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Original Call Letters: WNSA (Construction Permit) |
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Original City of License: New Smyrna Beach |
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Original Frequency: 1230 |
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Origin of Call Letters: "World's Safest Bathing Beach" |
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Original Power: 1,000 watts |
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Original Location: Indian River Inn and Conference Center on South Riverside Drive |
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Original Format: Big Bands |
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| United Press International | |
| CNN | |
| Florida News Network | |
| Wall Street Journal |
Owner(s): |
1951-Beach Broadcasting Company |
| 1954-Broadcasters, Inc. | |
| 1986-George Mizelle | |
| 1991-T K Radio, Inc. ($50,000) | |
| 2006-Gore-Overgaard Broadcasting, Inc. ($450,000) | |
| 2008-Diegel Communications, LLC ($125,000) |
History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WNSA-1950-Construction Permit |
| WSBB-1950-Big Bands | |
| WSBB-1954-Easy Listening | |
| WSBB-1991-Adult Standards (Westwood One Network) | |
| WSBB-2006-Oldies (Westwood One Network) | |
| WSBB-2008-Adult Standards |
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2006 Brian Tolby sold WSBB to Gore-Overgaard Broadcasting. Gore-Overgaard also owns WROD-AM 1340 in Daytona Beach. |
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2007 Gore-Overgaard Broadcasting sold WSBB to Skip Diegel former General Manager of WVLG-AM 640. |
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2008-WSBB is broadcasting from new studios on Canal Street in the Historic Downtown District of New Smyrna Beach. |
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WSBB Personalities |
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| Murray Pendleton-1954-Program Director-Broadcasters, Inc | |
 Chuck Johnson-1966-Broadcasters, Inc. Chuck sends along a photo of the WSBB studio. "It was the original Collins board that had been moved from the original Indian River Lodge studio in the 50s to the North Causeway studio/office/transmitter facility. I believe WSBB's power was increased at the time of the move and the Tidmore purchase from 250 watts to 1,000 day/250 night. Our old stand-by transmitter was the original Collins and it was 250/100 watts, the newer RCA was 1kw/250. When I first went to work there in 1966 we were still using Crown reel-to-reel tape recorders for commercials, etc. The carts were added in early 1967. At that time we carried Mutual news on the hour and half, Florida Gator and Notre Dame football, Atlanta Braves Baseball, and all (home and away) New Smyrna High School Barracuda football and basketball games. There wasn't a hard and fast play list and so each DJ had a slightly personal sound, however most of us used the Billboard Easy Listening Top 40 and other album cuts. Our DJs at the time included Murray Pendleton, Dave Roberts (Ross) Sim Egglesson, Jr., (son of the chief engineer) and me. I was attending DBCC (now Daytona State College) at the time and also did several programs for the college including "Education Beat" that was broadcast on other area stations in Daytona, Deland and Sanford. It was fun and WSBB under Al (Aubrey Lee) Pruitt's management certainly served the community well." |
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| Dave Roberts (Dave Ross) | |
| Sim Egglesson, Jr. | |
Brent Alberts-1966-Broadcasters, Inc. Biography |
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Jim "Biff" Burns-1979-80/1986-Nights/News Director-Broadcasters, Inc. Biography |
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| Ray Simms-1979-(Former NBC Announcer)-General Manager/Morning Host-Broadcasters, Inc. | |
| Gerry Bell-1979-Mid-days-Broadcasters, Inc. | |
| Tom Smithers-1979-Nights/General Manager, now at WDSC-TV, Daytona Beach-Broadcasters, Inc. | |
| George Mizelle-1986-Owner/Mornings In Memory | |
| Bob Krauser-1986-Mid-days-George Mizelle Ownership | |
 Rick Brady-1988-1991-Program Director/2PM-6PM-George Mizelle Ownership Biography |
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 Bobby Knight -1991-2001-Operations Manager-T K Radio, Inc. |
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Kris Earl Phillips-2006-2007-Mornings/Program Director-Gore-Overgaard Broadcasting, Inc. Biography |
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| Rick Martorano-2006-"Art, Entertainment and Lifestyles"-Gore-Overgaard Broadcasting, Inc. | |
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 David Shulz-2007-2009-Saturdays-Gore-Overgaard Broadcasting, Inc./Diegel Communications, LLC |
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| Skip Diegel-2008-President/Mornings-Diegel Communications, LLC | |
| Marc Monteson-2010-Host-"A Swinging Sunday"-7PM-8PM-Diegel Communications, LLC | |
| Jason Davis-2010-Host-"Sunday Morning with the Boston Pops" /Production-Diegel Communications, LLC | |
| Kraig A. Koelsch-2010-2011-Sports Director-Diegel Communications, LLC |
| John Davidson-New Smyrna Beach High School Morning Sports Report |
Other Names In WSBB History |
| Walter Slattery-1951-Partner/General Manager/Commercial Manager-Beach Broadcasting Company |
| James King, Jr.-1951-Partner/Program Director/Sports Director-Beach Broadcasting Company |
| Roland Jordan, Jr.-1951-Partner/Chief Engineer-Beach Broadcasting Company |
| A.V. Tidmore-1954-Owner/President-Broadcasters, Inc |
| A. L. Pruitt-1954-General Manager/Commercial Manager/Program Manager-Broadcasters, Inc |
| Lucille Irick-1954-News Director-Broadcasters, Inc |
| Sim Egglesson, Sr.-1954-Chief Engineer-Broadcasters, Inc |
| Brian Tolby-1991-2006-President/Station Manager-T K Radio, Inc. |
| Harold Gore-2006-CEO/Treasurer-Gore-Overgaard Broadcasting, Inc. |
| George Winslow-2007-General Manager-Gore-Overgaard Broadcasting, Inc. |
 Christopher M. Gore-2007-Sales Manager-Gore-Overgaard Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Jim Vandergrifft-2007 (New Smyrna Beach Mayor)-Community Information-Gore-Overgaard Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Barb Diegel-2008-Vice President-Diegel Communications, LLC |
| Todd Diegel-2008-2011-Vice President of Marketing-Diegel Communications, LLC |
| Kim Diegel-2008-2011-Traffic and Sales-Diegel Communications, LLC |
| Ashley Wilson-2010-2011-Account Representative-Diegel Communications, LLC |
| Al "Pappy" Pruitt-Manager |
| Sanoma Robertson In Memory |
| Virginia Roche |
| Eva DeBerry |
| Helen Cibu-Traffic-From Chuck Johnson; "...She was our traffic person, not on-air traffic reports, but doing our program logs and advertisers affidavits, etc. In the pre-computer days our logs were mimeographed and Helen had to smell those fumes daily and have purple fingers..." |
 Martin Timmer-Sales In Memory |
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"Canada Calling"-1948 |
| 'Cuda Football-2010-Diegel Communications, LLC |
| "Radio Deluxe"-2010-John Pizzarelli-Sun-10AM-Noon-Diegel Communications, LLC |
| "Back To live Radio"-2010-Sun-8PM-9PM-Diegel Communications, LLC |
| Daytona Cubs Baseball-2011 |
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Atlanta Braves Baseball |
| "Monday Mornings With The Mayor"-Skip Diegel and New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer broadcast live from Hidden Lakes Golf Club-Diegel Communications, LLC |
| "This is Music With Your Host Chuck Southcott"-Sat- 7PM-10PM-Diegel Communications, LLC |
| "Florida Roundtable"-Sun-6AM-7AM-Diegel Communications, LLC |
| "When Radio Was"-Sun-9PM-10PM-Diegel Communications, LLC |
| "Shake Rattle Showtime"-Jim Parsons |
| Stetson University Sports-2013-Diegel Communications, LLC |
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