WORZ-FM 101.9
Daytona Beach
Original Call Letters: WMFJ
Originally Licensed:
November 1, 1967
Original City of License: Daytona
Beach
Original Frequency: 101.9
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 Location:
Original Format: Classic
Rock
Network Affiliation(s): RKO
Radio Network
United Stations Radio Network
Owner(s):
1967-Walter-Weeks Broadcasting Company
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.
1986-Duffy Broadcasting, Inc. (A
Division of Duffy Newspapers) ( $7.7
million)
1987-Beasley-Reed Broadcasting, Inc. ($9.2 million)
1996-Chancellor Broadcasting Corporation
1997-Chancellor Media Corporation
1999-AMFM Broadcasting, Inc.
2001-Clear Channel Communications Corporation
2001-Infinity Broadcasting, Incorporated
2005-CBS Radio, Inc.
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 (Drake-Chenault)
“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”
WORZ
History
Thanks to Marc Tyll
for this history of WORZ.
The station quickly became known as “The Rock You Grew Up With, Where All The
Good Stuff Is, the New Z 102.” The New Z 102 featured many well known radio
personalities including Max and Pam in the morning and Michael
W. Lowe in the afternoons. Two years
later Duffy Broadcasting sold WORZ to Beasley
- Reed Broadcasting, Inc., a joint venture formed between Naples, Florida
based Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (headed by legendary group owner George
G. Beasley), and broadcast station owner George Reed.
June 16, 1986 at 6 a.m., WORZ-FM debuted in WCFI's place. Program
Director Allen Edwards described WORZ's sound as rock, without the
heavy metal edge, and adult-contemporary hits, without the most mellow tunes.
Targeting 30- to 40-year-old listeners, WORZ will play a lot of older
rock hits. These listeners also want to hear current rock songs, said Edwards,
but only those from the pop mainstream. The station used the logo ''Z-102.''
It was not a random choice. WORZ's programmers found that listeners
remember the logo of "Zeta
7" used by rock station WORJ-FM
107.7, even though the station changed format to adult-contemporary and
its call letters to WJYO-FM 107.7 in
1981.
WORZ
Personalities
Michael
W. Lowe-1986-Biography-6PM
to Midnight shift, moving to AM drive as part of the "Z-102 Morning
Patrol".
Stuart Smith-1986-Part
of the "Z-102 Morning Patrol"
Ed
Geiger-1986-Traffic
reporter-part of the "Z-102 Morning Patrol"
Donna
Morehouse-1986-News-part
of the "Z-102 Morning Patrol"
Carren
Sheldon-1986-News-part
of the "Z-102 Morning Patrol"
Andy
McDonald-1986-Morning
show producer
Jim Howie
Rick Pittman
Crystal Lake
Crystal
Max
and Pam (Max and Pam McGann)-1986-1987-Mornings
Dave Matthews
Other Names In WORZ History
Mike
Shields-1986-Vice
President of Duffy Broadcasting/General Manager
Allen
Edwards-1986-Program
Director
Darrel Goodin-General Manager
Dave Donahue-General Manager
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