WHLY-FM 106.7
 
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Original Call Letters: WLBE 

Originally Licensed: Feb 12, 1969  

Original City of License: Leesburg  

Original Frequency: 106.7

Origin of Call Letters:  

Original Power: 50,000 watts

Original Location: 32900 Radio Rd.  

Original Format: Religious


Network Affiliations:


Owner(s):

1969-Heard Broadcasting
1975-WLBE Radio Inc.
1976-General Communicorps
1976-Magic Box Media
1988-Southern Starr Broadcasting Group Inc.
1989-Taylor Communications ($12 million)
1993-Chancellor Media/Shamrock Radio
1997-Shamrock Radio/Chancellor Media
1997-HM2/Chancellor
2000-AMFM Radio Licenses (Clear Channel Communications)
2007-Clear Channel

History Of Call Letters and Formats:

WLBE-1969-MOR
WHLY-1969-Religious  "Where He Loves You"
WDGM-1975-Beautiful Music "We're Delightfully Good Music"
WYLY-1976-MOR 
WHLY-1984-Top 40  "The Hot-Rockin Y-106"
WCAT-1987-Top 40  "Cool Cat"
WHLY-1989-CHR
WXXL-1990-Top 40  "XL 106.7 Today's Hit Music"  "XL 106.7 All The Hits"


WHLY  History
WHLY began life as  WLBE-FM 106.7. Bob Andrews fills us in on some of the history of WLBE-FM 106.7
"In the late fifties, WLBE-AM 790, under the ownership of a wealthy road contractor, (father in law of Jim Sharp) applied for and got the 106.7 license and was actually on the air-the space for FM transmitter and wiring for Air conditioning, etc are still in the back of the WLBE-AM 790 studios. The station was bought by a couple of preachers, who saw no value in the FM, just the value of  the resale of  it to keep going, and Lake County lost its second FM station to Orlando. The first was 107.7, licensed to Mount Dora. I don't recall the ownership, but it went to WORJ-FM 107.7, Orlando. The company kept an office and a man in Mount Dora for some time to satisfy FCC rules. That is why 107.7 and 106.7 still identify with Lake County locations every hour. The first incarnation for the calls WHLY (took place in 1969), which stood for Where He Loves You. The station broadcast religious programming. Then the call letters WHLY would return in 1978 and then again in 1988.


WHLY Personalities
Craig Soldinger-1970-1974-Heard Broadcasting 


Dr. Ken Rabac
-1976-79-General Communicorps/1986-1990-Magic Box Media
Kurt Wells-1979-10PM-2AM-Magic Box Media


Bill Barber-1980-1982-Magic Box Media Bill tells us the "Y106" studios were in a "bunker" in Winter Garden. Biography
Steve Ocean (Steve Wein)-1980-1982-Afternoons-Magic Box Media
Kathy West-1981-1990-Magic Box Media/-Southern Starr Broadcasting Group Inc./Taylor Communications


Gary Van Allen (Gary Warne)-1982-1984-Production Director/Air Talent-Shamrock Radio/Chancellor Media




Dave Edwards-1982-1983-Magic Box Media Biography



Mike Schiano
-1982-1986-Magic Box Media
Biography
Shadow Stevens (Rod Grant)-1985-Magic Box Media
Janet Sawyer-1985-News Director-Magic Box Media 
Michael Jay (Mike Helminski)-1986-Magic Box Media
Jerry and Annie Lousteau-(Sep)1988-(Jun)1989-known as ''Mr. and Mrs. Ugly"-Mornings-Southern Starr Broadcasting Group Inc.


Chris Hill-1988
-Overnights-Southern Starr Broadcasting Group Inc. Biography 
Roxanne-1988-Southern Starr Broadcasting Group Inc.
Greg Wells  In Memory

Anne Jeffries

Jim Steel-(now Corporate VP of programming for Emmis Broadcasting 

Adrian Charles-Mid days

Dirk Thompson



Bill Cross-
Y-106 Breakfast Club host with Jeff Cohen

Jeff Cohen-Y-106 Breakfast Club host with Bill Cross



Bill Michaels

Gregg Parker



TC. Dooley (Chris Kampmeier)-Program Director



Bobby
Sharpe 



Todd Demers
 
Biography

Pat Beall

Fast Bobby-O-Evenings

studio at Y-106  Jaime Lerner.jpg (64705 bytes)
   
Y106 studio pix courtesy of 
Jaime Lerner

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Roger Stallard
-Afternoons Biography

     


Greg Fox

Bob Church  In Memory

Fast Bobby

Mark Simpson-Morning Drive

Dick Sollom-Morning news In Memory



Rick Saylor

Renee Blake-News

 



Rick Stacy-6PM-10PM
 
Shadoe Stevens


Jaime (Lerner)



Rob Que (Cat Thomas)

Mark In The Dark

Roger Cary
  
 

John Weyrick

 Jaime promo shot
Greg Wells-Overnights In Memory


CJ Roquemoore (Curt Creel)-Weekends


Raffy Contigo-10PM-2AM


Other Names In WHLY History



Alan Rock-1976-1985-General Manager-General Communicorps Biography

James Tillery-1985-General Manager-General Communicorps

Steve Fluker-1995-Chief Engineer-Chancellor Media/Shamrock Radio

Gerry Cagle-Operations manager

Jim Robinson 

Jake Russell-General Manager

Bernard Kaplan-Part owner

Ricki Black-General Manager


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