WYND-AM 1310  
Deland  

Original call Letters: WOOO
Originally Licensed: Dec 7, 1956                                           
Original Power: 500 watts 
Original Format: Rock/Pop 

Owner(s): 1956-Brian Tolby
                1960-Shom Broadcasting, Inc
                1975-Tom Joyner, Texas
                       -David R. Hill  (Plano, Texas)
                1986-Hollis Broadcasting Co. (Dr. D. Stephen  Hollis, Plano, TX) ($75,000) 
                1987-Buddy Tucker Association, Inc  ($255,000)                                                                            
                                 
History Of Call Letters and Formats :WOOO-1956-Rock/Pop
                                                         WKKX-1974-
                                                         WYND-1984-
                                                         WYND-1985-Off the Air
                                                         WYND-1986-Country 
                                                         WYND-1987-Religious

WYND History 
From an article in the Orlando Sentinel dated January 13, 1987.
A Columbus, Ga., firm has bought a defunct radio station in DeLand and plans to start broadcasting interdenominational religious programs in about a month, a spokesman for Hollis Broadcasting Co. said. The rights to the former WYND-1310 AM radio station were acquired for $75,000 by the Georgia company, according to Federal Communications Commission records. The rights to the station formerly were held by David R. Hill of Plano, Texas. Hollis Broadcasting also owns a radio station and a television station with religious formats in Chattanooga, Tenn. The firm acquired the DeLand station on Dec. 30, according to the FCC. ''We felt like the Lord sent us there,'' said Jeff Nicholson, broadcasting manager for the company. Hollis Broadcasting plans a program of discussions with national religious leaders, talk shows and music and plans to invite local religious leaders to appear on programs, Nicholson said. The owners plan to hire three to five part-time disc jockeys and sales people, he said. The station broadcast rock 'n' roll when it was founded in 1956 by Brian Tolby, who now works for WXQV-AM 1490, a radio station operated by Stetson University. Tolby sold the station in 1974 and it has had several owners since. The station broadcasts over a 20-mile radius, Tolby said. "...The station was in receivership when Hollis Broadcasting bought it, said Kenny Hopkins, administrator for Hollis Enterprises Inc., the parent company of both the broadcasting company and the Hollis Eye Institute in Columbus (Ohio). The company will probably keep the WYND call letters, he said. ''It's been through everything from easy listening to country,'' (Former owner Brian) Tolby said. ''It's been around the world.'' Recently, the station has been off the air, he said. ''It had its financial difficulties,'' Tolby said. Hill could not be reached for comment on the financial condition of the station. Daytona Beach already has a non-denominational religious radio station, WMFJ-1450 AM. Station vice president and general manager Jim Palmer said his station's signal reaches into DeLand, but the majority of his advertisers are on the east side of the county. ''We do get into DeLand,'' he said. ''We're very established with our national programs.'' The station has been on the air since 1979, Palmer said. Nicholson said Hollis Broadcasting Co. plans to continue to expand in the future. ''As the Lord leads and the opportunities open up, we'll be looking at them,'' he said.

                      


   Photos of the studios and tower of  
                   WYND Deland