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Danville’s Talk
Station 1490/WDAN
Danville’s
Talk Station, 1490 WDAN signed on the air in Danville in October
1938.
Since that time, Danville’s oldest station has served to inform,
educate and entertain area residents. Programming includes a
heavy commitment of local news, weather, sports and talk
programs. When Danville needs to know, they tune to 1490 WDAN,
Danville’s Talk Station.
Station Manager/Program
Director: Michael Hulvey
Assistant Station
Manager/Sales Manager: Michelle Campbell
News Director: Bill Pickett
Operations Manager: Tom
Barnes
Programming Highlights begin
at 5AM with Daybreak USA. Bill Pickett brings you local news
beginning at 6am. Farm news is provided by the Brownfield Radio
Network. Talk programs include the G. Gordon Liddy Show, The
Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly, and Sean Hannity. Coach Frank
Luzenske hosts the “Community Connection” every weekday at
7:35am, and “Vermilion County Today” at 12:35pm. Other local
programs include “School Time”, “Catch Ya At DACC”, the Thursday
Night Sports Roundtable, Saturday Morning Sports Talk & the
Garden Show. ESPN Radio airs every night, and all weekend
long. We also bring you St. Louis Cardinals Baseball, the Indy
Racing League, Indianapolis Colts Football, Fighting Illini
Sports, DACC Basketball and lots of High School action
throughout the year. And don’t forget, CBS News at the top of
every hour.
See
Broadcast Schedule
for complete details.
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PEOPLE YOU MAY REMEMBER
WDAN has a long and
storied history. We are most proud of the hundreds of
talented announcers and staff that have served WDAN and
the Danville radio listeners well. Among those include
two now famous names in the entertainment business.
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At the time they were just 2 regular
guys who thought it would be fun to work at WDAN.
The first was DICK VAN DYKE
Dick worked as an announcer at WDAN
during and after high school in the mid-1940's |
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GENE HACKMAN Gene
worked as a cameraman at Channel 24 in the mid 50’s |
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Some Old
Photos from our WDAN Anniversary Open House Archives
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DAN signs a New Sports
Contract on the hood of a new 1950 Studebaker.
L to R Max Shaffer -Bob Burow-Hank Mettam |
Click to enlarge |
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State of the Art Equipment
1960's |
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