{"id":44817,"date":"2020-08-14T11:09:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=44817"},"modified":"2020-08-14T11:10:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:10:07","slug":"wbcq-purchases-world-harvest-radio-whri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/wbcq-purchases-world-harvest-radio-whri\/","title":{"rendered":"WBCQ purchases World Harvest Radio (WHRI)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WBCQ’s Ampegon antenna at the Monticello transmitting site.<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Benjamin, who shares the following news tip via Radio Insight<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Family Broadcasting Corporation is selling shortwave Christian \u201cWorld Harvest Radio<\/a>\u201d WHRI Furman SC to Allan Weiner for $1.25 million. Weiner also owns shortwave Talk \u201cThe Planet<\/a>\u201d WBCQ Monticello ME as well as Talk\/Rock\u00a0780 WXME<\/a>\/98.3 W252DW and Classic Country \u201cKixx 94.7<\/a>\u201d WBCQ-FM Monticello. The seller owns multiple Christian television stations as well as Christian AC \u201cPulse-FM<\/a>\u201d 103.1 WHME South Bend IN, 96.9 WHPZ Bremen IN, and 92.1 WHPD Dowagiac MI.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read this item at Radio Insight.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Benjamin, who shares the following news tip via Radio Insight: Family Broadcasting Corporation is selling shortwave Christian \u201cWorld Harvest Radio\u201d WHRI Furman SC to Allan Weiner for $1.25 million. Weiner also owns shortwave Talk \u201cThe Planet\u201d WBCQ Monticello ME as well as Talk\/Rock\u00a0780 WXME\/98.3 W252DW and Classic Country \u201cKixx […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,43],"tags":[8150,4082,657,5587],"class_list":["post-44817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-radio-insight","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-wbcq","tag-whri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bER","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45328,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/whri-ceases-voice-of-vietnam-relays\/","url_meta":{"origin":44817,"position":0},"title":"WHRI ceases Voice of Vietnam relays","author":"Thomas","date":"September 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following note from Gilles Letourneau, the CIDX, and International Radio Report: WHRI has ceased relaying Voice of Vietnam to North America since its purchase by WBCQ. 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