WHVR (1280

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) is a

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, serving the

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. The station is owned by Forever Media, through licensee FM Radio Licenses, LLC and is stunting with a

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, known as "Santa 95.3". WHVR also carries

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games. By day, WHVR is powered at 5,000

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s. But to protect other stations on

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from interference, WHVR reduces power at night to 500 watts. It uses a

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at all times. Programming is also heard on FM

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W237EN at 95.3

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in Hanover. The translator has an

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(ERP) of 250 watts.

History

On , WHVR first

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the air. It was a

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with a power of 1,000 watts. Its

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s were in the Hanover Trust building. John D. Bair was the president and Production Manager. Initially the station was on the air from 6:30 AM until local sunset. 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. On March 20, 2017, WHVR changed formats from

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, and switched branding from "Real Country 1280 WHVR" to "Classic Hits 1280 and 95.3 WHVR". On May 21, 2019, WHVR, along with

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in Gettysburg, began simulcasting an

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format, along with the new launch of W229DK, 93.7 FM which rebroadcasts WGET. Collectively, the AM stations and FM translators are known as ''Happy 1280, 1320 AM & 95.3, 93.7 FM''. On January 1, 2022 the stations shifted their format to top 40/CHR. With this change, they ended their simulcast and are branded as "Nu 95.3" and "Nu 93.7", respectively, however as the stations use a similar Westwood One satellite system, some songs have aired between the two stations on a slight 30-60 second delay. On November 1, 2022 WHVR and WGET dropped their top 40/CHR format and began stunting with Christmas music, branded as "Santa 95.3", with a new format to launch on January 2, 2023.Santa Arrives in York
Radioinsight - November 1, 2022

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* * HVR Radio stations established in 1975 {{Pennsylvania-radio-station-stub