHL
| logo = WYHL Fox Sports Meridian logo.png
| logo_size = 150px
| city = [[Meridian, Mississippi]]
| area =
| branding = Fox Sports Meridian 99.7 FM 1450 AM<ref>https://www.facebook.com/foxsportsmeridian/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
| frequency = 1450 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| translator = 99.7 W259BP (Meridian)
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1947|p=fy}}
| format = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| power = 1,000 [[watt]]s (unlimited)
| class = C
| facility_id = 7064
| coordinates = {{coord|32|23|09|N|88|41|36|W}}
| callsign_meaning = "Hallelujah" (previous format)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WTOK (1946–1957)|WOKK (1957–1973)|WQIC (1973–1987)|WMDN (1987–1990)|WQIC (1990–1991)|WMGP (1991–1996)|WFFX (1996–2007)}}
| affiliations = [[Fox Sports Radio]]
| owner = Mississippi Broadcasters LLC
| licensee =
| sister_stations = [[WJDQ]], [[WZKS]], [[WOKK]], [[WJXM (FM)|WJXM]], [[WMOG (AM)|WMOG]]
| webcast =
| website =
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WYHL''' (1450 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[sports radio|sports]] [[radio station]] in [[Meridian, Mississippi]], owned by Mississippi Broadcasters, LLC.
==History==
The station was first licensed in 1947 as WTOK, owned by the Meridian Broadcasting Company.<ref name="fcc-cards">{{cite web |title=WQIC (WYHL) history cards |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=66216 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref> It changed its call sign to WOKK on April 1, 1957, after being sold to the New South Broadcasting Corporation by the Southern Television Corporation<ref name="fcc-cards"/> (which retained [[WTOK-TV]]<ref name="bt-salefromsouthern">{{cite news |title=WHIE, WTOK Sales Filed |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1957/1957-02-18-BC.pdf#page=9 |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting–Telecasting]] |date=February 18, 1957 |page=9}}</ref>); to WQIC on October 15, 1973, after a sale to Torgerson Broadcasting Company;<ref name="fcc-cards"/> to WMDN on April 13, 1987; back to WQIC on February 9, 1990; to WMGP on September 20, 1991; to WFFX on August 16, 1996; and to WYHL on March 23, 2007.<ref name="fcc-callsigns">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History (WYHL) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=7064&Callsign=WYHL |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref>
As of September 26, 2016, WYHL is now being heard on W259BP 99.7 FM in Meridian.  (Info taken from Radio-Locator and fccdata.org)
As of January 17, 2017, WYHL changed format from gospel to sports, with programming from [[Fox Sports Radio]]. (info taken from stationintel.com)
==References==
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==External links==
{{AM station data|7064|WYHL}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|139455|W259BP}}
*{{FXL|W259BP}}
{{Meridian Radio}}
{{Sports Radio Stations in Mississippi}}
[[Category:Radio stations in Mississippi|YHL]]
[[Category:Lauderdale County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Fox Sports Radio stations]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1947]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in Mississippi]]
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