
WVGT-AM
1580
Mount Dora
Original
Call Letters: WMDF
Year of License: 1960
Original City of License: Mount
Dora
Original Location: 401
Old Eustis Road
Origin of Call Letters: Location; Mount
Dora
Florida
Power: 5,000
watts
Original Format: Country
Manager(s): 1959-Bill Andrews
Biography
1960-H. James (Jim) Sharp
-Dave Rawleigh
-Johnny Nixon
-Bill Wise
1965-Arch Laney
Owner(s): 1960-
1975-Ron Aicher and
Karl Meek
1976-Walter
"Jack" Kaufman, Jr. In
Memory
1980-Donald
and Marilyn Painter
1982-Central Florida
Broadcasting Inc
1993-Cross
Country Communications
($30,000)
1993-Paxson
Communications
1997-People's Network,
Inc (Telford Resort
Hotel)
1998-American Community
Radio Network
2000-American Community
Oriented Radio Network
2002-Peoples Radio
Network, Inc
2004-Rama
Communications ($600,000) City
of license would move to Bithlo
History Of Call Letters and Formats: WMDF-1964-Country "Cross Country"
WVGT- -MOR, news and sports "The Voice of the Golden Triangle"
WGTW-1976 -Country
"Great Country GT158"
WHTZ-1981-
WBGB-1983-
WNTF-1997-
WNTF-1998-News/Talk
WNTF-2003-Religious
WNTF-2003-Spanish
WNTF-2003-Silent
WNTF-2004-
WNTF-2005-Black Gospel (simulcast of WOKB-AM 1600)
WNTF-2005-Spanish "Latina 1580AM"
WVGT
Personalities

Charles (Charlie) Northrup-1964-1966-Program
Director also see WLBE-AM 790
"Boots"
VanArdsdale-1965
Vic Lent
Mike
Clarke

Bill
Barber Biography
Dave Edwards Biography
Gabe Burton Biography

Frank Reed Biography
Bill
Bauman-1967 Biography
Michael Solt
Victor
Lent-1965-3PM till signoff weekdays. Mt. Dora High
School Golden Hurricanes Football Play-by-Play (taped Friday nights and
broadcast Saturday AM)
Other Names In WVGT
History
Bob
Andrews-Chief
Engineer
What's
New Biographies
In Memory Sounds
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