WELE-FM 105.9 Deland

WELE-FM 105.9

Deland

Original Call Letters: WOOO
Originally Licensed: Jul 10, 1967
Original City of License: Deland	logo courtesy of Rick Padilla
Original Frequency: 105.9
Origin of Call Letters:
Original Power: 100,000 watts
Original Location: 316 East Taylor Road
Original Format: Country Western

Network Affiliation(s):

Mutual Broadcasting System

Owner(s):	1967-Shom Broadcasters, Inc.
	1975-WELE Radio, Inc
	1981-Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting
	1986-American Media, Inc. ($7.5 million)
	1997-Chancellor Media
	2000-Infinity Radio (Viacom-CBS)
	2006-Chancellor Media (CBS Radio)

History Of Call Letters and Formats:	WOOO-1967-Country
	WDLF-1970-Country
	WDLF-1981-40's, 50's, 60's music "The Sounds of Your Life"
	WELE-1976-Country "The Big Wheel"
	WMGG-1986-Adult Contemporary
	WOCL-1986-Oldies "Class 105.9"
	WOCL-1988-50's to 70's Oldies "Cool 105.9" "Good Time Oldies"
	WOCL-1999-Jammin' Oldies "Power 105.9"
	WOCL-2000-Alternative "O-Rock 105-9"
	WOCL-2008-Classic Hits "Sunny 105.9"

The studios and tower of WELE on highway 17-92 in Deland

History of WELE
WELE-FM began as WOOO-FM;
Mr. Brian Tolby, former owner of WSBB-AM 1230, New Smyrna Beach, fills us in on the history of WDLF. "...That station was to be a Winter Park FM, WABR(-AM 1440), owned by the Petersons who also owned Peterson Outdoor Advertising in Orange & Seminole counties, who were sitting on an FM permit. I filed to move it to Deland and it went on the air in l965. I sold that station in l976 to Joe Gratz who owned WELE AM (1380) and he changed the calls to WELE-FM..."
In 1986 after the purchase by American Media, WELE began broadcasting from a 1,650-foot tower in Orange City and operated at 100,000 watts, enabling it to reach from Daytona Beach to Tampa.