WHVN (1240 AM; "Buenas Nuevas Charlotte") is a Spanish language radio station licensed to Charlotte, North Carolina United States. The station is owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation. WHVN is licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for digital HD operation. History Early years The station that would become WHVN on the 1240 frequency in Charlotte began operations in 1929 in Gastonia, North Carolina on 1210 kHz with the call letters WRBU. The station had a power of 100 watts and was licensed to the "A. J. Kirby Music Company". On November 29, 1930, the call sign was changed to WSOC, supposedly meaning "We Serve Our City"; three years later, the station moved from Gastonia to Charlotte. The 1941 North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) mandated a change in frequency to 1240 kHz. In the late 1950s, most stations on "Class IV" (local) frequencies were allowed to increase their daytime power to 1,000 watts, and WSOC increased their daytime power as well. Also in the 1950s the owners of WSOC brought to the air WSOC-FM at 103.7 MHz, and WSOC-TV on VHF channel 9. Top 40 era On September 2, 1960, Cox Broadcasting Company, then-owners of WSOC, traded frequencies with WIST at 930 kHz Under the ownership of Cosmos Broadcasting and later Henderson Belk the station gained the WIST legacy of the first true Top 40 station in Charlotte, and by the end of the decade had pioneered the progressive rock format in Charlotte as "The Amazing AM", but changes were in the works. In 1972, the progressive rock format was shifted to WIST-FM at 95.1 MHz, and their calls were changed to WRNA. After WRNA dropped the progressive format, in May 1973, J.J. Austin began hosting "AM Alternative" in the evening. Belk then sold WIST(AM) to Statesville Broadcasting Company, which gained CBS Radio Network affiliation for the station and began Charlotte's first talk radio format on WIST. Charlotte radio legend Jack Knight was one of the hosts. General manager Garrett Allen called the format "a venture into the unknown" and a "radical departure" that he believed no other station in the Southeastern united States was doing. Future John Boy and Billy sidekick Robert D. Raiford hosted one of the talk shows, the "no-holds-barred" program "Rebel without a Pause", which aired first from 10 A.M. to noon for two weeks and then from 6:30 to 10 A.M. each morning starting