WOOO-AM 1310
Deland  

Original Call Letters: WOOO

Originally Licensed: Dec 7, 1956  

Original City of License: Deland 

Original Frequency: 1310 

Origin of Call Letters: 

Original Power: 1,000 watts daytime

Original Location: 112 1/2 West New York Ave.

                                             Original location of WOOO-AM 112 1/2 West New York Ave.

Original Format: Rock/Pop   

                                                                                              Better known as the Conrad Building


Network Affiliation(s):


Keystone

Owner(s):

1956-Deland Broadcasters, Inc.
1957-Trio Broadcasting
1961-Polaris Broadcasting, Inc.
1964-Shom Broadcasters, Inc.
1973-Deland Broadcasting, Inc.
1978-Mid Florida Broadcasting
1986-David R. Hill   ($75,000)
1986-Buddy Tucker Association, Inc ($255,000) 

History Of Call Letters and Formats:

WOOO-1956-Rock/Pop
WKKX-1973-Country
WYND-1984-Religious
WYND-1985 Off the Air
WYND-1986-Country 
WYND-1987-Religious

History of WOOO
The original location of WOOO-AM 1310 was 112 1/2  West New York Ave.
Mr. Brian Tolby, the former owner of WSBB-AM 1230 in New Smyrna Beach, solved a "radio mystery" for me about some of the stations in Deland. Here is some of that email. "...I worked there (WOOO) through (my) graduation from Stetson (University in Deland) and bought it (the station) in 1964 under the corporate name Shom Broadcasting, Inc.  When it went on the air it was 500 watts. Went to 1,000 (watts) in 1961 and to 5,000 watts in '62. It remained as WOOO  until I sold it to Tom Joyner from Texas, in l975 when the call letters changed to WKKX. In that same building...where WYND is today was WDLF-FM 105.9..."
The holder of the original construction permit was
W.H. Martin in 1956. Martin was the President of Deland Broadcasters, Inc. and based out of Douglas, Georgia.

            WYND 1.JPG (31862 bytes)     WYND 2.JPG (55643 bytes)          WYND Tower2.JPG (12371 bytes)        WYND 7.JPG (40755 bytes)      WYND tower1.JPG (14357 bytes)     
                               Photos of the studios and tower of (WOOO) WYND, Deland   
Photos courtesy of Wilma Clark

Names In WOOO History
W.H. Martin-1956-President-Deland Broadcasters, Inc.
C.A. Martin-1956-Vice President-Deland Broadcasters, Inc.
Herbert Saxe-1957-1961-President-Trio Broadcasting
Wally King-1957-1961-General Manager-Trio Broadcasting
Arthur Beckwith-1957-1961-Commercial Manager-Trio Broadcasting
Brian Tolby-1957-1961-Program Director-Trio Broadcasting/1964-1973-President/General Manager-Shom Broadcasters, Inc.
Alan Hill-1957-Program Director-Trio Broadcasting
Dick Smith-1957-Promtions Manager-Trio Broadcasting
Jerry Florence-1957-1961-News Director/Farm News Director/Promotions Director-Trio Broadcasting
Edwin Carson-1957-1961-Cheif Engineer-Trio Broadcasting
Mary Lou Edwards-1957-1961-Women's Director-Trio Broadcasting
Wally Rifkin-1959-1961-General Manager-Trio Broadcasting
Gary Moore-1959-1961-News Director-Trio Broadcasting/1961-Sales Manager/Promotions Manager/Program Director-Polaris Broadcasting, Inc.
Don Potter-1961-President-Polaris Broadcasting, Inc.
Otto Allen-1961-Station Manager
Judith Bohren Moore-1961-Commercial Manager/Publicity Director-Polaris Broadcasting, Inc.
Richard Pierce-1961-Chief Engineer-Polaris Broadcasting, Inc.
Don Ammon-1961-Publicity Director-Polaris Broadcasting, Inc/1964-Station Manager/Program Director-Shom Broadcasters, Inc.  In Memory
John Miller-1964-1973-Commercial Manager-Shom Broadcasters, Inc.
Ed Lotspeich-1964-1973-News Director-Shom Broadcasters, Inc.
Bruce Ruckert-1964-1973-Chief Engineer-Shom Broadcasters, Inc.


Martin B. Stebbins
(Marty Stebbins)-1967-Program Director-Shom Broadcasters, Inc. Biography
Robert Groome-Chief Engineer-Shom Broadcasters, Inc.
Roger Gilmore-Sports


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