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Radio station in Danville, Virginia

WWDN Danville, Virginia United States Broadcast area Danville, Virginia Yanceyville, North Carolina Frequency 1580 kHz Branding 104.5 The Dan Programming Format Classic hits Ownership Owner Lakes Media LLC Sister stations WHLF, WKSK-FM, WLUS-FM, WMPW, WSHV History First air date 1957 (as WILA) Former call signs WILA (1957–2009) Call sign meaning WW DaN River Technical information[1] Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 67269 Class D Power 1,000 watts daytime only Transmitter coordinates 36°34′3.0″N 79°22′50.0″W / 36.567500°N 79.380556°W / 36.567500; -79.380556 Translator 104.5 W283BN (Danville) Links Public license information Public file LMS Webcast WWDN Webstream Website WWDN Online

**WWDN** (1580 AM) is a [classic hits](/source/Classic_hits) [broadcast](/source/Broadcasting) [radio station](/source/Radio_station) licensed to [Danville, Virginia](/source/Danville%2C_Virginia), serving [Danville, Virginia](/source/Danville%2C_Virginia) and [Yanceyville, North Carolina](/source/Yanceyville%2C_North_Carolina). WWDN is owned and operated by Lakes Media LLC.[2]

## History

Neill McMillan (father of Neill McMillan Jr., aka [Mojo Nixon](/source/Mojo_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 target [African-American](/source/African-American) listeners. Despite [graffiti](/source/Graffiti) and tire damage, McMillan was committed to the [Civil Rights Movement](/source/Civil_Rights_Movement) and aired speeches by [Martin Luther King Jr.](/source/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.) both times the civil rights leader visited Danville. WILA's call-letters were originally from a defunct radio station in [Woodstock, Illinois](/source/Woodstock%2C_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 in [Lynchburg](/source/Lynchburg%2C_Virginia).

The station's format was [urban oldies](/source/Urban_oldies)/[black gospel](/source/Traditional_black_gospel) "Heart and Soul".[3]

## Station sold

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 FM [translator](/source/Broadcast_relay_station) and changed format to [classic hits](/source/Classic_hits) WWDN as "104-5 the Dan" on December 14, 2009, debuting with 10,000 songs in a row (commercial-free) by such artists as [Fleetwood Mac](/source/Fleetwood_Mac), [The Eagles](/source/The_Eagles), [Elton John](/source/Elton_John) and [Journey](/source/Journey_(band)).[3]

## Translator

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FCC-LMS-67269_1-0)** ["Facility Technical Data for WWDN"](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=67269). *Licensing and Management System*. [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["WWDN Facility Record"](https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WWDN). *[Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission), audio division*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sold_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sold_3-1) Bozick, Tara (November 6, 2009). ["Longtime Danville radio station sold"](http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/longtime_danville_radio_station_sold/15296/). *Danville News*. Retrieved November 17, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License](https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101327689&formid=314&fac_num=67269)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["W283BN Facility Record"](https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=W283BN). *[Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission), audio division*.

## External links

- [104.5 The Dan Online](http://www.1045thedan.com/)

- [Facility details for Facility ID 67269 (WWDN)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=67269) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [WWDN](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP26&band=am&callLetter=WWDN) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s AM station database

- [Facility details for Facility ID 154767 (W283BN)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=154767) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [W283BN](https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=W283BN&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&lmspf=&lmspl=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=&lang=en) at FCCdata.org

v t e Radio stations in Southside Virginia, including Danville, Martinsville and South Boston By AM frequency 730 900 970 1000 1080 1160 1250 1270 1330 1370 1400 1560 1580 By FM frequency 89.9 90.5 91.1 95.3 95.7 96.3 98.3 99.9 103.3 106.3 Translators 103.7 104.5 Digital radio by frequency & subchannel 96.3-1 96.3-2 By call sign W279AO W283BN WAJL WAKG WBTM WCBX WDVA WFLO-FM WGVY WHEE WHEO WHLF WKBY WLUS-FM WMNA WMNA-FM WMPW WODY WOKD-FM WPIM WROV-FM HD2 WSBV WWDN WWVT-FM WZBB Defunct WFIC (1530 AM) WMVA (1450 AM) WODI (1230 AM) WPEX (90.9 FM) WXRE-LP (97.9 FM) Radio stations in Southside Virginia Farmville Lynchburg Petersburg South Hill Elsewhere in the region Southside Other nearby regions Blacksburg-Christiansburg Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Raleigh-Durham Rocky Mount-Wilson Southwest Virginia See also List of radio stations in Virginia

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