WLBE-FM 106.7 
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Original Call Letters:  WLBE
Originally Licensed:  
Original City of  License: Leesburg
Power: 100,000 watts                           
Original Format: Religious

Owner(s):1975--WLBE Radio, Inc. (H. James Sharp, President) 
               1976-General Communicorps
                       -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)
               2004-Capstar (Clear Channel Communications)

History Of Call Letters and Formats: WLBE-195?-
                                                         WHLY-1969-Religious  ''Where He Loves You''
                                                         WDGM-1969-Beautiful Music   "We're Delightfully Good Music"
                                                         WHLY-1978-Jazz and Pop 
                                                         WHLY-       -Adult Contemporary   "Y106"
                                                         WHLY-1984-Top 40   "The Hot-Rockin Y-106"
                                                         WCAT-1987-Top 40   "Cool Cat"
                                                         WHLY-1988-
                                                         WXXL-1990-CHR   "XL 106.7 Today's Hit Music"

WLBE  FM  History
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 A/C, etc. are still in the back of the WLBE-AM 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."

                                                                   
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