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WTAI-AM 1560 
Eau Gallie
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Original Call Letters: WTAI |
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Originally Licensed: Mar 8, 1968 |
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Original City of License: Eau Gallie |
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Original Frequency: 1560 |
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Origin of Call Letters: |
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Original Power: 5,000 watts daytime |
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Original Location: North of SR 192, west of I-95 |
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Original Format: Variety |
Network Affiliation(s): |
Keystone |
| ABC Entertainment | |
| CNN | |
| NBC | |
| ABC Talk Radio | |
| CBS Sports Radio |
Owner(s): |
1968-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| 1984-Silicon East Communications Partnership ($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-Variety "Where The Action Is" |
| WTAI-1978-Country Western "Great American Country" | |
| WTAI-1984-Country/Progressive | |
| WTAI-1994-News/Talk | |
| WTMS-1997-News/Talk | |
| WAOA-2000-Urban Adult Contemporary | |
| WAOA-2001-News/Talk | |
| WINT-2002-Adult Standards "Music of Your Life" | |
| WINT-2007-Oldies "Scott Shannon's True Oldies" | |
| WINT-2008-Sports "ESPN Radio" | |
| WINT-2011-Licensed/Silent (Feb 16, 2011) | |
| WINT-2012-Sports "ESPN Radio" (Returned to the air Jan 26, 2012) | |
| WLZR-2012-Licensed/ Silent (May 18, 2012) | |
| WLZR-2013-Sports "Sportsradio 1560 The Fan" (Returned to the air Dec 11, 2012) |
History Of WTAI |
| From Sharma
Kinsel air name Kim
Conners "...Everyone wore many hats at the station, handling their own sales accounts, writing their own copy, producing their own commercials, doing the news and weather fresh off the UPI/AP teletype machine. We also ran our on board, as we didn't have an engineer on site most of the time. We were one of the first AM stations in Florida to play album cuts, although the FM stations were doing so. We helped to introduce rock and roll, the blues, jazz, and alternative music to Central Florida and had a lot of fun doing it. I was one of the first female d-jays in the State on AM with my own show running my own board. Each one us explored our favorite types of music and shared it with our audiences. We expanded our knowledge by learning from one another and I'm grateful to have been apart of it. I retired from radio when new management came in and changed the format to Country and Western. I' m still a hippie at heart and love rock and roll, jazz, world music, and enjoy sharing great tunes with friends..." |
Bill Watson remembers WTAI; WTAI would be the first "Progressive Rock" station in the South. "...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 |
| Kim Conners (Sharma Kinsel)-1968-1969-Mid-mornings-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
 Lee Arnold-1968-1970-Mid-days-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Jim Kennedy aka J the K-1968-Afternoon drive/Program Director-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
 Barry O'Brian (Brian Norcross)-1968-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Chris Randall-1970-Program Director-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Randy Lotane-1970-1974-News Director-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Bernard Stapleton-1972-Program Director-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Bill Austin-1974-Opearations Manager/Music Director-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Debbie Conner-1974-News Director-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Pam Gera-1975-News Director-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Dale Wright-1978-Music Director-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. In Memory |
| Roger Baskt-1978-News Director-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Wayne West-1994-News Director-Silicon East Communications Partnership |
| Steve Mack-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Peter David Kaufman-Weekends-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Rob Selkow |
Other Names In WTAI History |
| Thomas Hanssen-1968-President-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters/1974-President/General Manager/Chief Engineer-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Pierre Bejano-1968-General Manager-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Randy Spector-1968-Commercial Manager-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Dean Wilson-1968-General Manager-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Ralph Stoeckel-1968-Commercial Manager-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Ray Birch-1968-Promotions Manager-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Robert Groome-1968-Chief Engineer-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Spencer Danes-1969-General Manager-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
 Ernie Legge-1970-Commercial Manager/Chief Engineer-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. In Memory |
| Gene Bowen-1970-Promotions Manager-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Randy Jeffery-1970-General Manager |
| John Donahey, Jr.-1974-Commercial Manager-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Elaine Stone-1974-1978-Promotions Manager-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Al Richards-1978-Promotions Manager-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Jeffrey Kimmel-1994-General Manager-Silicon East Communications Partnership |
| John Roberts-1994-Operations Manager/Chief Engineer-Silicon East Communications Partnership |
| Jeffrey Roberts-1994-General Sales Manager-Silicon East Communications Partnership |
| Dan Deaton-1994-Public Affairs Director-Silicon East Communications Partnership |
| Joe Farish-1996-President-Gem Broadcasting |
| George Mills-1996-Vice President/General Manager-Gem Broadcasting |
| Gary Hess-President and General Manager |
| John Edwards-News Director |
| Gary Hess-General Manager |
Other Programs In WTAI History |
| Dr. Joy Browne-Syndicated |
| Bob Grant-Syndicated |
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Sounds |
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