WXVQ-AM 1490 Deland

WXVQ-AM 1490
Deland

Original Call Letters: WDLF

Originally Licensed: Sep. 10, 1948

Original City of License: Deland

Original Frequency: 1490

Origin of Call Letters: WXVQ XV being the Roman Numeral 15

Original Power: 1,000 watts

Original Location: 220 E. Hubbard Ave.

Original Format: Pop

Network Affiliation(s):	Mutual Broadcasting System
	Associated Press
	NBC
	ABC Information
	CBS
	Florida Radio News

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.
	1978-James Beattie
	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

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-1979-Top 40
	WXVQ-1980-Adult Standards
	WXVQ-1984-Top 40
	WXVQ-1986-Oldies
	WXVQ-1991-News/Talk
	WNDA-2001-News/Talk-simulcast of WNDB-AM 1150, Daytona Beach
	WTJV-2005-Mexican Regional

WXVQ History
The station, which began as WDLF in 1948, was purchased by Stetson University in 1949 and the call letters were changed to WJBS for University founder John B. Stetson. Stetson would purchase the station once again in 1984 as a hands-on classroom for its communications students. In 1991, WXVQ was sold to Green Broadcast Group Inc., which is owned and operated by Rick Green, a 15-year broadcast veteran. Green is former vice president-general manager of KMEO-AM/FM in Phoenix, Ariz. The station was operated through Green Broadcast Group Inc. In 2001, Daytona Beach-based Black Crow Broadcasting, co-owned by Mike and Nikki Linn, signed a "local marketing agreement" that allowed the Linns to take over operations. Rick Green said the sale resulted from the Greens' efforts to move the station from Earl Brown Park after selling its property to the city in the summer of 1999. The Greens began talks with the Linns about sharing broadcasting facilities and after "...a great deal of discussion..." the Linns believed "...it was in the best interest of the community and WXVQ to sell the station."

WXVQ studios as they looked in 2003

                                                                            The tower behind
                                  WXVQ studios


      Photos courtesy of Wilma Clark