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WAVP
Simulcasts WHNR, Cypress Gardens
Broadcast areaSebring area
Frequency1390 kHz
BrandingBoss Hogg Radio
Programming
FormatAdult hits
AffiliationsFox News Radio
Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Ferris S. Waller, Sr.
  • (Walco Enterprises, LLC)
  • Sister stations

    WHNR, WKFL, WWAB, WZHR
    History

    First air date

    October 1, 1970; 53 years ago (1970-10-01)

    Former call signs

    • WAPR (1970–1993)
  • WKHF (1993–1994)
  • WAVP (1994–2006)
  • WFHT (2006–2020)
  • Call sign meaning

    Avon Park
    Technical information[1]

    Licensing authority

    FCC
    Facility ID72684
    ClassD
    Power
    • 1,000 watts day
  • 77 watts night
  • Transmitter coordinates

    27°37′8N 81°29′27W / 27.61889°N 81.49083°W / 27.61889; -81.49083
    Translator(s)107.5 W298BU (Avon Park)
    Links

    Public license information

  • LMS
  • WebcastListen live
    Websitewww.bosshoggradio.com

    WAVP (1390 AM) is a radio station licensed to Avon Park, Florida. WAVP is owned by Ferris Waller, through licensee Walco Enterprises, LLC, and operates with 1,000 watts day and 77 watts at night. The station is known on-air as Boss Hogg Radio.

    History and current status

    [edit]

    WAVP began broadcasting October 1, 1970. In 1992, the owner was Andrew Banas who bought the station for $100,000 in September 1990.[2] The station went silent on October 1, 2009, according to FCC records, but was resurrected in early 2010.

    WFHT until January 2015 aired a nationally syndicated talk show lineup that included Neal Boortz, Michael Savage, Mark Levin, and Phil Hendrie Mondays through Fridays, and specialty talk shows on the weekends. WFHT was also an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team, and NFL and NCAA football games; the former talk station also featured local talk shows. In 2015, WFHT began broadcasting Florida A&M Rattlers football games via the "Rattler Football Network".

    From 2015 to 2020, the station broadcast an urban ACurban contemporary gospel format. This ended when the station was sold to Walco Enterprises and began simulcasting the other three Boss Hogg Radio stations owned by the company, reclaiming the WAVP call sign it had used for most of its history until the mid-2000s.

    Translators

    [edit]

    In addition to the main station, WAVP is relayed by an FM translator.

    Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
    W298BU 107.5 FM Avon Park, Florida 138526 215 D LMS

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAVP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  • ^ "WAPR-AM". RadioYears.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  • [edit]
    FM translator

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WAVP&oldid=1234536598"

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