WORJ-FM 107.7 
Mount Dora

Original Call Letters: WORJ
Originally Licensed:1966
Original City of  License: Mount Dora
Power: 96,000 watts                           
Original Format: Rock-simulcast of WORL-AM 1270

Owner(s): 1966-Orlando Radio and Television Broadcasting Corporation (Emil Corona, Vernon Arnette, et al) 
                1978-Sudbrink Broadcasting (Woody Sudbrink, et al)  
                1981-Metroplex Communications of Orlando Inc.
                1993-Paxson Communications ($5.6 million with WWZN-AM 1440)
                1997-Clear Channel Communications

History Of Call Letters and Formats: WORJ-1966-Religious
                                                         WORJ-1967-Album Rock-some hours simulcast of WORL-AM 1270 
                                                         WORJ-1978-Rock  "Zeta 7"
                                                         WJYO-1981-Soft Adult Contemporary "Joy 108",  "Joy of Orlando"
                                                         WMGF-1990-Soft Adult Contemporary  "Magic 107.7"

                                                                     
                                                        WORJ license plate courtesy of Dave Edwards
               
                    
          courtesy of June Myers

At 10 PM on Friday, February 19,1981 "Zeta 7" changed from it's rock roots for easy listening. The disc jockeys cried, and loyal listeners turned their Zeta 7 license plates upside down in protest. That was the day WORJ became WJYO for the "Joy of Orlando". WORJ would move from rock to the sounds of Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, etc.
 On his last morning show Thom Robinson asked listeners to memorialize "Zeta7" by turning their license plates upside down on their cars. Program director, David Sousa, recalls "Zeta 7"'s last hours. "It was probably the most terrible day of my life. That was my radio station ...my flesh and blood. It was my child and it had to be shot. We had one bad rating book and management pulled the plug on "Zeta 7".

WORJ Personalities


Frank Reed-Biography


                                                                    
                                                

Lee Arnold-1972



Pat O'Day (Jerry Thompson) 



                                                                                                            courtesy of Mark Logas
Mike Lyons-Mid days

Neal Mirsky-1973
Doug Van Allen
Steve Mack
Chal Martina
Randy Molnar
Bill McGathy
Tom Webb


Paul Yeskel-1973-Copywriter-Promotions Director-DJ-Chief booker for The Southern Progressive Radio Network at WORJ. Paul would go on to become president of AIM Strategies, a New Jersey-based service that works with music companies to help promote and market records. In Memory

Marian Van Atta
Hanna Skrobko
Lee Hallock
Dave Murray
Connie Denson
Bob Church
Jack Curran
Shirley Christmas
Toy Patterson
Vince Ziggenbein
Paul Weiss
Gay Bean Arnold
John Cyr
Al Carroll
Jackie Sanderson
Jimmy Silverman
Bobby Dennis
Diane Silky
Sheila McConnell
Rick Namey
Peter David Kaufman
Scott Harris
Jim Kerr
Johnny Sutton
Donna
Bill Herrington
Geri
Carol Winkler
Charles Odom
Gary Brown
Andy Warden
Lee Morris
Mike Cooper
Rachel
Wayne Osley

Doug Clifford-Currently evening news anchor and managing editor for WSKY-FM 97.3 in Gainesville. 
Brock Whaley (B. Rock)-1978   
Rob Word
Michael Z.
Liesel Glaser
Pam Lap
Jerri Hanna
Rudy Markowitz
John Averill
Shirley Jensen
Craig Michaels
Dennis Winslow-Biography

Larry Cox
Dave Matthews
Brock Waley-1978
Wayne Trout-1969-On air personality/news director Biography
Thom Robinson
Craig Soldinger-1970-1974     

Other Names In WORJ History
Emil Corona-1966-1978-President
Vernon Arnette-1968-1973-Vice President
Woody Sudbrink-1978-1981-President

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