WXXL-FM
106.7
Tavares
Original
Call Letters: WLBE
Originally
Licensed: 195?
Original City of License: Leesburg
Power: 100,000
watts
Original Format: Religious
Owner(s): 195?-
1975-WLBE
Radio, Inc.
1976-General
Communicorps
1988-Southern
Starr Broadcasting Group Inc.
1989-Taylor
Communications ($12
million)
1993-Chancellor
Media/Shamrock Radio
1997-Shamrock
Radio/Chancellor Media
1997-HM2/Chancellor
2000-AMFM
Radio Licenses (Clear
Channel Communications)
2004-Capstar
(Clear
Channel Communications)
-AMFM
Radio Licenses, LLC (Clear
Channel Communications)
2007-Aloha
Station Trust, LLC, as Trustee
History
Of Call Letters and Formats: WLBE-195?-
WHLY-1969-Religious
''Where He Loves You''
WDGM-1969-Beautiful
Music
"We're
Delightfully Good Music"
WHLY-1978-Jazz
and
Pop
WHLY-
-Adult
Contemporary
"Y106"
WHLY-1984-Top
40 "The
Hot-Rockin Y-106"
WCAT-1987-Top
40
"Cool
Cat"
WHLY-1988-
WXXL-1990-CHR
"XL
106.7 Today's Hit Music"
WXXL
History
WXXL-FM
began life as WLBE-FM.
Bob
Andrews of WLBE-AM
790 fills us in on some of the history of WLBE-FM 106.7. "In
the late fifties, WLBE-AM 790, under the ownership of a wealthy road
contractor, (father in law of Jim Sharp) applied for and got the 106.7
license and was actually on the air (the space for FM transmitter and wiring for
A/C, etc are still in the back of the WLBE-AM studios.) The station was
bought by a couple of preachers, who saw no value in the FM, just the value of
the resale of it to keep going, and Lake County lost its second FM station
to Orlando. The first was 107.7, licensed to Mount Dora. I don't recall the
ownership, but it went to WORJ-FM,
Orlando. The company kept an office and a man in Mount Dora for some time to
satisfy FCC rules. That is why 107.7 and 106.7 still identify with Lake County
locations every hour.
In 1990 following the
brief stint as WHLY-FM,
"Y-106" and "The Cat", "XL 106.7"
would become a major player in the Top 40 arena in the Orlando Market .The Doc
and Johnny Morning Show would become a "household name"
celebrating 17 years on the air.
Names in WXXL History
JJ Walker-1986-1987
(now on the 80's station on Sirius) (Also known as The Jammer on Z100
New York, 1987-1988)
Ken Rayback-1987-1988-Morning
News
Max Montana-1987-1988-Part
time (weekends)
Dave
Shropshire-1988-Mornings
Roger
Carey-1987-1988-Mornings
The Uglees-Jerry
and Annie Lousteau-1988-1989-Mornings
Jay Scott-1990-Mornings
Shadow
Stevens (Rod
Grant)-1990-Mornings,
mid-days (now at WWKA-FM
92.3)
Steve Kelly-1990-1991-Afternoon-drive/Assistant
Program Director
Biography
Rod
Lauderdale-1990-Music Director
Pam
Crosby-1990-News
Fast Bobby
Greg Holt
Doc
Holliday (Jeff
Duncan)-1990-2007-Doc
and Johnny Morning Show
March 5, 2007-Doc Holliday
announced his retirement from the Doc
and Johnny Morning Show
Johnny
Magic-1990-Evenings
(as John Magic) then became part of the "Doc
and Johnny Morning Show"
Buckethead
Bubba The Love Sponge (Todd Clem)-1991-Nights
Grace
(Vasquez)-Doc and Johnny
Morning Show
May 4, 2007-Grace (Vasquez) has
left the morning show
Brian-(Brian
Grimes)-Producer
of The Doc & Johnny Morning Show
AJD-Assistant producer
No
Life Lisa
Erin Somers
Pete De Graaff-2001-2005-Assistant
program director/producer of
Doc and Johnny Morning
Show/Mid-days
Deborah
Smurawa-News
Adam
Cook
(Gary Wheeler)-PM
Drive/program director
Chad
Pitt-2000-2006-10PM-2AM/Afternoon
drive
Big
Steve Kelly
Kooz-2005-Nights
Jana (Sutter)-2004-Middays/Assistant program
director/Music director
Lu
Valentino-1995-"Love
Phones with Lu Valentino"-10PM-2AM
Alex
Diaz
Biography
Nikki
Knight-1993-2000-10PM-2AM/Mid-days/"Alternative
Static" 8pm-midnight Sundays
Just Plain Mark-1990-1995-Evenings
Tommy Chuck-2006-Program director
Stick on the Radio-3 p.m.-7 p.m.
Kid
Cruz-1991-2004-Late
nights/afternoons
Surfer Dave (Dave Marcello)-1990-1996-Original
host of "Alternative Static"
Hildi-Mid
days
Danny Wright
Uncle Johnny-2001-Overnights/weekend fill in
Marianne
Marosan (Kathryn Adkins)-Traffic Biography
Stan the Monkey Boy
Frankie V-7p.m.-12
a.m.
Jayde-2007-Joins the Johnny
Magic Morning Show
Deborah
Roberts-News
Brian Christopher-Part
time weekends
College Boy-1993-Intern/Producer/Weekend
Overnights
Dave Matthews
Kevin Baldinger-Traffic
Biography
What a beaut!
Alex Diaz wins the
Ugly Betty Contest
Other Names In WXXL History
Tom Mosher-General
Manager
Jeff Kimmel-1992-Sales
Manager
Rhonda Bohrer-1992-Regional
Sales Manager
Michael
Bryan-Program Director/Regional
Dir./Interactive Services
Glory
Adona-Promotions Manager
Shannon
Fraser-General Sales Manager
Randy
Rahe-General
Manager
Dave Deamer-Promotions Director
Other Programs In WXXL History
Love Phones with Dr. Judy and
Jagger
SALUTING
THE DOC AND JOHNNY SHOW -- (House of Representatives - June 07, 2005)
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mack). Under a previous order of
the House, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Keller) is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to pay tribute to
two central Floridians marking a special anniversary. Doc Holliday and Johnny
Magic have been a team on the Orlando airwaves for 15 years now.
In an industry where many hear the words ``you are fired''
more often than Donald Trump's would-be apprentices, the Doc and Johnny Show on
XL 106.7 has stood the test of time. These guys are like gum under a bus seat.
They have survived four presidents, three hurricanes, and have gotten themselves
in trouble too many times to count.
The idea for the Doc and Johnny show came the way many
great ideas in this country come about, over a beer. Doc Holliday is a huge
sports fan with a reputation for enjoying the big game with a big beverage.
Johnny Magic is a single guy in his 40s, loved by the station's female fans,
which sort of makes him the Fonz of Orlando.
They have worked together 15 years and are still going
strong. And behind one of the most successful morning radio shows in Central
Florida are two men who have shown a strong commitment to making my home town of
Orlando a better place. Let me give you three examples.
First, in 1991, Doc and Johnny helped 30 needy families
make sure they had Christmas presents under the tree for their children. Last
year, the Baby DJ Program help make sure 5,000 kids had toys at Christmas. It is
a program I am proud to have personally donated to.
Second, after the events of September 11, 2001, Doc and
Johnny broke from their regular format and instead had numerous elected and law
enforcement officials on their radio show to make sure the people of Orlando had
the very latest information on the war in terrorism in what was a very uncertain
time for our Nation.
Finally, when my State was hit last summer with hurricane
after hurricane, Doc and Johnny's Neighbor Helping Neighbor program set up shop
at a local mall and gave listeners a place to donate and pick up hurricane
relief supplies, all free of charge.
When I asked their long term sidekick, Grace Vazquez, her
favorite memory about Doc and Johnny, she wrote about a time when the show was
on the road in Key West. Grace fell off a moped and broke her arm. Through it
all she writes, ``One, they never left my side. Two, they still made me laugh.
Or maybe it was the painkillers''.
Mr. Speaker, Doc may be a fast-talking guy from New Jersey,
and Johnny may be a southerner from North Carolina, but my home town of Orlando,
Florida, is a better place because they decided to make their home there. I wish
them a happy 15th anniversary on their radio show.
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