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WELE-AM 1380 
Ormond Beach
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Original Call Letters: WQXQ |
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Originally Licensed: Aug 1, 1957 |
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Original City of License: South Daytona |
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Original Frequency: 1380 |
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Origin of Call Letters: |
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Original Power: 1,000 watts |
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Original Location: |
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Original Format: Country |
Network Affiliation(s): |
Mutual Broadcasting Service |
| Westwood One | |
| ESPN | |
| CNN | |
| WOR Radio Network | |
| ABC Entertainment |
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Owner(s): |
1957-Volusia County Broadcasting Corp. |
| 1963-Volusia County Broadcasting Corp. (New Ownership) | |
| 1969-Morris Broadcasting Co. | |
| 1972-WELE Radio, Inc. | |
| 1977-Hunter Industries | |
| 1980-Hunter-Knight Daytona, Inc. | |
| 1981-Barnett Bank of Ormond Beach, N.A. (repossession from Hunter-Knight Daytona, Inc.) | |
| 1983-Hale Communications | |
| 1990-Wings Communications, Inc ($175,000) | |
| 2009-Goliath Radio, LLC. (LMA) | |
| 2011-Douglas Wilhite (Debtor In Possession) |
History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WQXQ-1957-Classical |
| WDAT-1969-Top 40 | |
| WDAT-1981-Big Bands/Swing | |
| WDAT-1982-Adult Contemporary/Country Crossover Mix | |
| WDAT-1983-Country "1380 WDAT" | |
| WELE-1985-Country | |
| WELE-1990-Religioous | |
| WELE-1992-Talk | |
| WELE-2010-Talk "Goliath Radio" "Big 1380" |
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From Brian Douglas; "...For some reason, although the station was a day timer, they signed at 4:00 AM. Original power was 1,000 watts (they were not directional, but went directional with the move to 5kW). The station flipped to Top 40 just before "Bad Moon Rising" hit (1968?). They had a progressive rock show on in late afternoons by late 1968 and were still a day timer. The 24 hour thing happened in 1969/70(?)" |
2009-Wings
Communications (Doug Wilhite) filed
paperwork to sell WELE-AM to Goliath Radio, LLC, (Big
John) with no specific cash
price tied to the sale. Big John will forgive a $35K loan to the station
and its owner, and will pick up existing obligations. Kristen
Cobb, will be retained as a consultant to the buyer for a period of
60 months at $1,200 per month.
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2010 (Aug 1)-Big
John owner of Goliath
Radio, LLC took over management of WELE-AM
1380. Big also announced local broadcast legend John
E. Evans has joined the staff of WELE-AM. John will be
doing editorials for Goliath Radio. Also, Doug
Wilhite's Wings Communications' travel show is no longer
affiliated with WELE. When the final approval of the license
transfer comes from the FCC, WELE will change call letters.
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Robert Allyn-1969-Program Director-Morris Broadcasting Co. |
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| William Printz-1969-News Director-Morris Broadcasting Co. | |||
| Rick Glasby-1977-Program Director-Hunter-Knight Daytona, Inc. | |||
| Bill Wise-1977-Music Director-Hunter-Knight Daytona, Inc. | |||
| Emmett Rozier-1977-News Director-Hunter-Knight Daytona, Inc. | |||
| Bob King-1978-Program Director-WELE Radio, Inc | |||
 Doug Wilhite-1990-President/Host of Premier Travel Show/2004-General Manager/Sales Manager/Advertising Vice President/Program Director/News Director/Public Affairs Director-Wings Communications |
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 Roland Via-1990-Program Director/2004-Promotions Director-Wings Communications/2011-M-F 2M-3PM-Goliath Radio |
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 Rick Brady-1991-1994-Program Director/Operations Director/Morning talk show host/weekly political talk show/sports play-by-play |
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 Greg Lake (Gregg Whatley)-1996-2008-Program Director/Production Director/Traffic/Host of "Radio Free Volusia"-Wings Communications Biography |
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 Big John-1999-"Big
Talk with Big John"-Big's show began as a Saturday show from 8AM-9AM.
Big can be heard Mon-Fri from 4:15PM-6:15PM-Wings
Communications
2009-Big
John (Goliath Radio, LLC) applies to FCC for transfer of
ownership WELE from (Doug Wilhite) Wings Communications/Goliath Radio, LLC. |
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| Bobbie Thomas-2000-"Bobbie Thomas Total Talk'' 7AM-9AM-Wings Communications/2010-"Movies And More"-Fridays 1PM-Goliath Radio, LLC. | |||
 Natalie Emerson-2003-Host of
"Nat Chat" the Talk Show For Kids-Wings
Communications Natalie is interviewed in 2003 by NPR's Renee
Montagne |
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 Michael J. Johnson-Program Director/Sports Director/2004-Operations Director/Operations Manager/Programming Manager-Wings Communications/-Goliath Radio, LLC. |
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| Gary Colombo-2008-2008-"Good Morning Coffee Club"-Wings Communications | |||
 Doug Kosarek-2008-2009-"Wake up Daytona"-6AM-10AM-Wings Communications |
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 Paul Carpenella-2009-Co-host with Wally Maroon of "Midday Volusia", M-F Noon-1PM-Wings Communications
2010-"Mid-day Volusia" moves to 3PM.-Goliath
Radio, LLC
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 Wally Maroon ("The Condo King")-2009-Co-host with Paul Carpenella of "Midday Volusia", M-F Noon-1PM-Wings Communications
2010-"Mid-day Volusia" moves to 3PM.-Goliath
Radio, LLC
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 Mark Williams-2009-Producer of "Midday Volusia", M-F Noon-1PM-Wings Communications Biography |
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Pj Pantaleo-2009-2010-Host of "PJ and Friends"-Tues and Thurs 1PM-2:30PM-Wings Communications |
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 Matt Gervia-2009-2010-Co-Host of "PJ and Friends"-Tues and Thurs 1PM-2:30PM-Wings Communications |
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 John Wilhite-2008-Co-host "News Radio One Travel Show" -Wings Communications/2010-"Angie's Travel and Shopping Show"-Goliath Radio, LLC. |
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| Jan Gage-2010-"Ormond Magazine Radio Show"-Goliath Radio, LLC | |||
 Mark Reed "Mark of the Beach"-2011-Co-host "Big Talk with Big John"-Goliath Radio, LLC |
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David Holland-2011-"Retirement Radio"-Friday 2PM-3PM/"Real Money with David Holland"-9AM-10AM weekdays |
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| Al Risen In Memory | |||
 Trisha Weatherford- Premier Travel Show Co-Host-Wings Communications |
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Gwen Azama-Edwards-Host of "Truth"-Thursdays-6:15PM-Wings Communications/Goliath Radio, LLC. |
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 James McClendon-Host-"Computer World Computer Show"-Wings Communications/-Goliath Radio, LLC. |
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| Atticus Black and Friends-Sat 11AM-Noon-Wings Communications/Goliath Radio, LLC | |||
| Jim LeGerry-"Citizen Soapbox"-Wings Communications/Goliath Radio, LLC | |||
| John Barrett-Music Director-Wings Communications Biography | |||
| Christian Bruey | |||
Other Names In WELE History |
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| William Morris-1969-President-Morris Broadcasting Co. | |||
| William Hunter-1969-Vice President/General Manager-Morris Broadcasting Co. | |||
| Don Skylar-1969-Commercial Manager-Morris Broadcasting Co. | |||
| Sidney Fraser-1972-Co-Owner-WELE Radio, Inc. | |||
| Sheldon Katz-1972-Co-Owner-WELE Radio, Inc. | |||
| Hick Lewis-1977-Commercial Manager-Hunter-Knight Daytona, Inc. | |||
| Philip Knight-1977-General Manager-Hunter-Knight Daytona, Inc. | |||
| Tim Tillis-1978-Chief Engineer-WELE Radio, Inc | |||
| Tom Hale-1983-President/General Manager-Hale Communications | |||
| Sherry Wilhite-1990-Assistant to President/2004-Developmental Vice President-Wings Communications | |||
 Kristen Wilhite-Cobb-1990-Operations Manager/2004-Marketing Vice President-Wings Communications |
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| Douglas Wilhite III-1990-Chief Engineer-Wings Communications | |||
 Cassie Wilhite-1990-Reservations Manager-Wings Communications |
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 Becky Wilhite-1990-Administrative Assistant-Wings Communications |
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 Mark Tillery-2009-2009-General Manager-Wings Communications Biography |
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 K.P. Manning-2009-2009-Progam Director/Systems Manager-Wings Communications Biography |
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 Sandy Clark-Wings Communications |
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| Trish Anderson-Program Director-Wings Communications | |||
| Phyllis Brady-Wings Communications In Memory | |||
| Bob Barry-Wings Communications | |||
Adele Garvey-Wings Communications |
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| Alex Simon-Wings Communications | |||
 Dan Reid-Wings Communications |
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Kevin Tomaka-Wings Communications |
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| Steven Andersen-Wings Communications | |||
| Tim Steward-Wings Communications |
| Leesa Marie Benz |
| Christopher "Igor" Baker-Wings Communications |
| Bob Edwards-Wings Communications |
 John Williams-Wings Communications |
 William A. Stipsits-General Manager In Memory |
| Debbie Berner-Public Affairs Director-Wings Communications |
Other Programs In WELE History |
| Imus In The Morning-2010-Don Imus-Syndicated-Goliath Radio, LLC. |
| Randi Rhodes-2010-Syndicated-Goliath Radio, LLC. |
| Dave Ramsey-2010-Syndicated-Goliath Radio, LLC. |
| Bethune Cookman University Football-2010-Goliath Radio, LLC. |
| USF Football-2010-Goliath Radio, LLC. |
| Orlando Magic Basketball-2010-Goliath Radio, LLC. |
| Tampa Bay Lightning Hockey-2010-Goliath Radio, LLC. |
| Clark Howard-2011-3PM-4PM-Goliath Radio, LLC. |
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