York City because WHUD's studio was located within the 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone around the Indian Point Energy Center. In July 2007 Pamal spent approximately $500,000 to upgrade WHUD's transmitter site and add redundancies to its technical facility to ensure that the station could meet its public warning responsibilities. WHUD's signal reaches most of the Hudson Valley and the suburbs of New York City with a usable signal in much of Manhattan, Queens and especially in the Bronx. In total, WHUD's signal reaches parts of five states. The primary target market of WHUD is Westchester and Rockland Counties plus the Mid-Hudson Valley. In all of these areas, WHUD is at or near the top of the ratings and is the highest rated Westchester County station in Nielsen's New York City book. For many years, WHUD played Christmas music only occasionally in the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas, going with all Holiday songs in the days leading to December 25. Most Adult Contemporary stations in the U.S. and Canada switch to all Christmas music for part of November and most of December. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, WHUD joined with other AC stations and played all Christmas songs from Thanksgiving to Christmas Day. References External links HUD Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1958 1958 establishments in New York (state) Pamal Broadcasting