WHVR

WHVR
City	Hanover, PA
Broadcast area	York, Pennsylvania
Branding	"Real Country 1280 WHVR"
Frequency	1280 (kHz)
Format	Classic Country
ERP	5000 Watts (day) 500 Watts (night)
Class	B
Owner	Forever Media (FM Radio Licenses, LLC)
Website	realcountry1280whvr.com

WHVR (1280 AM) is a Classic Country formatted radio station in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Forever Media, through licensee FM Radio Licenses, LLC.

History

WHVR went into operation on January 2, 1949 on 1280 kHz with a power of 1000 watts. Its studios were located in the Hanover Trust building. John D. Bair was the president and Production Manager. Initially the station was on the air from 06:30 AM until local sunset.^[1]

WHVR was a pioneer in remote pickup with a 26.35 MHz unit that would allow broadcasting back to the station events where a phone line was not available.^[2]

References

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WHVR

Radio-Locator Information on WHVR

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WHVR

Radio stations in the York, Pennsylvania market

By FM frequency	88.1 96.1 98.5 103.3 105.1 105.7 107.7

By AM frequency	910 1250 1280 1320 1350 1440

By callsign	WARM WGET WGLD WGTY WHVR WIOV WOYK WQXA WSBA WSOX WVYC WYCR WYYC

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Country radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

Stations	WANB – Waynesburg WBLJ-FM – Shamokin WBYL – Salladasburg WCAT-FM – Carlisle WCFT-FM - Bloomsburg WCTO – Easton WDBF-FM - Mount Union WDDH – Saint Marys WDKC – Covington WDSY-FM – Pittsburgh WEEO – Shippensburg WFGE – State College WFGI – Charleroi WFGI-FM – Johnstown WFGY – Altoona WFRM – Coudersport WGGI – Benton WGGY – Scranton WGTY – Gettysburg WGYI – Oil City WGYY – Meadville WHGB – Harrisburg WHGL-FM – Canton WHUN – Huntingdon WHVR – Hanover WIBF– Mexico WILQ – Williamsport WIOO – Carlisle WIOV-FM – Ephrata WKNB – Clarendon WKVE – Waynesburg WLCY – Blairsville WOGG – Oliver WOGH – Burgettstown WOGI – Moon Township WOWQ – Du Bois WPGB – Pittsburgh WQBG – Elizabethville WQBR – Avis WQCK – Philipsburg WRBG – Mifflinburg WRBT – Harrisburg WSJR – Dallas WSKE – Everett WTWF – Fairview WVNW – Burnham WWCB - Corry WWCH – Clarion WWGY – Grove City WWSM – Annville-Cleona WXTA – Edinboro WXTU – Philadelphia WZBF - Beaver Springs WZCY-FM – Hershey

Defunct	WKZV – Washington

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 39°49′11″N 77°00′25″W / 39.81972°N 77.00694°W / 39.81972; -77.00694

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