Radio WNRN 1430 (WHAN)

WHAN is a Full Service formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Ashland, Virginia, serving Ashland and Hanover County, Virginia. WHAN (1430) is owned and operated by Fifth Estate Broadcasting.The station signed on the air around 1965 as WIVE. In 1970, an FM was signed on at 100.1 as WIVE-FM. During the seventies the stations broadcast a religious format and also operated a Christian Book Store out of their studios on Ashcake Rd in Hanover County.In 1977, WIVE-AM changed to an adult contemporary format as WKDH, the calls meant to latch on to the popularity of local Hanover county theme park, Kings Dominion.By 1981, the station abandoned the format and returned to religion as WIVE-AM on May 12, 1981. WIVE-FM was also sold off around this time and became WYFJ. WIVE-AM continued broadcasting alone from Ashcake Rd, while WYFJ-FM moved to a new facility on Washington Highway.On October 1, 1987, the station changed its call sign to WMMM (these calls are now on an FM station in Madison Wisconsin). On July 1, 1989, the calls were changed to WPES by new owner Calvary Pentecostal Campground. The station calls were changed to WHAN-AM on August 28, 1998.