WNDB-FM
94.5
Daytona
Beach
Original
Call Letters: WNDB
Original City of License:
Daytona
Beach
Originally Licensed: Mar
1947
Original Power:
44,000
watts
Original Format: Variety
Owner(s): 1947-Daytona
Beach News Journal (Tippen Davidson)
1972-Quality
Broadcasting, Inc. (Victor M.
Knight)
1992-New
City Communications
1997-Cox
Broadcasting
History
Of Call Letters and Formats:
WNDB-1947-Beautiful
Music
WDNJ-1972
WWLV-1977-Soft
Adult Contemporary
"Love
94.5"
WCFB-1992-Country
"B94.5"
WCFB-1995-Urban
Adult
"Star 94.5"
WNDB
History
1947-WNDB
was the first FM radio station in Daytona Beach. It was part of the Daytona
Beach News Journal's holdings. WNDB
added an AM station in 1948.
Marc Tyll updates
some history of WNDB-FM;
1972-The Daytona News Journal sold WNDB-AM
1150 along with the FM station to Delray Beach broadcaster Victor M. Knight
owner of Quality
Broadcasting, Inc.. Quality also owned WGGG-AM
1230 in Gainesville around the same time.
WNDB-FM
became WDNJ (for Daytona News Journal) and in 1977
became WWLV. That same year Knight sold both stations to a
guy named Thrope, however, I don't remember his first name nor the company name.
Thrope sold to Root Communications.
This is where WNDB-FM
originated on Orange Ave in Daytona Beach where the format was
beautiful music until the late 80s or maybe it was the very early 90s when it
became Love Songs consisting of Lite contemporary top 40 love songs. Soon under Root
Communications it became mainstream adult contemporary before finally
switching to country in 1992 known as "B94.5" under the
current call letters WCFB, later being sold to NewCity Communications and
finally to current owner, Cox radio.
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