WELE-FM 105.9
Deland

Original Call Letters: WOOO 

Originally Licensed: Jul 10, 1967  

Original City of License: Deland  

Original Frequency: 105.9 

Origin of Call Letters:  

Original Power: 100,000 watts

Original Location: 316 East Taylor Road 

Original Format: Country Western 


Network Affiliation(s):


Mutual Broadcasting System


Owner(s):
1967-Shom Broadcasters, Inc.
1975-WELE Radio, Inc
1976-Joe Gratz
1986-American Media, Inc.($7.5 million)
1997-Chancellor Media 
2000-Infinity Radio (Viacom-CBS)
2006-Chancellor Media (CBS Radio)


History Of Call Letters and Formats:


WOOO-1967-Country Western
WDLF-1971-Country
WELE-1976-Country  "The Big Wheel"
WMGG-1986-Adult Contemporary
WOCL-1986-Oldies  "Class 105.9"
WOCL-1988-50's to 70's Oldies  "Cool 105.9"
WOCL-1999-Jammin' Oldies   "Power 105.9"
WOCL-2000-Alternative   "O-Rock 105-9"
WOCL-2008-Greatest Hits  "Orlando's Greatest Hits"



 

                                                             

                                                           The studios and tower of WELE on 
                                                           highway 17-92 in Deland

                           

History of WELE
WELE-FM began as WOOO-FM;
Mr. Brian Tolby, former owner of WSBB-AM 1230, New Smyrna Beach, fills us in on the history of WDLF. "...That station was to be a Winter Park FM,
WABR(-AM 1440), owned by the Petersons who also owned Peterson Outdoor Advertising in Orange & Seminole counties, who were sitting on an FM permit. I filed to move it to Deland and it went on the air in l965. I sold that station in l976 to Joe Gratz who owned WELE AM (1380) and he changed the calls to WELE-FM..." 
In 1986 after the purchase by American Media, WELE began broadcasting from a 1,650-foot tower in Orange City and operated at 100,000 watts, enabling it to reach from Daytona Beach to Tampa.


WELE Personalities

Jim "King Bird" King-1974-Music Director-WELE Radio, Inc.

K.P. (Ken) Manning-1982-Biography 



"Big" John Rogers


Other Names In WELE History
Joe Gratz-1974-President-WELE Radio, Inc.
Gene McMahon-1974-Vice President/General Manager-WELE Radio, Inc.
John Miller-1974-Station Manager-WELE Radio, Inc.
J.D. Tillis-1974-Chief Engineer-WELE Radio, Inc.
Sidney Frazer-1975-Co-owner-WELE Radio, Inc.
Sheldon Katz-1975-Co-owner/General Manager-WELE Radio, Inc.
George "Harold" Utter-Engineer In Memory


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