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WMEL-AM 1300
Cocoa Beach
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Original Call Letters: WRKT |
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Originally Licensed: Jun 1959 |
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Original City of License: Cocoa
Beach |
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Original Frequency: 920 |
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Origin of Call Letters: Calls moved from 920AM |
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Original Power: 5,000 watts daytime/1,000 watts nighttime |
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Original Location: |
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Original Format: Talk |
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Owner(s): |
1959-Mel Wheeler |
| 1968-Bucks County Radio News | |
| 1977-Bostwick Management | |
| 1981-Cocoa Beach Broadcasting (Guy Gannett Broadcasting) | |
| 1981-Triplett Broadcasting of Florida | |
| 1986-Guy Gannett Publishing Co. | |
| 1988-Champion Broadcasting of Florida ($325,000) | |
| 1993-Rama Communications (Purchased with WOKB AM 1600) ($953,000) | |
| 2008-Twin Towers Broadcasting (LMA) |
History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WRKT-1959-MOR |
| WRKT-1977-Adult Contemporary | |
| WRKT-1981-Country | |
| WRKT-1985-Classic Hits | |
| WRKT-1987-Oldies | |
| WXXU-1988-Black Gospel (simulcast of WXXO 1600 AM) | |
| WXXU-1990-Spanish | |
| WXXU-1994-Ethnic | |
| WXXU-1995-Travel Information | |
| WXXU-1998-Black Gospel/Urban | |
| WXXU-2002-Traveler Information | |
| WTIR-2003-Traveler Information | |
| WMEL-2008-Talk "The Talk To Me Station" |
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Adam Waltemire-Host of Pop Garden Radio-Sat-8PM-Midnight-Twin Towers Broadcasting |
Don Imus-2008-6AM-9AM-Syndicated |
 Bill O'Reilly-"Radio Talking Points"-Mon-Fri-3:20PM/4:20PM |
 Laura Ingraham-2008-Syndicated |
 Neal Boortz-2009-Mon-Fri-11AM-1PM |
 Jim Bohannon-2010-Mon-Fri-11PM-1AM/Sat-Midnight-1AM/"Best of Jim Bohannon"-Sun-Midnigt-1AM |
 Dr. Joy Browne-2010-Mon-Sat-1AM-4AM/"Best of Dr. Joy Browne"-Sun-1AM-5AM |
 Jerry Doyle-2010-Mon-Sat-4AM-5AM |
 Doug Stephan and the Good Day Show-2010-Mon-Fri-5AM-9AM/"Doug Stephan's Weekend Show"-Sat-5AM-8AM/"Doug Stephan Talk Radio Countdown"-5AM-6AM |
 Duke and the Doctor-2010-Mon-Fri-9AM-11AM |
 Clark Howard-2010-Mon-Fri-1PM-3PM/Sat-5PM-7PM/Sun-3PM-6PM |
 Lou Dobbs-2010-Mon-Fri-3PM-5PM/Lou Dobbs Business Reports throughout the trading hours/"Best of Lou Dobbs"-Sat-2PM-5PM |
 Dr. Laura Schlessinger-2010-Mon-Fri-5PM-7PM |
| NASCAR Live-2010-Mon-Fri-7PM-8PM/NASCAR Mid Day Reports-Mon-Fri-12:30 & 1:30PM |
 The Vince Young Show-Mon-Fri-8PM-9PM |
 Rusty Humphries-2010-Mon-Fri-9PM-11PM |
 Dick Clark's Music Calendar-2010-M-F |
| Capt. Jim Ross Fishing Reports-Tues and Thurs/"Catch a Memory Fishing Show"-Sat-8AM-9AM |
| "For Those Who Served"-Sat 9AM-9:30AM |
| Joe Steckler-"Brevard Alzheimer's Hour"-Thurs-9AM-10AM |
| Tom Sockaloff-"Good News Naturally"-Sat-7AM-8AM |
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"The Perfect Wedding Guide"-Sat-9:30AM-10AM |
| "Safari Todd Animal Talk Show"-Sat-10AM-11AM |
 Glenn Haege-"Ask The Handyman"-Sat-11AM-Noon |
| Kim McMillen-"The Dinning Diva Cooking and Restaurant Show"-Sat-Noon-12:30PM |
 Donna Anselmo-"Bold Business Talk"-Sat-12:30PM-1PM |
| Peter J. Murphy-Co-host-"For Women Only"-Sat-1PM-2PM |
| Kathy Ogle-Co-host-"For Women Only"-Sat-1PM-2PM |
| "Sybil Gage Jazz Show"-Sat-7PM-8PM |
| "Gospel Charles with Music"-Sun-6AM-9AM |
| Mormon Tabernacle Choir Music and the Spoken Word-Sun-9AM-9AM |
 Robert Vincent Simms "The Garden Rebel"-Sun-10AM-11-AM |
| The World From A Jewish Perspective-Sun-11AM-Noon |
| The Money Pit Home Improvement Show-Sun-Noon-2PM |
| Steve Dale's Pet World-Sun-2PM-3PM |
| Fred Thompson-Sun-3PM-6PM |
| Twilight Zone For Radio-Sun-8PM-9PM |
| Dr. Science Fantastic Radio Show-Sun 9PM-Midnight |
| Stefani Troye-News |
| Bill Mick |
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Nancy Kenney-News |
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Other Names In WMEL 1300 History |
 John Harper-2008-General Manager-Twin Towers Broadcasting |
 Vernon Harper-2008-Sales Manager-Twin Towers Broadcasting |
| John Meissner-2008-Operations Manager |
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Other Programs In WMEL 1300 History |
| Local News hourly on the bottom of each hour |
| Weather 4 X's an hour 24/7 |
| Local News hourly on the bottom of each hour |
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Races |
| Florida Gators Football |
| Orlando Magic Basketball |
| High School Football, Basketball and Baseball weekly game of the week |
| Coverage for the past 20 years of every Shuttle Launch |
| Coverage for the past 20 years of every Satellite Rocket Launch |
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