WCFI-FM
101.9
Daytona Beach
Original Call Letters: WMFJ
Original City of License: Daytona
Beach
Originally Licensed:
November 1, 1967
Origin of Call Letters: The
call letters WMFJ-FM were chosen to compliment co-owned WMFJ-AM 1450
The originally desired call letters WMFB -
World’s Most Famous Beach were unavailable in 1967
Original Power: 4,100
watts
Original Format: Beautiful
Music
Network Affiliation(s): RKO
Radio Network, United Stations Radio Network
Owner(s):
1967-Walter-Weeks Broadcasting Company (Jim
Walter and Robert M. Weeks)
1980-Patten Communications, Inc. (Co-owned
with WNJY-FM 94.3 Rivera Beach-West Palm Beach)
1982-Abell
Communications Corporation (The A. S. Abell Publishing Company)
1984-S & F Communications, Inc. (James
Seymour and Stuart Frankel)
1985-Duffy Broadcasting, Inc. (A
Division of Duffy Newspapers) ( $7.7
million)
1987-Beasley-Reed Broadcasting, Inc. (George
G. Beasley and George Reed) ($9.2 million)
1996-Chancellor Broadcasting Corporation (Thomas
O. Hicks, Founder, Chairman)
1997-Chancellor Media Corporation1
1999-AMFM Broadcasting, Inc.2
2001-Clear Channel Communications Corporation3
2001-Infinity Broadcasting, Incorporated4
2005-CBS Radio, Inc.5
History Of Call Letters and Formats: WMFJ-1967-Automated
Beautiful Music (Drake-Chenault) “Stereo
102”
WQXQ-1973-Automated
AOR (Drake-Chenault) “Q 102”
WQXQ-1976-Automated Top 40 “Q
102”
WDOQ-1980-Top
40 “Q 102”
WCFI-1984 -Adult
Contemporary (Tran-Star Satellite)
“Central Florida’s I- 4 101.9 FM”
WCFI-1985-Adult
Contemporary (Tran-Star Satellite)
“Sunny 102”
WORZ-1986-Classic
Rock “The Rock You Grew Up With“ “Z
102”
WJHM-1988-Urban
Contemporary/Hip Hop “Jamlando‘s
102 JAMZ”
WCFI
History
Thanks to Marc
Tyll for this history of WCFI.
WCFI-FM
began as Daytona’s sleepy-time beautiful music station known as WMFJ-FM
“Stereo 102” W. In 1984 and the hit music that had been so popular for so
many years was replaced with Tran-Star’s Satellite adult contemporary music
network. The heritage Q 102 moniker was also replaced, becoming “Central
Florida’s I-4, 101.9 FM” in an effort to attract listeners traveling the I-4
corridor between Daytona Beach and Orlando. The new “I-4” was patterned
similarly after Miami’s CHR formatted “I-95” WINZ-FM with the
exception of being an adult contemporary station instead of CHR or top 40. A
year later the name was shortened to “Sunny 102”. Toward the end of 1985,
Aurbach suddenly fell ill and passed away unexpectedly. S & F
Communications sold WCFI to Duffy
Broadcasting, Inc. Under Duffy management, the adult contemporary format was
replaced with classic rock under a new set of call letters, WORZ-FM
101.9.
1 A direct result of Chancellor Broadcasting merging with Evergreen
Media, keeping the name “Chancellor” from Chancellor Broadcasting
and keeping “Media” from Evergreen Media, creating the new Chancellor
Media Corporation
2 Company was renamed when Chancellor Media Chairman and founder Thomas
O. Hicks resigned, causing numerous corporate Board member changes. The new
Chancellor Board of Directors renamed the Delaware corporation AMFM
Broadcasting, Inc., naming company President and Chief Operating Officer
(former Evergreen Media President and CEO), Jimmy DeCastro,
President, CEO and Board member of the new AMFM Broadcasting.
3 Acquired when Clear Channel purchased AMFM Broadcasting
4 The one time
radio division of CBS Corporation, owned by Viacom International, Inc.
Mel Karmazin, Infinity Chairman,
(CEO)
5 Infinity Broadcasting, Inc. was renamed CBS Radio, Inc. after
parent CBS Corporation was split off from Viacom International,
Inc., creating two separate publicly traded companies in 2005
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