WSLC-AM 1340
Clermont

Original Call Letters: WSLC 
Originally Licensed: Sep 1962 
Original City of License: Clermont 
Original Frequency: 1340
Origin of Call Letters: Location; South Lake County 
Original Power: 1,000 watts
Original Location: Highway 50 between Clermont and Groveland
Original Format: MOR

Network Affiliation(s): 

Owner(s): 1962-Duane McConnell
                1971-Central Florida Investments, Inc
                       -Leisure Time Communications
                1983-K.A.B. Communications Inc 
                1985-K.A.B. Communications Inc ($237,000)
                1985-Root Company 
                1986-Talbert Gray
                1988-American Broadcast Association   ($255,000)     
                1996-Central Florida Investments, Inc. 

History Of Call Letters and Formats: WSLC-1962-MOR    "South Lake County"
                                                         WWFL-1971-Rock/Country
                                                         WWFL-       -MOR
                                                         WWFL-1978-A/C
                                                         WWFL-1986-Big Bands
                                                         WWFL-1987-Went dark
                                                         WWFL-1988-Nostalgia/Big Bands                                     
                                                         WWFL-1996-Traveler Information

WSLC History
Thanks to Jim Maloy of www.radioyears.com for this history of WSLC.
"The station was put on the air in September 1962 by owner Duane McConnell, who also owned WONN-AM 1230 in Lakeland. Duane also built WBIL-AM 1410 in Leesburg in the late 1950’s. The station manager’s name was Chuck Grant and the only two full time deejays were Alex Houston and Jim Maloy. Duane sent Jim up there when the station first went on the air but I left after a month due to conflicts with Grant and returned to WONN-AM 1230. Alex stayed on until around 1963 or 1964 when he, too, left for WONN. I don’t know when Duane sold the station. Our first format was MOR. The transmitter, tower and studios were on Highway 50 between Clermont and Groveland on the south side of the road. It was quite small with a control room, live studio, and manager’s office, plus a transmitter room and tower out back. It was located where a mobile home park exists today. I don’t know the status of the building and tower after the station moved out. I remember that during the Cuban missile crisis we got permission from WDBO-AM 580 in Orlando, to pick up their audio of President Kennedy’s news conferences concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis situation in October of 1962".

WSLC Personalities
Jim Maloy
Alex Houston


Bill Barber Biography





"Little Bobby Dennis" (Dennis Winslow)-1964-Biography


Stu Bowers
Larry Havill
Mark Fowler
Bill Marr
Tom Allan (Talcott) 
Bud Blackwood
Steve Sullivan
Preston Hicks  
Randy Rogers (Fred Czerner)
Chuck Grant-1962-Station Manager

Other Names in WSLC History
Duane McConnell-1962-Owner
Chuck Grant-station manager 
Ken Peach-1983-K.A.B. Communications Inc  
Michael Hirschman-1985-K.A.B. Communications Inc 
Sharon Hirschman-1985-K.A.B. Communications Inc
James Underwood-1985-President-Root Company 
Talbert Gray-1986-Owner
Mark Manafo-1988-President-American Broadcast Association  
David Siegel-1996-President/CEO-Central Florida Investments, Inc. (Central Florida Time Share magnate)

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