WAVP

WAVP
Simulcasts WHNR, Cypress Gardens
Avon Park, Florida;
Broadcast area	Sebring area
Frequency	1390 kHz
Branding	Boss Hogg Radio
Programming
Format	Adult hits
Ownership
Owner	Ferris S. Waller, Sr.; (Walco Enterprises, LLC);
Sister stations	WHNR, WKFL, WWAB
History
First air date	October 1, 1970; 53 years ago
Former call signs	WAPR (1970–1993); WKHF (1993–1994); WAVP (1994–2006); WFHT (2006–2020);
Call sign meaning	Avon Park
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	72684
Class	D
Power	1,000 watts (day); 77 watts (night);
Transmitter coordinates	27°37′8″N 81°29′27″W / 27.61889°N 81.49083°W
Translator(s)	107.5 W298BU (Avon Park)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
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.

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 AC–urban 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	ERP (W)	Class	FCC info
W298BU	107.5 FM	Avon Park, Florida	215	D	FMQ

References[edit]

^ "Facility Technical Data for WAVP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "WAPR-AM". RadioYears.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010.

1992 Broadcasting Yearbook, page A-66 (listed as WAPR)

External links[edit]

Facility details for Facility ID 72684 (WAVP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WAVP in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

FM translator

W298BU in the FCC FM station database
W298BU at FCCdata.org

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WAVP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] "WAPR-AM". RadioYears.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010.

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