WHVE-FM 104.1 Cocoa Beach

WHVE-FM 104.1
Cocoa Beach

Original Call Letters: WRKT

Originally Licensed: May 8, 1962

Original City of License: Cocoa Beach

Original Frequency: 104.1

Origin of Call Letters: Sounds like "Wave"

Original Power: 100,000 watts

Original Location:

Original Format: Top 40

Network Affiliation(s):

Owner(s):	1962-C. Sweet Smith
	1968-Bucks County Radio News
	1981-Guy Gannett Broadcasting Services, Inc.
	1992-Paxson Communications Corp ($18.6 Million with WWNZ-AM 740, WINZ-AM 940, WZTA-FM 94.9 (Miami)
	1993-Press Broadcasting ($5 million-Gannett Broadcasting)
	1996-Paxson Broadcasting ($25 million)
	1997-Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
	2007-Aloha Station Trust, LLC, as Trustee
	2009-Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

History Of Call Letters and Formats:	WRKT-1962-Jazz (Bonneville Automated)
	WKPE-1970-Underground Rock "Dimension 104" "Cape Radio"
	WRKT-1977-Top 40 "Rocket 104"
	WRKT-1980-Adult Contemporary
	WRKT-1981-Country "Brevard's Stereo Country 104"
	WSSP-1985-Beautiful Music "WSSPer 104"
	WZTU-1992-Hot Adult contemporary "U-104.1"
	WHVE-1992-Top 40 "One Hundred Four Point One The Wave"
	WHVE-1992-Talk-simulcast of WWNZ-AM 740
	WWNZ-1993-Talk "Real Radio"
	WTKS-1993-Talk "Real Radio 104.1"
	WTKS-1997-Talk/Modern rock on weekends "Real Radio 104.1"

History of WHVE
Aug. 17, 1992-Less than three months into its radio life ''The Wave'' is all washed up. The station began simulcasting the talk programming of its sister station, WWNZ-AM 740. Seems WHVE's ratings never delivered. WHVE came in at #14 in the latest Arbitron ratings. Paxson Broadcasting has put WHVE up for sale.

From Marc Tyll;
Under Paxson Broadcasting, WZTU became Top 40 formatted WHVE "104.1 The Wave" (pronounced "One Hundred Four - Point - One, The Wave"). Former WAPE-FM Jacksonville program director Bill Pasha was brought in to revamp the struggling "U 104.1", unfortunately, the "WAVE" was also short-lived, lasting only three months due to a lack of ratings and flat sales revenues. After "The Wave" was scrapped, WHVE became WWNZ-FM, simulcasting most of WWNZ-AMs programming, but the FM did have a few separate programs such as syndicated Barry Farber and a few others. The FM moniker was separate from the AMs "740 WINZ'. The FM was called "Talk 104.1 WWNZ-FM". WWNZ-FM was also short-lived as Paxson had planned to sell the station when the top 40 format was pulled. Paxson sold WWNZ-FM in 1993 at its $5 million "stick value" to New Jersey based Press Broadcasting, owner of Orlando TV station WKCF-TV "WB 18".