WHAV-LP
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| Broadcast area | Merrimack Valley |
| Frequency | 97.9 MHz |
| Branding | 97.9 WHAV |
| Programming | |
| Format | Oldies; news |
| Affiliations | Pacifica Radio Network CBS News Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Public Media of New England, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | September 2016 |
Call sign meaning | Haverhill, Massachusetts |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 193811 |
| Class | Low-power FM |
| ERP | 4 watts |
| HAAT | 151.934 meters (498.47 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°46′23.33″N 71°5′59.2″W / 42.7731472°N 71.099778°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WHAV-LP (97.9 FM) – branded 97.9 WHAV – is a non-commercial low-power radio station licensed to serve Haverhill, Massachusetts. Owned by Public Media of New England, Inc., WHAV-LP services the immediate Merrimack Valley and considers itself the successor station to the original WHAV (1490 AM), also licensed to Haverhill, and transmits from WHAV's original 1947 transmitter site; however, the original WHAV continues operations to this day as WCCM. Besides a standard analog transmission, WHAV-LP's audio is also carried, in part, by a number of public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable television stations, and is available online.