WWNZ-FM
104.1
Cocoa
Beach
Original Call Letters: WRKT
Original City of License:
Cocoa
Beach
Originally Licensed: May
8, 1962
Power: 100,000
watts
Original Format: Jazz
Owner(s):
1962-C.
Sweet Smith
1981-Guy
Gannett Broadcasting Services, Inc.
1992-Paxson
Communications Corp ($18.6
Million with WWNZ-AM
740, WINZ-AM 940, WZTA-FM 94.9 Miami)
1993-Press
Broadcasting
($5 million)
1996-Paxson
Broadcasting ($25
million)
1997-Clear
Channel Communications, Inc.
History
Of Call Letters and Formats: WRKT-1962-Bonneville
Automated "KPE-FM"
WKPE-1970-Progressive
Rock "Cape
Radio"
WRKT-1977-Top
40 "Rocket
104"
WRKT-1980-Adult
Contemporary
"Rocket
104"
WSSP-1981-Country
"Brevard's Stereo Country
104"
WSSP-1985-Easy
Listening
"WSSPer 104"
WZTU-1992-Adult
contemporary
"U-104.1"
WHVE-1992-Top
40
"The Wave"
WVRI-1992-Talk-simulcast
of WWNZ-AM
740
WWNZ-1993-Talk
"Real Radio"
WTKS-1993-Talk
"Real Radio
104.1"
WTKS-1997-Talk,
Modern
Rock on weekends "Real
Radio 104.1"
History
of WWNZ
Aug. 17, 1992-104.1
began
simulcasting most of WWNZ-AM 740's programming, but the FM did have a few
separate programs such as syndicated Barry Farber and a few others. The
FM moniker was separate from the AMs "740 WINZ'. The FM was called "Talk
104.1 WWNZ-FM". WWNZ-FM was short-lived as Paxson
Communications had plans
to sell the station. Paxson sold WWNZ-FM
in 1993 at its $5 million "stick value" to New Jersey based Press
Broadcasting, owner of Orlando TV station WKCF-TV "WB
18".
WWNZ
Personalities
Jim Philips
Biography
Jon Alexander-Producer of "The Philips Phile" In
Memory
Clive Thomas Biography
Peter
Rocchio
John
LaBruzzo-1991-Host of "Encore" -Saturdays 8pm-10pm
Mark Roberts-Mornings
Mark Samansky-1992-1993-co-host with Wanda
Rowland-"The Morning Funnies from 6am-9am Samansky would be
fired over an on-air comment
Wanda Rowland-1992-co-host with Mark
Samansky-"The Morning Funnies from 6am-9am
Barry Farber-1992-11pm-1am
Lee Mirabal-1992-1am-3am
Dean
Chapman-Traffic reporter
Marc Daniels-"The Sports Nut"-6pm-10pm
weeknights, 7pm-10pm Saturday
and Sunday
Cathy Taylor
Ed Hartley-"Cryin', Lovin' & Leavin'"-Weekdays
Noon-3pm and Saturdays-3pm-6pm
Rick Morgan
Stewart Williams
Other
Names
In WWNZ History
Allen
Wilkerson-Operations
manager
Bill Pasha-corporate
programming director for Paxson Broadcasting
Matt
Mills-General Manager
Mark
Brewer-1988 to 1992-General Manager
Susie Cerone-Traffic
Doug Silver-Program Director
Other
Programs In WWNZ
History
Gator
Football
Alan
Colmes-9pm-11pm weekdays and
2am-4am Saturdays
Dr.
Joy Browne
Jim Philips
with producer Jon Alexander
at a 1992 Paxson appreciation party for Jim
photo courtesy of Patrick Brown
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view
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