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WINT-AM
1560
Melbourne 
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Original Call Letters: WTAI |
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Originally Licensed: Mar 8, 1968 |
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Original City of License: Melbourne |
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Original Frequency: 1560 |
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Origin of Call Letters: |
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Original Power: 5,000 watts daytime |
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Original Location: |
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Original Format: Top 40 |
Network Affiliation(s): |
ABC Entertainment |
| CNN | |
| NBC | |
| ABC News/Talk | |
| ESPN |
Owner(s): |
1968-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| 1984-Silicon East Communications ($846,000 with WAOA-FM 107.1) | |
| 1996-Gem Broadcasting ($5.4 Million with WAOA-FM 107.1 and Melbourne tower complex) | |
| 2001-Cumulus Media |
History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WTAI-1968-Variety "Where The Action Is" |
| WTAI-1978-Country Western "Great American Country" | |
| WTAI-1984-Country/Progressive | |
| WTAI-1994-News/Talk | |
| WTMS-1997-News/Talk | |
| WAOA-2000-Urban Adult Contemporary | |
| WAOA-2001-News/Talk | |
| WINT-2002-Adult Standards "Music of Your Life" | |
| WINT-2007-Oldies "Scott Shannon's True Oldies" | |
| WINT-2008-Sports "ESPN Radio" | |
| WINT-2011-Licensed/ Silent (Feb 16, 2011) | |
| WINT-2012-Sports "ESPN Radio" (Returned to the air Jan 26, 2012) | |
| WLZR-2012-Licensed/ Silent (May 18, 2012) | |
| WLZR-2013-Sports "Sportsradio 1560 The Fan" (Returned to the air Dec 11, 2012) |
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WINT-AM Knocked Off The Air 2-25-11 WINT-AM 1560 has been forced off the air by copper thieves. Almost all of the copper was stripped from the transmitter facility. Cumulus Broadcasting has no idea how long it will take to restore service. The police investigation is ongoing. |
WINT-AM returns to the air on Jan. 26, 2012. |
WINT Becomes WRLZ, But Remains Silent 5-22-12 Cumulus Licensing LLC temporarily resumed operations from the WINT-AM 1560 site on Jan. 26,2012, after being knocked off the air by copper thieves. Almost all of the copper was stripped from the transmitter facility. They had been using the daytime antenna and a borrowed transmitter that allowed them to operate at 250 watts. According to their FCC application "...Cumulus continues to be concerned about vandalism at the site and has, therefore, made the business decision to suspend temporary broadcast operations at this time." "...Replacing all of the copper that was stolen will be quite costly, so, it does not want to proceed until it is certain that it is certain that its investment is properly secured." |
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WINT Personalities |
| Jack Shaw-1968-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Michael Jay (Mike Helminski)-1968-Program Director/Music Director-Cape Canaveral Broadcasters |
| Jon
Roberts (Apfeld)-1994-Program Director-Silicon
East Communications |
 Liz Litterello-2008-Morning Show Host/Host of "The Space Coast Speaks"-Cumulus Media |
| Lawrence Lawton-2010-"The Reality Check Radio Show"-Sat-8AM-9AM-Cumulus Media |
 Jim Greenfield-News |
| Jack Phillips |
 Daylon Rushing In Memory |
| Tom E. Collins (Michael Hatfield) |
| Glen Hill |
| Paul McCartney (Bill Gaskins) |
| Bunny Brown-Country Music 5AM-7AM |
| Larry Brewer |
Other Names in WINT History |
| Dan Carelli-2002-General Manager-Cumulus Media |
| Ted Turner-2002-Operations Manager-Cumulus Media |
| Ronnie Brown-General Manager |
| Marion Fritz-Chief Engineer |
 Frank Berry-Engineer In Memory |
| Mike Sharp-Sales |
| Dave Farrington-Sales |
| Sue Garrett-Market Manager |
 Bill Bokunic-2009-General Sales Manager for the Cumulus stations in the Melbourne cluster-Cumulus Media 
5-26-10 Bill Bokunic,
General Sales Manager for the Cumulus Melbourne Market, is
leaving Florida to assume the General Sales Manager Position for the Entercom
Cluster in Indianapolis.
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