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Cocoa |
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Original Call Letters: WEZY |
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Originally Licensed: Oct. 4, 1957 |
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Original City of License: Cocoa |
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Original Frequency: 1480 |
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Origin of Call Letters: Format; "Ezy" Listening |
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Original Power: 1,000 watts |
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Original Location: 803 Forrest Ave. |
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Original Format: Easy Listening |
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ABC Contemporary |
| United Press International | |
Owner(s): |
1957-WEZY, Inc. |
| 1966-Gannett Florida Corp. | |
| 1970-WEZY, Inc. | |
| 1978-Sound Stage Communications, Inc. | |
| 1982-EZY Communications ($1.05 million with co-located WLRQ-FM 99.3) | |
| 1983-Root Communications | |
| 1995-Paxson Broadcasting | |
| 1997-Commodore Media | |
| 2000-Clear Channel |
History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WEZY-1957-Easy Listening "Y-135" on 1480 |
| WEZY-1960-Easy Listening Moved From 1480 | |
| WEZY-1970-Contemporary MOR | |
| WEZY-1973-Contemporary | |
| WCWR-1978-Country Western | |
| WEZY-1986-Big Bands (Drake-Chenault "Hit Parade") | |
| WLRQ-1988-Contemporary | |
| WWHL-1991-Soft Adult Contemporary | |
| WMYM-1995-News | |
| WMMV-1997-Adult Standards/News/Talk | |
| WMMV-2003-News/Talk (simulcast of WMMB-AM 1240) |
WEZY Personalities |
| Bill Backus-1957-News Director-WEZY, Inc. | |||||||
| Richard Olson-1957-Program Director-WEZY, Inc. | |||||||
 Jay Barbree-1960-News Director/Host of "Mobile Mic"-WEZY, Inc. |
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| George Allen-1962-News Director-WEZY, Inc. | |||||||
| Al Seeschaaf-1962-Publicity Director/1964-News Director-WEZY, Inc./1966-News Director-Gannett Florida Corp. | |||||||
| Rand Schoolfield-1966-Program Director-Gannett Florida Corp. | |||||||
| Dale Wright-1968-Program Director-Gannett Florida Corp./1973-Operations Manager-WEZY, Inc. | |||||||
| Bill Larson-1968-News Director-Gannett Florida Corp. | |||||||
| Duane Nigh-1969-News Director/1970-Chief Engineer-Gannett Florida Corp./1972-Chief Engineer-WEZY, Inc. | |||||||
| Gloria and Dick-1970-1973-Husband and wife morning show team-WEZY, Inc. | |||||||
| Bill Cummins-1971-News Director-Gannett Florida Corp./1972-News Director/1973-Operations Manager-WEZY, Inc. | |||||||
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Don
Gould at WEZY
circa 1972 |
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| Dick Wilson-Mid-day talk show host |
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| Irving Braun-1957-President/1960-President/General Manager-WEZY, Inc./1966-General Manager-Gannett Florida Corp. |
| Jay Schoof-1957-General Manager-WEZY, Inc. |
| Kelly Smith-1957-Commercial Manager-WEZY, Inc. |
| John Shelton-1957-Chief Engineer-WEZY, Inc. |
| Ralph Grover-1962-Commercial Manager/Sales Manager/Promotions Manager-WEZY, Inc. |
| Milt Roth-1962-Promotions Manager-WEZY, Inc. |
| Mark Manucy-1962-Chief Engineer-WEZY, Inc. |
| Terry Stockdale-1964-Promotions Manager-WEZY, Inc. |
| Al Neuharth-1966-President-Gannett Florida Corp. |
| Ben Louden-1966-Chief Engineer-Gannett Florida Corp. |
| Mike Patterson-1966-Commercial Manager-Gannett Florida Corp. |
| C. Thomas "Tom" Morley-1966-Commercial Manager/1969-Sales Manager/1971-General Manager/Sales Manager-Gannett Florida Corp. |
| Ben Loudon-1966-Chief Engineer-Gannett Florida Corp. |
| Bob Yeager-1968-General Manager-Gannett Florida Corp. |
| Les Frost-1968-Chief Engineer-Gannett Florida Corp. |
| Ted H. Taylor-1970-President/General Manager-WEZY, Inc. |
| Dick Lee-1970-Sales Manager-WEZY, Inc. |
| Bob Davenport-1972-Specialty Program Manager-WEZY, Inc. |
| Bob Hart-1973-Special Program Manager-WEZY, Inc. |
| Duane Hartung-1974-Commercial Manager-WEZY, Inc. |
| Chuck Cole-1973-Chief Engineer-WEZY, Inc. |
| Jerry Webb-1986-Sales Manager |
Marji Bedgood-Copywriter |
| Jimmy Dale Wright-Program Director |
| Glenn Przyborski |
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