WTAI-AM 1560
Melbourne
Original Call Letters:
WTAI
Originally Licensed: Mar
8, 1968
Original City of License: Melbourne
Original Frequency: 1560
Origin of Call Letters:
Original Power: 5,000 watts
daytime
Original Location:
Original Format:
Modern
Country
Network Affiliation(s):
| Owner(s): | 1968-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| 1984-Silicon East Communications ($846,000 with WAOA-FM 107.1) | |
| 1996-Gem Broadcasting ($5.4 Million with WAOA-FM 107.1 and Melbourne tower complex) | |
|
2001-Cumulus Media |
History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WTAI-1968-Modern Country |
| WTAI-1984-Country/Progressive | |
| WTMS-1986-News/Talk | |
| WTMS-1998-Business News | |
| WAOA-2000-Urban Adult Contemporary | |
| WAOA-2001-News/Talk | |
| WAOA-2002-Adult Standards | |
| WINT-2003-Adult Standards "Music of Your Life" |
History Of WTAI |
| WTAI would be the first
"Progressive Rock" station in the South. Bill Watson remembers WTAI; "...I lived down in Melbourne at the time and they were a combination country/progressive station for a while. They would play country music until noon and then blast into the Chambers Brothers or Jimi Hendrix at noon..." |
WTAI Personalities |
 Lee Arnold-1968-1970 |
| Steve Mack |
| Jim Kennedy aka J the K |
| Peter David Kaufman |
| Pierre Begano |
| Sharma Kinsel |
Rob Selkow |
Other Names In WTAI History |
| Thomas Hanssen-1968-President-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Ralph Stoeckel-1968-Commercial
Manager-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters Bernard Stapleton-1968-Program director-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Ray Birch-1968-Program Manager-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Joe Farish-1996-President-Gem Broadcasting-Gem Broadcasting |
| George Mills-1996-Vice President/General Manager-Gem Broadcasting |
| Gary Hess-President and General Manager |
| John Edwards-News Director |
Other Programs In WTAI History |
| Dr. Joy Browne-syndicated |
| Bob Grant-syndicated |
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