WHAN-AM 930
Haines City
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Original Call Letters: WHAN |
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Originally Licensed: Sep 9, 1960 |
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Original City of License: Haines City |
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Original Frequency: 930 |
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Origin of Call Letters: Location; HAiNes City |
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Original Power: 250 Watts Daytime |
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Original Location: 110 Scenic Highway |
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Original Format: Pop |
Network Affiliation(s): |
ABC |
| USA Radio Network |
Owner(s): |
1960-Haines City Broadcasters, Inc. |
| 1968-WHAN, 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-Pop Italian 5 hrs weekly |
| WHAN-1968-Country Western | |
| WHAN-1969-Town and Country | |
| WHAN-1974-Variety | |
| WFXI-1979-Oldies "Solid Gold Radio "Golden 93" | |
| WTHN-1984- | |
| WLVF-1986-Religious "We're Landmark's Voice of Faith" |
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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 |
| 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.” |
| Margaret Pitts-1961-News Director-Haines City Broadcasters, Inc. |
![]() Larry Vee (Larry Flegle)-1965-1967-Afternoons Biography |
| Michael Hatfield-1967 |
| Joe Ebben-1968-News Director-WHAN, Inc. |
| Jerry Wallace-1968-Program Director-WHAN, Inc. |
| Tom Anthony-1976-1979 Biography |
| Dave Efurd |
Dick Dermid![]() |
| Hubert Dampier |
| Jud Bowen-Mid-days Larry Vee (Larry Flegle) 1967 |
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Richard Cooke-1960-Co-owner/Chief Engineer-Haines City Broadcasters, Inc. |
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Peggy Cooke-1960-Co-owner/General Manager-Haines City Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Charles Esposito-1968-Chief Engineer-Haines City Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Meyer Layman-1968-President/General Manager-WHAN, Inc. |
| Robert Shoopman-1968-Chief Engineer-WHAN, Inc. |
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John Everbach-1969-President, Radio Central, Inc. |
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Sonny George-1969-Program Director, Radio Central, Inc. |
Mark Knapp-1969-Chief Engineer, Radio Central, Inc. |
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Ed Shadburne-1974-Co-owner |
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Betty Shadburne- 1974-Co-owner |
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