Larry Hess

Larry Hess retired from full-time Christian ministry after 47-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 14 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 and recently a great-granddad! He and wife Hazel have called Charlotte home for over 26-years.

Gary Hattaway

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.

Rob Caskey Technical Assistant

Rob Caskey is a 20 year veteran of broadcast radio engineering. Prior to getting into radio he was a professional sound engineer installing sound and recording equipment, mostly for churches of all denominations in the central North Carolina area, as well as being a concert electrician for major acts such as Reba McEntire, Harry Connick Jr., Peter, Paul and Mary and Hank Williams Jr. Wanting to stay in his home town of Charlotte he found his calling in Radio and has been here ever since. In his twenty years in Radio he has done almost everything in radio from building new studios and transmitter sites to spear heading the way from the analog to digital era. He owes much of his success to his long time friend and mentor Gary Hattaway with whom he still works closely today. Rob is married to D'Andrea who works as a BSN RN at Carolina's Medical Center and has a 15 year old daughter, Hannah, attending Myer's Park High School. He enjoys cooking for and spending time with his family, playing golf, watching sports (particularly UNC Tarheel sports) and working in his yard and garden.