WAVP

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WAVP
Simulcasts WHNR, Cypress Gardens
City Avon Park, Florida
Broadcast area Sebring area
Frequency 1390 kHz
BrandingBoss Hogg Radio
Programming
Format Adult hits/variety
Ownership
OwnerFerris S. Waller, Sr.
(Walco Enterprises, LLC)
WHNR, WKFL, WWAB
History
First air date
October 1, 1970;51 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
Facility ID 72684
Class D
Power 1,000 watts (day)
77 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
27°37′8″N81°29′27″W / 27.61889°N 81.49083°W / 27.61889; -81.49083
Translator(s) 107.5 W298BU (Avon Park)
Links
Website www.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.

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History & current status

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WAVP began broadcasting October 1, 1970. In 1992, the owner was Andrew Banas who bought the station for $100,000 in September 1990. [1] 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 Rick and Bubba, 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 show hosts Dale Pflug and Lester Lob. 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 AC/Black 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 letters it had used for most of its history until the mid-2000s.

Translators

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

Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license ERP
(W)
Class FCC info
W298BU107.5 Avon Park, Florida 215D FCC FM Query

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References

  1. "WAPR-AM". RadioYears.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010.