WTJV-AM 1490
Deland
 

Original Call Letters: WDLF 

Originally Licensed: Sep. 10, 1948

Original City of License: Deland  

Original Frequency: 1490

Origin of Call Letters: 

Original Power: 1,000 watts

Original Location: 

Original Format: Mexican Regional


Network Affiliation(s):

Mutual Broadcasting System
Associated Press
NBC
ABC
Florida Radio Network

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
1970-WETO, Inc.
1984-Stetson University ($425,000)
1987-Great Lakes Broadcasting Co. ($325,000)
1991-Green Broadcast Group ($175,000)
2000-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 oWNDB-AM 1150, Daytona Beach
WTJV-2005-Mexican Regional
WTJV-2009-Licensed but Silent  see Tower Collapse
WTJV-2010-Mexican Regional  returns to the air


WTJV Personalities

The Tiger

Cristian the Travieso

The Alcon

Maria Hearts


Other Names In WTJV History

John Torrado-2005-General Manager-J &V Communications

Frank Vaught-2005-Operations Manager-J &V Communications 


Tower Collapse 

Thanks to the The West Volusia Beacon for use of these photos
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BEACON PHOTOS by Barb Shepherd
No one injured — Three vehicles were damaged but no one was hurt when WTJV-AM 1490, 400-foot radio transmission tower crashed to the ground about  9:55 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4. Hundreds of football fans were milling about in the area, Apparently, a vehicle tangled up in one of the guide wires, and down it came.
  In March of 2010, J &V Communications replaced the fallen tower with an 85 foot Valcom Antenna. New zoning laws would not allow replacing a tower with same height that had been on the site. The Valcom antenna, manufactured by Valcom Manufacturing Group Inc., is a self-supporting whip antenna that is shorter than the one-quarter wavelength lattice tower typically used by AM stations. The Valcom antenna includes a Valcosphere, a wire-framed sphere, mounted at the top of the whip. A top-loading coil is mounted approximately one-third of the total height above the antenna base. The Valcom antenna requires use of a 120-radial buried ground system.


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