WHOF

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>WHOF began as WJER-FM, under license to <a href="/facts/Dover,_Ohio/cTo5MRnN">Dover, Ohio</a>, on July 25, 1968, the FM sister to <a href="/facts/WJER/TjSMKX9q">WJER (1450 AM)</a>. On April 14, 2006, the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">Federal Communications Commission</a> approved a request from the station's owners, <a href="/facts/IHeartMedia/3r06AD4a">iHeartMedia</a> (then known as Clear Channel Communications) to move the WJER-FM <a href="/facts/City_of_license/SPId6NJv">city of license</a> to <a href="/facts/North_Canton,_Ohio/Qj3nSqBa">North Canton, Ohio</a>. On December 27, 2006, the station adopted a new callsign, WHOF, and signed off. On January 16, 2007, WHOF signed back on as My 101.7 with an <a href="/facts/Adult_contemporary_music/85e6MkFa">adult contemporary</a> format; <a href="/facts/Billy_Joel/5KKNqv5V">Billy Joel</a>'s "<a href="/facts/My_Life_(Billy_Joel_song)/yD82xMMt">My Life</a>" was the first song to air.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
</p><p>On September 4, 2015, WHOF dismissed all on-air staff and began stunting with 80s music, teasing a change to come the following Tuesday at 8 am. At that time, rumors abounded that WHOF would adopt the country format of its HD2 channel.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The "Something Different" turned out to be a 1980s-oriented <a href="/facts/Adult_hits/ut3mCpn2">variety hits</a> format, as WHOF removed all current/recurrent music.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The first song under the variety hits format was "My Town" by the Michael Stanley Band.
</p><p>On November 19, 2018, My 101.7 flipped to its seasonal <a href="/facts/Christmas_music/PrX2z9vv">Christmas music</a> format and on their website, it said to tune in on December 26, at 9 a.m. to hear a new format. This is pretty odd since the <a href="/facts/Adult_hits/ut3mCpn2">Variety Hits</a> format that <i>My 101.7</i> was ranked number 3 in the market with a 5.0 share.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> On December 26, 2018 at 9 am, WHOF launched an adult contemporary format, branded as "Sunny 101.7".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>
</p><p>In February 2021, the station switched to a <a href="/facts/Classic_hits/1TpXTX3C">classic hits</a> format, focusing on music from the 1960s-1980s, still keeping the "Sunny" branding.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a>
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<h2 id="whof-hd2">WHOF-HD2</h2>
<p><a href="/facts/Country_music/UJM3Un98">Country music</a> accounts for all regular programming on the HD2 <a href="/facts/Digital_subchannel/RVvn1WrJ">digital subchannel</a>. Branded <i>99.7 Canton's New Country</i>, WHOF-HD2 also <a href="/facts/Simulcast/Ybej2dSD">simulcasts</a> over Canton translator W259BW (99.7 FM), owned and operated by <a href="/facts/IHeartMedia/3r06AD4a">iHeartMedia</a>. The transmitter for W259BW is located off 22nd St NW in <a href="/facts/Canton,_Ohio/TqSd9vCm">Canton</a> on a tower also utilized by WHOF and full-power sister station <a href="/facts/WRQK-FM/QGt0kxcC">WRQK-FM</a>.
</p><p>WHOF-HD2/W259BW serves as the regional affiliate for <i><a href="/facts/The_Bobby_Bones_Show/Kwt3SdQP">The Bobby Bones Show</a></i>; all other regular content, including <a href="/facts/Radio_sweeper/rnl31BPQ">station imaging</a>, <a href="/facts/Voice-over/6DNxyS1W">voice-over</a> audio, music and on-air talent, either comes from the iHeartMedia country national format via the <a href="/facts/List_of_programming_syndicated_by_iHeartMedia/H5IHomCx">Premium Choice</a> "iHeartRadio Country" network, or is <a href="/facts/Voice-tracking/oEDgqtwV">voice-tracked</a> out-of-market specifically for the subchannel/translator.
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<a href="/facts/Broadcast_translator/gXCrGt20">Broadcast translator</a> for WHOF-HD2<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Call_signs_in_North_America/vpneVQW5">Call sign</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Center_frequency/zT6AoYXR">Frequency</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/City_of_license/SPId6NJv">City of license</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Facility_ID/tV67APU2">FID</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Effective_radiated_power/tjnmEd03">ERP</a> (<a href="/facts/Watt/VK8oqRrm">W</a>)</th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Height_above_average_terrain/dXUTcmXz">HAAT</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/List_of_North_American_broadcast_station_classes/7Xw18Foy">Class</a></th><th scope="col">Transmitter coordinates</th><th scope="col">FCC info</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">W259BW</th><td>99.7 FM</td><td><a href="/facts/Canton,_Ohio/TqSd9vCm">Canton, Ohio</a></td><td>144998</td><td>250</td><td>67 <a href="/facts/Metre/hPhzc1CV">m</a> (220 <a href="/facts/Foot_(unit)/XKamEGjV">ft</a>)</td><td>D</td><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=WHOF¶ms=40_49_22_N_81_25_41_W_region:US-OH_type:landmark_source:FCC&title=W259BW">40°49′22″N 81°25′41″W / 40.82278°N 81.42806°W / 40.82278; -81.42806 (W259BW)</a></td><td><a href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=144998">LMS</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="previous-logos">Previous logos</h2>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://sunny1017.iheart.com">Official website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://cantonsnewcountry.iheart.com/">https://cantonsnewcountry.iheart.com/</a> (WHOF-HD2)</li>
<li><a href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=737581">Facility details for Facility ID 737581 (WHOF)</a>   in the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">FCC</a> Licensing and Management System</li>
<li><a href="https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=WI25&band=fm&callLetter=WHOF">WHOF</a> in <a href="/facts/Nielsen_Audio/gqtgXGR2">Nielsen Audio</a>'s FM station database</li>
<li><a href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=144998">Facility details for Facility ID 144998 (W259BW)</a>   in the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">FCC</a> Licensing and Management System</li>
<li><a href="https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=W259BW&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&lmspf=&lmspl=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=&lang=en">W259BW</a> at FCCdata.org</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"1969 BC YB for OCR Page 295" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com.[dead link‍] <a href="http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/60s-OCR-YB/1969-YB/1969-BC-YB-for-OCR-Page-0295.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/60s-OCR-YB/1969-YB/1969-BC-YB-for-OCR-Page-0295.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"DA-06-845A1". hraunfoss.fcc.gov. <a href="https://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-845A1.pdf%5B%5D" target="_blank">https://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-845A1.pdf%5B%5D</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Music & Radio Station News | AllAccess.com". All Access. Retrieved January 31, 2024. <a href="https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/19550/clear-channel-launches-my-101-7" target="_blank">https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/19550/clear-channel-launches-my-101-7</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"My 101.7 Canton Teasing Something Different". radioinsight.com. <a href="https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/94452/my-101-7-canton-teasing-something-different/" target="_blank">https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/94452/my-101-7-canton-teasing-something-different/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"My 101.7 Shifts To Variety Hits". Format Change Archive. September 16, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2020. <a href="http://formatchange.com/my-101-7-shifts-to-variety-hits/" target="_blank">http://formatchange.com/my-101-7-shifts-to-variety-hits/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"WHOF Prepping New Format After Christmas". RadioInsight. November 19, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2020. <a href="https://radioinsight.com/headlines/172153/whof-prepping-new-format-after-christmas/" target="_blank">https://radioinsight.com/headlines/172153/whof-prepping-new-format-after-christmas/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Sunny 101.7 Rises in Canton". radioinsight.com. December 26, 2018. <a href="https://radioinsight.com/headlines/173140/sunny-101-7-rises-in-canton/" target="_blank">https://radioinsight.com/headlines/173140/sunny-101-7-rises-in-canton/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>"Sunny 101.7 in Canton shifts to Classic hits". RadioInsight.com. <a href="http://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/205345/sunny-101-7-canton-shifts-to-classic-hits" target="_blank">http://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/205345/sunny-101-7-canton-shifts-to-classic-hits</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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