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WHFS AM & FM - A History
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WHFS-AM 1010 Seffner & WHFS-FM 98.7 Holmes Beach – CBS Radio’s adult contemporary WSJT-FM flipped its format and call letters to Sports Radio 98.7 The Fan WHFS at noon on August 2, 2012, becoming Tampa Bay’s first all-sports station to broadcast on FM. One week later, sister station WQYK-AM (Sportsradio 1010) became WHFS-AM with a simulcast of the FM.
WHFS-FM’s inaugural lineup included: 6-10 AM Kirk and Dinger (Kirk McEwen and former Lightning player Chris Dingman), 10 AM-2 PM Gary and the "Commish'' (Justin Pawlowski and Tampa Bay Times sports columnist Gary Shelton, 2-6 PM Rich Herrera and former Buccaneer Booger McFarland, 6-10 PM Todd Wright, and 2-6 AM The Fabulous Sports Babe Nanci Donnellan. The Fan is also the flagship station for University of South Florida Bulls football.
On January 2, 2013, WHFS-AM stopped simulcasting the FM and became a full-time affiliate of CBS Sports Radio.
The WHFS studios are located with others in the CBS cluster at 9721 Executive Center Drive in St Petersburg. The AM’s 50-kilowatt stick is located on State Road 574 in Seffner and the FM 50-kilowatt transmitter and tower are at a site off CR 694 (Park Blvd.) in Seminole.
Other names in WHFS history include Mike Pepper (PD-2012), Mark Calandrello (promotions-2012), Ben Hill (market manager-2012), and Lynne Austin (lead reporter and female voice of 98.7 The Fan-2012).
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Station History
2012 - 2013 Other Tampa Bay Area Stations (History)
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