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Showing posts with label WWHP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWHP. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Getting WWHPed At Home Right Now
Lately, driving back and forth to North Carolina, I take I-74 from Indianapolis to Il. Highway 47 west of Champagne,Illinois, and then north to Woodstock as part of my drive. I have a favorite radio station to listen to from Danville by the Indiana border, through Champagne and as far north as Forrest.
It is WWHP, 98.3 FM out of Farmer City located between Bloomington/Normal and Champagne/Urbana. They play Americana, Blues, Bluegrass, Rock and Gospel and just about anything else. Plus, coming out of a town called Farmer City, you get Farm Reports (Less Nessman would be so proud).
It streams as well, which is why I am getting here at home.
Give It a Listen. --RoadDog
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
So, Where Actually Is Farmer City?
All these times through the area on my way to or from North Carolina, I never did know exactly where Farmer City was (the town where WWHP is located). I was very familiar with Farmersville on the old Route 66 between Springfield and Litchfield in Illinois (off I-55). At first, I was thinking that was what they were saying, even.
Plus, they often had commercials for places in Urbana/Champaign and Bloomington/Normal so very likely somewhere between those two twin cities. I looked the place up, and it is half way between the two places on US-150/I-74 in DeWitt County. As of the 2000 census, it had 2,055 people.
It was first settled in 1830 and Lincoln went through the area on his judicial circuit riding.
Farmer City is classified as a city, so is the City of Farmer City.
AND SOME MORE ON THE WHIP
The station claims to be located somewhere between Memphis and Chicago and Blues all day Mondays. The station streams at www.wwhp.com.
Plus, they often had commercials for places in Urbana/Champaign and Bloomington/Normal so very likely somewhere between those two twin cities. I looked the place up, and it is half way between the two places on US-150/I-74 in DeWitt County. As of the 2000 census, it had 2,055 people.
It was first settled in 1830 and Lincoln went through the area on his judicial circuit riding.
Farmer City is classified as a city, so is the City of Farmer City.
AND SOME MORE ON THE WHIP
The station claims to be located somewhere between Memphis and Chicago and Blues all day Mondays. The station streams at www.wwhp.com.
Two Really Fine Radio Stations on the Trip-- Part 1: The Whip
I've driven to North Carolina so often, I have found two radio stations close to the same FM number that I always try to tune in when I'm in the area.
The first is in central Illinois at 98.3 FM,. WWHP, the Whip. On Il-47, you start to get good reception at Forrest, north of Champaign. This station plays bluegrass, alternative country, blues and Americana, often on auto-feed, but sometimes with a deejay (even better). They are based out of Farmer City, Illinois,
There was to be Christmas parade in a local town and were playing Christmas songs I'd never heard before. Of course, any time I listen to the station, I hadn't heard most of what they play which is why I like it so much. (I was hoping they hadn't switched to the all-Christmas song format that so many stations do this time of the year these days. Heard it on the way back and there was no Christmas music!! Good news.
I take I-74 east from Mahomet, past Champaign-Urbana and reception continues until about half-way between those two towns and Danville.
Well worth giving it a listen if you're in the area.
Give Me That Whip and I'll Cruise. --RoadDog
The first is in central Illinois at 98.3 FM,. WWHP, the Whip. On Il-47, you start to get good reception at Forrest, north of Champaign. This station plays bluegrass, alternative country, blues and Americana, often on auto-feed, but sometimes with a deejay (even better). They are based out of Farmer City, Illinois,
There was to be Christmas parade in a local town and were playing Christmas songs I'd never heard before. Of course, any time I listen to the station, I hadn't heard most of what they play which is why I like it so much. (I was hoping they hadn't switched to the all-Christmas song format that so many stations do this time of the year these days. Heard it on the way back and there was no Christmas music!! Good news.
I take I-74 east from Mahomet, past Champaign-Urbana and reception continues until about half-way between those two towns and Danville.
Well worth giving it a listen if you're in the area.
Give Me That Whip and I'll Cruise. --RoadDog
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