WDLF-AM 1490 Deland

Owner(s):	1948-Deland Broadcasting Company
	1951-Stetson University
	1959-WJBS, Inc.
	1960-WJBS, Inc. (New Ownership)
	1962-Radio Deland, Inc.
	1967-Cosmopolitan Communicators Group
	1969-Norfolk Broadcasting Corp., Orlando ($65,550 Mortgage Foreclosure Sale)
	1970-WETO, Inc.
	1978-We Two Inc.
	1981-DeLand Broadcasting, Inc. ($300,000)
	1984-Stetson University ($425,000)
	1987-Great Lakes Broadcasting Co. ($325,000)
	1991-Green Broadcast Group ($175,000)
	2001-Black Crow Broadcasting
	2005-J &V Communications ($370,000)

History Of Formats and Call Letters:	WDLF-1948-Full Service/Block Programming
	WJBS-1949-Full Service/Block Programming
	WJBS-1959-Adult Standards
	WETO-1970-Comtemporary MOR
	WETO-1978-Top 40
	WXVQ-1980-Adult Standards
	WXVQ-1984-Top 40
	WXVQ-1987-Oldies
	WXVQ-1991-News/Talk
	WNDA-2001-News/Talk-simulcast of WNDB-AM 1150, Daytona Beach
	WTJV-2005-Mexican Regional
	WTJV-2009-Licensed/Silent-9-09-3-10 see Tower Collapse
	WTJV-2010-Mexican Regional Returns to the air
	WTJV-2015-Adult Standards Simulcast of WSBB-AM 1230

WDLF History
1942-DeLand's first radio station (WDLF-AM 1490) was built by a Deland Naval Air Station veteran, Francis Lauren Mickle. Jim Walter, one of the first personnel stationed at the Deland Naval Air Station, still produces partially completed housing, (most likely the way he found his barracks when he moved into the fledgling training station). Spruce Creek airfield and the New Smyrna airport are direct results of the DeLand Naval Air Station. The landing of the Navy in DeLand in 1942 has forever changed the nature of DeLand and Volusia County.

Broadcasting/Telecasting Magazine Sept 20, 1948
Lyle Van's New Station, WDLF, Starts at Deland
WDLF DeLand, Fla., 250 w full-time on 1490 kc, went on the air September 10 with celebratory ceremonies featuring Sen. Claude Pepper (D-Fla.) as principal speaker. The station is solely owned by Lyle Van, NBC announcer from 1938 to 1946, and since 1946 a free lance artist. Mr. Van has his own newscast, News on the Human Side, over WOR-Mutual Mon-Sat, 6p.m. (EDT), and is commercial announcer on H. V. Kaltenborn's NBC newscasts Mon.-Fri., 7:45 p.m. (EDT). The WDLF staff includes: Lynn Gearhart, formerly with WALT Tampa, Fla., station manager; Maj. R. L. Clinton Jr., business manager; Michael Davis, program director, and Loren Mickle, previously with WFUN Huntsville, Ala. chief engineer.

Names In WDLF History

Francis Lauren Mickle-1942-Builder of the station

Lyle Van (Valkenburgh)-1948-President-Deland Broadcasting Company

Lynn Gearhart-1948-Station Manager-Deland Broadcasting Company

Major R. L. Clinton, Jr.-1948-Business Manager-Deland Broadcasting Company

Michael Davis-1948-Program Director-Deland Broadcasting Company

Loren Mickle-1948-Chief Engineer-Deland Broadcasting Company

Judge Robert Wingfield-1948-Sunday afternoons-gave a half-hour history lessons

James Knox-1949-General Manager/Commercial Manager-Deland Broadcasting Company

Robert Walton-1949-Program Director/Promotions Manager-Deland Broadcasting Company

Don Ammon In Memory

Network Affiliation(s):	Associated Press
	Mutual Broadcasting System