WBHK
| Broadcast area | Birmingham, Alabama |
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| Frequency | 98.7 MHz |
| Branding | 98.7 Kiss FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban Adult Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WAGG, WBHJ, WBPT, WENN, WPYA, WZZK-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | April 22, 1992 (as WLBI) |
Former call signs | WLBI (1991–1996) |
Call sign meaning | BirmingHam's Kiss |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 65227 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 39,000 watts |
| HAAT | 408 meters (1,339 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | 987kiss.com |
WBHK (98.7 FM "98.7 Kiss-FM") is a commercial radio station owned by SummitMedia and airing an urban adult contemporary format. It is licensed to Warrior, Alabama, and serves Greater Birmingham. In AM drive time, it carries the nationally syndicated Rickey Smiley Morning Show. (Smiley is a graduate of the University of Alabama.) WBHK shares studios with six sister stations in the Cahaba neighborhood in far southeast Birmingham.
WBHK is a Class C1 FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 39,000 watts. The transmitter and tower are on Golden Crest Drive atop Red Mountain. The signal can be heard across most of Northern and Central Alabama. In 2005, WBHK began broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity.