Original Call Letters: WWQS

Originally Licensed: Aug 15, 1967 

Original City of License: Orlando    

  "BJ 105" license plate courtesy Dave Edwards

Original Frequency: 105.1 

Origin of Call Letters: Owner Robert Rounsaville's wife Betty Jane Rounsaville

Power: 100,000 Watts

Original Location: 222 Hazard Street

Original Format: Top 40 

Network Affiliation(s):

History Of Call Letters and Formats:

WBJW History

1973-Rounsaville Broadcasting based in Atlanta, signs-on WBJW-AM and FM from a small studio near the Dubsdread Golf Course in Orlando. The broadcast tower was located off of Turkey Lake Road near (the as yet to be built) Universal Studio's Florida.

1974-WBJW-FM decides to take on Orlando's Top 40 powerhouse WLOF-AM 950 under the guidance of Jerry Peterson, Tom West and M.F. Kershner. The slogan "BJ105" came from the owner Robert Rounsaville's wife Betty Jane Rounsaville.
 
1976-"BJ-105" continues to dominate Orlando radio, taking the number one spot in the ratings, and would stay there for many years. 

1980-"BJ-105" buys WLOF-AM 950 and it's sister station WLOQ-FM 103.1.  WLOF is retained.  WPRD-AM 1440 and 
WLOQ-FM 103.1 are sold off separately due to government regulations at the time that allow only one AM and one FM station to be owned by the same person, in the same city at one time.

1982-Nationwide Communications purchases "BJ-105" and WLOF-AM 950 from Rounsaville Communications. "BJ-105" relocated it's tower to Christmas, FL. The tower was built by WOFL-TV Channel 35.

From Dave Edwards "...here's a night shot of BJ-105 located at 222 Hazard Street, same location as all (or most I guess) of the stations on 1440...That would be WABR and on through the years..." "... The parking lot was in back of the building.  The new addition to the building is where the "FM Stereo" sign in the picture is located and was completed around 1977?..." "...There was a window to the front of the operator in the control room with an easterly view, if you could call it a view since in looked into the hedges of the neighboring house. In the picture we are looking N.N.E toward the area where Fairbanks goes under I-4.  After the addition to the building the window remained in place and looked into the program directors office  :-)  Back then, management had a great sense of humor or budget."

WBJW Personalities
Steve Craig-1973-Morning Drive 
Dennis Winslow  Biography
Chris Glendon
Bill Gardener-Mornings/Program Director
Terry Allen
B. J. Harris
Bill Barber-Program Director/7PM-Midnight  Biography
Terry Long-Noon-3PM
Rick Stone 
Dave Edwards-3PM-7PM  Biography  
Mitchell Stone-6AM-10AM
Tom West-Program Director/10AM-Noon
Ron Courtney-Midnight-6AM
Mike Creiger 
Fast Freddy
Kevin Casey
Steve Michaels
Tracey Young-Mid-Days

Bill Cross-1986-"The Breakfast Bunch" 

  Bill Cross talks about the final day of "BJ105"
photo and audio courtesy of Clive Hayward



Alan Spector





Caren Sheldon-"The Breakfast Bunch"

 

Beth Anne Schaeffer-News

                                                                                                                              

Fred Bradshaw-1974-News


Ken Dixon

John Summers-1986-1989-Nights/1988-Host of ''Affection Connection''--Monday through Friday at 9 p.m. Now at KLUV, Dallas/Ft. Worth

Jeff Beeching-Junior Achievement intern

Steve Mitchell-1973-1974-Overnight News/On air for both WBJW-AM and FM

Other Names in WBJW History

Rick Weinkauf-1988-General Manager. Rick announced his retirement in 2007 Biography

Brian Thomas-1985-1987, 1988-1991-Program Director-Brian programmed "BJ105" and was on-air 2-4pm from May ' 85-May ' 87 and came back to program it again. Brian was the last voice heard on "BJ105",  “Thanks for the memories…it’s been a great ride” when they morphed into Mix 105.1 in the Fall of 89. Brian continued to program "Mix 105.1" until June of 1991. Brian went on to program B97 New Orleans, Q105 Tampa and KFRC-San Francisco. Then in 2006 he became the program director  at  Jack-FM, WCBS-FM 101.1,in New York. 
Brian oversaw the return of "New York's Greatest Hits" to WCBS-FM 101.1

Carol Lewis (Carol Arvo)-1976-1979-Sales

The dog tag that BJ105 gave their employees for two years of great ratings books                                                  
photo courtesy of Carol Arvo

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