Larry Hess retired from full-time Christian ministry after 45-years of serving churches in the capacity of Music Director.  He served churches from Ohio to North Carolina! In addition to his work for WHVN Larry still utilizes his musical gift serving as Music Director for a prominent Gaston County church.   For the past ten years he has, on behalf of WHVN and sister station WCGC, assisted local pastors and businessmen with taking their messages beyond four walls to the broader community.  Larry’s sales efforts have been more prominently focused on our 10,000 watt Belmont/Gastonia, N.C. radio facility WCGC … and have included annually selling-out popular football games for Gaston County’s South Point High School.  Larry is a granddad of 8.  He and wife Hazel have called Charlotte home for over 30-years.

Jim Mintzer is a radio veteran of 40-years.  A Philadelphia native, Jim showed early interest in radio when, as a teen, he constructed a small AM station in the basement of the family home!  Jim’s efforts for WHVN (and sister station WCGC) are more highly concentrated on businesses and ministries in Gaston County, just across the Catawba River from Charlotte.  Jim and wife Becky live in the Belmont/Gastonia, N.C. area. With a diversified radio background in announcing, sales, copywriting, production and traffic, He's ready to help local churches and business advertisers. Phone him at (704) 825-2812.

Gary Hattaway is widely acknowledged as one of the finest broadcast engineers in the Carolinas!  He previously served as Chief Engineer for two large Charlotte FM stations.  He currently services WHVN and six of our other regional radio stations. Gary fell in love with the technical end of broadcasting when, as a High School student (some 37-years ago) his high school class took a field trip to a popular Charlotte station.  Following that tour Gary said “I knew this is what I wanted to do for a living”!  And he does it well!  He’s a native of Kannapolis, N.C. He and wife Debra make their home in Salisbury, N.C.  Gary’s is a longtime Ham Radio operator, assisting with emergencies as needed and as time permits, on sunny days, he straddles his vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycle and soaks in the beauty of the Piedmont North Carolina countryside.