WHAN (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Ashland, Virginia Hanover County, Virginia |
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| Frequency | 1430 kHz |
| Branding | "1430 WHAN" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Full Service |
| Affiliations | CNN Radio Westwood One WOR Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Fifth Estate Broadcasting |
| History | |
First air date | 1962 |
Former call signs | WIVE (1962-1977) WKDH (1977-1981) WIVE (1981-1987) WMMM (1987-1989) WPES (1989-1998) WHAN (1998-Present) |
Call sign meaning | W HANover (County) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 8438 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 Watts daytime 31 Watts nighttime |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°44′46.0″N 77°29′44.0″W / 37.746111°N 77.495556°W |
| Links | |
| Website | WHAN Online |
WHAN is a Full Service formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Ashland, Virginia, serving Ashland and Hanover County, Virginia. WHAN (1430) is owned and operated by Fifth Estate Broadcasting.
Programming
WHAN airs a variety format featuring bluegrass music, news, and information in morning and afternoon drive, and popular talk shows in middays and evenings. Included are "Duke and The Doctor" from 9 to 11am, "Dr. Joy Browne" from 11am to 1pm, "America's Consumer Warrior--Clark Howard" from 1 to 4pm, "Lou Dobbs" from 7 to 10pm, and "Neal Boortz" from 10pm to 1am.
"Mornings In Hanover with Roberts and Andrews", hosted by Bill Roberts and Skip Andrews, airs weekday mornings from 7 to 9, while "The Bluegrass Railroad" airs weekday afternoons from 4 to 7. Weekend programming continues the variety format, featuring the nationally-syndicated "Into The Blue" bluegrass show on Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons, home improvement programs "The Money Pit" and "On The House", as well as "Radio Go Girl", a program just for women hosted by Jen Towner on Saturdays. Sunday programming includes "Gospel AM", a two-hour live Gospel music show from 8 to 10am and NBC's "Meet The Press" at 12noon.
WHAN broadcasts local sports teams, including Randolph-Macon College Football and Patrick Henry High School football during the autumn, as well as selected football games from The Collegiate School in Richmond. The station also emphasizes community events, annually broadcasting live from the Ashland Olde Time Holiday Parade, the Mechanicsville Christmas Parade, and the Hanover Tomato Festival.
History
The station signed on the air around 1965 as WIVE. In 1970, an FM was signed on at 100.1 as WIVE-FM. During the seventies the stations broadcast a religious format and also operated a Christian Book Store out of their studios on Ashcake Rd in Hanover County.
In 1977, WIVE-AM changed to an adult contemporary format as WKDH, the calls meant to latch on to the popularity of local Hanover county theme park, Kings Dominion.
By 1981, the station abandoned the format and returned to religion as WIVE-AM on May 12, 1981. WIVE-FM was also sold off around this time and became WYFJ. WIVE-AM continued broadcasting alone from Ashcake Rd, while WYFJ-FM moved to a new facility on Washington Highway.
On October 1, 1987, the station changed its call sign to WMMM (these calls are now on an FM station in Madison Wisconsin). On July 1, 1989, the calls were changed to WPES by new owner Calvary Pentecostal Campground. The station calls were changed to WHAN-AM on August 28, 1998.
External links
- WAHN Online
- Template:AMQ
- Template:AML
- WHAN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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