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| Broadcast area | Danville, Virginia Yanceyville, North Carolina |
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| Frequency | 1580kHz |
| Branding | 104.5 The Dan |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Lakes Media LLC |
| WHLF,WKSK-FM,WLUS-FM,WMPW,WSHV | |
| History | |
First air date | 1957 (as WILA) |
Former call signs | WILA (1957–2009) |
Call sign meaning | WWDaN River |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 67269 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000watts daytime only |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°34′3.0″N79°22′50.0″W / 36.567500°N 79.380556°W /36.567500; -79.380556 |
| Translator(s) | 104.5 W283BN (Danville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | WWDN Webstream |
| Website | WWDN Online |
WWDN (1580 AM) is aclassic hitsbroadcastradio station licensed toDanville, Virginia, servingDanville, Virginia andYanceyville, North Carolina. WWDN is owned and operated by Lakes Media LLC.[2]
Neill McMillan (father of Neill McMillan Jr., akaMojo Nixon), described as "a 'champion' of the black community," bought then WILA in 1969 from Ralph Baron and George Lund, who were the first owners of the station to targetAfrican-American listeners. Despitegraffiti and tire damage, McMillan was committed to theCivil Rights Movement and aired speeches byMartin Luther King Jr. both times the civil rights leader visited Danville. WILA's call-letters were originally from a defunct radio station inWoodstock, Illinois which broadcast from 1948 until 1950. After McMillan's death in 1978, his wife Frances ran the station, later selling to Lawrence and Ella Toller's Tol-Tol Communications. Lawrence Toller managed WILA for 17 years, although he lived inLynchburg.
The station's format wasurban oldies/black gospel "Heart and Soul".[3]
On August 19, 2009, WILA was sold to Birch Broadcasting Corporation for $150,000.[4] Toller said, "It has been an outlet for the black community. They may not have that now and I’m sorry about that." The station added an FMtranslator and changed format toclassic hits WWDN as "104-5 the Dan" on December 14, 2009, debuting with 10,000 songs in a row (commercial-free) by such artists asFleetwood Mac,The Eagles,Elton John andJourney.[3]
In addition to the main station, WWDN is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.[5]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W283BN | 104.5 FM | Danville, Virginia | 154767 | 250 | 56.6 m (186 ft) | D | LMS |
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