WORJ-FM
107.7 Mount Dora
Original
Call Letters: WORJ
Originally
Licensed:1966
Original
City of License: Mount
Dora
Original
Power:
100,000
watts
Original Format: Simulcast
of
WORL-AM
1270
Network Affiliation(s): Mutual
Broadcasting System
Owner(s): 1966-
1981-Sudbrink
Broadcasting
1993-Paxson
Communications ($5.6 million with WWZN-AM
1440)
1987-Metroplex Communications of Orlando Inc.
1997Metroplex Communications of Orlando Inc.
1997-Clear Channel Communications
2007-Aloha Station Trust, LLC, as Trustee
History Of Call Letters and Formats: WORJ-1966-Religious
WORJ-1969-Album
Rock-some hours
simulcast of WORL-AM
1270
WORJ-1978-Rock
"Zeta 7"
WJYO-1981-Soft
Adult Contemporary
"Joy 108", "Joy
of Orlando"
WMGF-1990-Soft
Adult
Contemporary
"Magic 107.7"
WORJ license plate courtesy of Dave
Edwards
courtesy
of June Myers
At 10 PM on Friday,
February 19,1981 "Zeta
7" changed from it's rock roots for easy listening. The
disc jockeys cried, and loyal listeners turned their Zeta 7 license plates
upside down in protest. That
was the day WORJ
became WJYO for the "Joy
of Orlando". WORJ would move
from rock to the sounds of Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, etc.
On his last morning show Thom Robinson asked listeners to
memorialize "Zeta7" by turning their license plates
upside down on their cars. Program director, David Sousa, recalls "Zeta
7"'s last hours. "It was probably the most terrible day
of my life. That was my radio station ...my flesh and blood. It was my child and
it had to be shot. We had one bad rating book and management pulled the plug on
"Zeta 7".
WORJ
Personalities
Frank Reed-Biography
Lee
Arnold-1972
Pat
O'Day (Jerry
Thompson)
Mike Lyons-Mid
days
Neal Mirsky-1973
Doug Van Allen
Steve Mack
Chal Martina
Randy Molnar
Bill McGathy
Tom
Webb
Paul Yeskel-1973-Copywriter-Promotions
Director-DJ-Chief booker for The Southern Progressive Radio Network at WORJ.
Paul would go on to become president of AIM Strategies, a New
Jersey-based service that works with music companies to help promote and market
records. In
Memory
Marian Van
Atta
Hanna Skrobko
Lee Hallock
Dave Murray
Connie Denson
Bob Church
Jack Curran
Shirley Christmas
Toy Patterson
Vince Ziggenbein
Paul Weiss
Gay Bean Arnold
John Cyr
Al Carroll
Jackie Sanderson
Jimmy Silverman
Bobby Dennis
Diane Silky
Sheila McConnell
Rick Namey
Peter David Kaufman
Scott Harris
Jim Kerr
Johnny Sutton
Donna
Bill Herrington
Geri
Carol Winkler
Charles Odom
Gary Brown
Andy Warden
Lee Morris
Mike Cooper
Rachel
Wayne Osley
Doug
Clifford-Afternoon News Anchor/Assistant News Director/weekend
talk host
Brock Whaley (B. Rock)-1978
Rob Word
Michael Z.
Liesel
Glaser
Pam
Lap
Jerri
Hanna
Rudy
Markowitz
John Averill
Shirley
Jensen
Craig
Michaels
Dennis
Winslow-Biography
Larry
Cox
Dave
Matthews
Brock Waley-1978
Wayne Trout-1969-On air
personality/news director Biography
Thom Robinson
David
Sousa-1978-1980-Program
Director/Afternoon Drive
David
Schulz-1978-1980-Midnight-6AM
then 10PM-2AM-host of Feature Artist
or Feature Album at Midnight as well as "A
Space in Time" on Tuesday evenings
Larry
Besler-1979-1980-2AM-6AM
Bill
Mims-1978-1980-Evenings/Music Director. Bill left with the format change
to Joy 108. He went to the sister
station in Honolulu, HA.
Hanna
Skrobko
Zaida
Zoller
John Averill
Doug Clifford
Other Names In WORJ History
Emil Corona-1969-1978-President-Orlando
Radio and Television Broadcasting Corporation
Vernon
Arnette-1968-1973-Vice
President-Orlando
Radio and Television Broadcasting Corporation
Tom Doyle-1969-General
Manager-Orlando
Radio and Television Broadcasting Corporation
Steve
Flesher-1969-Program Director-Orlando
Radio and Television Broadcasting Corporation
Woody Sudbrink-1978-1981-President-Sudbrink
Broadcasting
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