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While continuing to work at WHO, in late 1991, Van and a business partner bought KLSN FM Radio in Jefferson, Iowa, which they owned for two years, then sold. In 2004, Van invented the DayTeller® timepiece, and the Van Harden Cheese Crust Pizza. In 2013, Van published his first book, Life in …
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with Van and Becky Harden. April 1-8, 2022. Join Van & Becky Harden and Allied Travel for a Florida Space Coast tour and a relaxing stay in Key Largo. Spend a few days in Cocoa Beach, touring the Kennedy Space Center and the Florida Atlantic coast. Then, slip down to Key Largo for 4 days of fun in the Continental United States’ Southernmost ...
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Life in the Purple Wedge: Finding Yourself on the Map and How That Changes Everything. Van's first book was released in 2013 and was an immediate hit. It's a book about living in two separate worlds at the same time, which is a concept that may not …
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Harden thanked his co-workers, especially former co-host Bonnie Lucas, who retired in March after working with Harden for 25 years. "Van and Bonnie in …
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May 11, 2019 . Van and Bonnie in the Morning A Personal Message From Van By Van Harden May 11, 2019. Life can be filled with a lot of joy and although I don’t get too deeply into my private life on the air or in my writings, and many of you have asked, I want to do that here today.I never thought I’d be in a position where so many people were interested ...
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After 50 years in the industry and 34 hosting mornings at WHO Des Moines (1040), Van Harden told longtime listeners of the iHeartMedia news/talker that he will retire in January. In fact, Harden’s last broadcast will take place Jan. 8, 2021, 50 years from when he first cracked the mic in January 1971. During more than three decades at the ...
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Van Harden. 1,769 likes. Author, inventor, teacher, and radio personality at WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa
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Emery Songer and Melanie Mackey talk about the week that was, including the events at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. They have their first "Weird Factoid of the Week" and chat with Tim Flattery of the Moonlight Graham Show. Share. Mark as Played. …
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Feb 22, 2016 . Harden is half of the popular morning radio broadcast “Van and Bonnie.” Now, he jokes he is half the man he used to be. “People are calling me mini-Van and the incredible shrinking man,” he said.
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Van Harden is known nationally for his creative broadcasting career and inventions. Through his twenty-seven years as program director of WHO radio in De...
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Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Barclays Center on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke By Greg Logan [email protected] @GregLogan1 ...
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Van Harden to Retire After 50 Year Radio Career Sep 15, 2020 On Tuesday morning Van Harden, legendary host of the “Van Harden in the Morning Show” on iHeartMedia Des Moines’ NEWSRADIO 1040 WHO, announced that he will retire in January, capping an award winning, 50-year broadcasting career in Iowa and 34 years as the morning host on WHO Radio.
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Jul 19, 2019 . A Note From Van About the Next Few Days By Van Harden Jul 19, 2019. I want to send a heartfelt thank you to so many of you that have sent me congratulations over the last month. This certainly has been an exceptional time of life even to the point where, when I have received congratulations, I wasn’t always sure for which event! ...
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Two DJs who have been working together for more than a decade will replace Van Harden in the morning.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Van Harden announced that he will retire from WHO Radio. He has worked for 50 years in radio, mostly in Iowa. Harden began …
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Van grew up in Adel, Iowa, just outside Des Moines. He grew up as an only child, and his parents reported he was extremely creative and inventive. Van discovered his passion for radio early on, spending a lot of time tuning and listening as a youngster.
In 1986 Van moved across town to host the morning show on 50 thousand watt WHO Radio, which quickly became the most listened to radio program in the state of Iowa after he joined the station. He was also named Program Director in 1987. In 1991 Van began hosting a daily television program on WHO TV, a local variety show that aired for four years.
He has taught and spoken in many churches and denominations, but has always insisted on teaching straight out of the Bible, which he calls "our owner's manual." He and his wife Denise have three grown children, five grandchildren and live in his childhood home in Iowa.
Through his twenty-seven years as program director of WHO radio in Des Moines, the station has been awarded thirteen national Marconi Awards, five of which he has received personally for his own morning radio program, which he has hosted for those entire twenty-seven years.
Van grew up in Adel, Iowa, just outside Des Moines. He grew up as an only child, and his parents reported he was extremely creative and inventive. Van discovered his passion for radio early on, spending a lot of time tuning and listening as a youngster.
In 1974 he became the morning air personality at KWEN in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he stayed for a year before returning to Iowa.
Under Van's leadership WHO Radio has won thirteen national Marconi awards from the National Association of Broadcasters, five of which were awarded to him personally as medium market personality.