WHAN-AM 930 
Haines City
                                 
Original Call Letters: WHAN
Originally Licensed: Sep 9, 1960
Original Power: 500 watts daytime
Original City of  License: Haines City
Original Location: 110 Scenic Highway
Original Format:  
Network Affiliation(s): ABC 
                                  USA Radio Network

Owner(s): 1960-Haines City Broadcasters, Inc.   
   1969-Radio Central, Inc. 
                1974-Ed and Betty Shadburne
                1979-David King & Robert Yesbek 
                1984-The Law Family
                1986-Landmark Baptist Church
                             
History Of Call Letters and Formats: WHAN-1960-
                                                         WHAN-1969-Country Western
                                                         WHAN-1974-Block Programming/Variety
                                                         WFXI-1979-Oldies   "Solid Gold Radio  "Golden 93"
                                                         WTHN-1984-
                                                         WLVF-1986-Religious  "We're Landmark's Voice of Faith" 
                                                                                                           
WHAN History
WHAN signed on in 1960 from Haines City. 

WHAN Personalities
A.V. Aldridge aka “Stickbuddy”-1960 (He also was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Davenport)
Larry Kilgore-1960 
Larry Cox-1960
Tom Anthony-1976-1979 Biography
Dave Efurd
Dick Dermid
Hubert Dampier



Larry Vee (Larry Flegle)-1965-1967-Afternoons                                      

                                                                                                                          Larry Vee (Larry Flegle) 1967
Dave Dunson-1960
Allen Shaw, Jr-1960-Allen Shaw says, “I was fortunate to have been able to get a job with Dick and Peggy (Cooke) while still in Haines City High School in 1960 when they put WHAN on the air.  I did the afternoon rock and roll show each day until the station signed off at local sunset.”   
Michael Hatfield-1967
Jud Bowen-Mid-days

Other Names In WHAN History
Richard Cooke-1960-Co-owner/Chief engineer-Haines City Broadcasters, Inc. 
Peggy Cooke-1960-Co-owner/General Manager-Haines City Broadcasters, Inc.
John Everbach-1969-President, Radio Central, Inc.  
Meyer Layman-1969-General Manager
Sonny George-1969-Program Director, Radio Central, Inc.
Mark Knapp-1969-Chief Engineer, Radio Central, Inc  
Ed Shadburne-1974-Co-owner
Betty Shadburne- 1974-Co-owner

                                                    
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