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WKHF-AM 1390
Avon Park
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Original Call Letters: WAPR |
| Originally Licensed: Oct 1, 1970 |
| Original City of License: Avon Park |
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| Original Location: 801 Hwy 27 South, Avon Park |
| Translator: 1982-WWOJ-FM 106.3 FM |
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Network Affiliation(s): |
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1992-Lee Broadcasting |
| 2001-Histed Media Group Inc | |
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WKHF-1992-Contemporary Christian |
| WAVP-1994- |
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| Pearl Lee-President-Lee Broadcasting |
| William L. Fowler-1992-Vice President/General Manager-Lee Broadcasting |
| Quick Coddington-1992-Chief Engineer-Lee Broadcasting |
| Richard Holdsworth1992-Program Director-Lee Broadcasting |
| David Womack-1992-Promotion Manager/News Director-Lee Broadcasting |
| William Mark Histed-, president-Histed Media Group Inc |
| G.W. "Gibby" Sullivan-General Manager |
| James M. Fuchs-General Sales Manager |
| Charles Castle-Chief Engineer |
Other WAVP owners included the Histed Media Group () and, in 2001, Anscombe
Broadcasting Group Ltd. (Steven G. Reszka, president). Odyssey Broadcasting
(Michael Cardillo, president) acquired WAVP in 2006 and pulled the plug on the
gospel programming, opting instead to program an adult standards format with new
calls – WFHT (Florida’s HoT 1390).
In 2020, Walco Enterprises LLC acquired WFHT, flipped the call letters back to
WAVP, and joined the company's other Florida properties in Lakeland, Winter
Haven, and Bushnell under the Boss Hogg Radio format.
Other names from WAVP history include Robert Cubero (GM/sales
manager-1995), Paul Rebbman (chief engineer-1995), Maribel Ruiz (operations/PD-1997), Esther
Cubero (chief operations-1999), Steve Rezka (operations-1999),
and John Hinkle (news director-1999).