
WNTF-AM 1580
Bithlo
Original Call Letters: WMDF
Year of License: 1960
Original City of License: Mount Dora
Power: 5,000 watts
Location: Old Eustis-Mt Dora Road
Original Format: Country
Manager(s): 1959-Bill Andrews
Biography
1960-H. James (Jim) Sharp
-Dave Rawleigh
-Johnny Nixon
-Bill Wise
1965-Arch Laney
Owner(s): Owner(s): 1960-
1975-Ron Aicher and
Karl Meek
1976-Walter
"Jack" Kaufman, Jr. In
Memory
1980-Donald
and Marilyn Painter
1982-Central Florida
Broadcasting Inc
1993-Cross
Country Communications
($30,000)
1993-Paxson
Communications
1997-People's Network,
Inc (Telford Resort
Hotel)
1998-American Community
Radio Network
2000-American Community
Oriented Radio Network
2002-Peoples Radio
Network, Inc
2004-Rama
Communications ($600,000) City
of license would move to Bithlo
History Of Call Letters and Formats: WMDF-1964-Country "Cross
Country"
WVGT-
-MOR, news and sports
"The Voice of the Golden
Triangle"
WGTW-1976 -Country
"Great Country GT158"
WHTZ-1981-
WBGB-1983-
WNTF-1998-News/Talk
WNTF-2003-Religious
WNTF-2003-Silent
WNTF-2004-
WNTF-2005-Tropical
"Latina 1580AM"
WNTF-2005-Black
Gospel (simulcast
of WOKB-AM 1600)
WNTF-2005-Spanish
Names In
WNTF History
Paul B. Walker
Steven
Delay-Chief Engineer In
Memory
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