WABR-AM
1440
Winter Park
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Original Call Letters: WABR |
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Originally Licensed: Sep 1954 |
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Original City of License: Winter Park |
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Original Frequency: 1600 |
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Origin of Call Letters: |
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Original Power: 5,000 watts-Daytime |
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Original Location: 13 S. Ridgewood |
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Original Format: Country |
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| Mutual Broadcasting System |
Owner(s): |
1954-Orange County Broadcasters |
| 1959-Contemporary Broadcasting Co. | |
| 1966-Norfolk Broadcasting Corp. | |
| 1971-Rounsaville Broadcasting, Atlanta (Co-owned with WBJW-FM 105.1) | |
| 1982-Nationwide Communications (Purchase price for WBJW-FM 105.1 and WLOF-AM 950, $6.5 million) | |
| 1986-Alleluia Broadcasting Corp | |
| 1987-Metroplex Communications of Orlando Inc. | |
| 1993-Paxson Communications ($5.6 million with WMGF-FM 107.7) | |
| 1994-J & V Communications, Inc.($300,000) |
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History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WABR-1954-Country |
| WBJW-1973-Oldies/Lite Rock "The Entertainer" | |
| WNBE-1976-NBC 24 Hour News | |
| WAJL-1987-Christian ministry (Station sold. WAJL moves to 1190) | |
| WPRD-1987-Classics of the '40s, '50s and '60s "Pride-1440" | |
| WAJL-1987-Religion | |
| WPRD-1990-Children "The Imagination Station" (Kids' Choice Broadcasting Network) | |
| WPRD-1991-CNN Headline News | |
| WWZN-1993-Talk | |
| WWZN-1993-Sports | |
| WPRD-1994-Talk | |
| WPRD-1995-Spanish | |
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WABR
"Top 40 Tunes" sheet![]() courtesy of Dick Camnitz |
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![]() From Dennis Snyder; "In 1968 I visited the WABR country music station in the middle of Dubsdread Country Club. Pictured is Jim Jereau, a US Navy recruiter during the week and a weekend DJ" Courtesy of Dennis Snyder |
Here's Bob
Andrews "at the controls" of WFIV-AM in
1972 |
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| Pauline Fellows-1954-Women's Director-Orange County Broadcasting |
| Richard C. Fellows-1954-Program Director/Promotions Manager/Chief Engineer/Sports Director-Orange County Broadcasters |
| Richard Fellows-1954-Program Director/Promotions Manager/Chief Engineer/Sports Director-Orange County Broadcasters |
| Tom Sawyer-1955-Vice President/Commercial Manager/Program Director/Promotions Manager-Orange County Broadcasters |
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Dick Webb-1955-News Director/Sports Director-Orange County Broadcasters |
| Gwen Barnwell-1955-Women's Director/1958-Promotions Director/Women's Director-Orange County Broadcasters |
| Andy Wilson-1955-Farm Director-Orange County Broadcasting/1966-"The Ray and Andy Show"-6AM-9AM/-Norfolk Broadcasting Corp./1968-General Manager-Norfolk Broadcasting Corp. |
| Shirley Tucker-1957-Women's Director-Orange County Broadcasters |
| Tom Doyle-1958-Program Director-Orange County Broadcasters |
| Dean Kendall-1958-News Director-Orange County Broadcasters |
| Jackie Sawyer-1958-Farm Director-Orange County Broadcasters |
| Bob Norris-1959-Program Director-Contemporary Broadcasting Co. |
| Kent Courtright-1959-News Director-Contemporary Broadcasting Co. |
| Robert Farrington-1960-Program Director-Contemporary Broadcasting Co. |
| Alan White-1960-News Director-Contemporary Broadcasting Co. |
| Ray Beale-1966-Program Director/" The Ray and Andy Show"-6AM-9AM/1969-Station Manager-Norfolk Broadcasting Corp. |
| Pete Lazar (Pete Forgione)-1966-News Director-Norfolk Broadcasting Corp. Biography |
| Art Spector-1966-Mornigs/General Manager/Commercial Manager-Norfolk Broadcasting Corp. Biography |
| Greg Galloway-1966-1968 Biography |
| Dick Shannon (Dick Camnitz)-1970 |
| Rick Taylor-1971-Music Director-Norfolk Broadcasting Corp. |
Bob Andrews-1971-Operations Director/Chief Engineer-Norfolk Broadcasting Corp. Biography |
| Dutch Edwards-1971 |
| Clive Thomas-1973-Morning Drive Biography |
| Jim Boynton-1973-Program director (pictured right) |
| Steve Rutledge-6PM-12M Weekends/fill ins Biography |
| Dave Edwards Biography |
| Jim Jereau |
| Gabe Burton Biography |
| Tom Haley-Biography |
| Steve Schiffman Biography |
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Charles Wolf-1954-President/General Manager/Commercial Manager-Orange County Broadcasters |
| Ray Herbert Gunkle, Jr.-1955-President/General Manager-Orange County Broadcasters |
| Jim Macri-1955-Chief Engineer-Orange County Broadcasters |
| James Sawyer-1956-Commercial Manager/1958-President/General Manager-Orange County Broadcasters |
| James Waldrop-1958-Commercial Manager-Orange County Broadcasters |
| Gerald Eggshart-1958-Chief Engineer-Orange County Broadcasters |
| Edward Edwards-1959-President/General Manager-Contemporary Broadcasting Co. |
| Dean Wilson-1959-Commercial Manager-Contemporary Broadcasting Co. |
| Bob Farington-1959-Promotion Director-Contemporary Broadcasting Co. |
| James Thomas-1959-Chief Engineer-Contemporary Broadcasting Co. |
| Richard Williams-1960-Promotion Manager-Contemporary Broadcasting Co. |
| Robert Allen-1960-Chief Engineer-Contemporary Broadcasting Co. |
| Louis Peterson-1966-President-Norfolk Broadcasting Corp. |
| Paul Downs-1971-Vice President/General Manager-Norfolk Broadcasting Corp. |
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