
WVGT-AM
1580
Mount Dora
Original Call Letters: WMDF
Originally Licensed: Jan.
1958
Original City of License: Mount
Dora
Original Frequency: 1580
Origin of Call Letters:
Original Power: 5,000
watts
Original Location: 401
Old Eustis Road
Original Format: MOR/News/Sports
Network
Affiliation(s):
Owner(s): 1958-Cherry
Hill Broadcasters
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-1958-Country
"Cross Country"
WVGT-1960-MOR/News/Sports "The Voice of the Golden Triangle"
WGTW-1976-Country
Great Country GT158 AM"
WHTZ-1981-
WBGB-1983-
WNTF-1997-
WNTF-1998-News/Talk
WNTF-2003-Religious
WNTF-2003-Spanish
WNTF-2003-Silent
WNTF-2004-
WNTF-2005-Black Gospel (simulcast of WOKB-AM 1600)
WNTF-2005-Spanish "Latina 1580AM"
WVGT
Personalities

Charles (Charlie) Northrup-1964-1966-Program
Director also see WLBE-AM 790
"Boots"
VanArdsdale-1965
Vic Lent
Mike
Clarke

Bill
Barber Biography
Dave Edwards Biography
Gabe Burton Biography

Frank Reed Biography
Bill
Bauman-1967 Biography
Michael Solt
Victor
Lent-1965-3PM till signoff weekdays. Mt. Dora High
School Golden Hurricanes Football Play-by-Play (taped Friday nights and
broadcast Saturday AM)
Other Names In WVGT
History
Leon
Ganapol-1958-President-Cherry Hill Broadcasters
Sonny
George-1958-Operations Manager-Cherry
Hill Broadcasters
Bob
Andrews-Chief
Engineer Biography
Bill Andrews-1959-General
Manager/Part Owner-
Biography
H. James (Jim)
Sharp-1960-General
Manager
Arch Laney-1965
Ron Aicher-1975-Co-Owner
with Karl Meek
Karl
Meek-1975-Co-Owner
with Ron Aicher
Walter
"Jack" Kaufman, Jr.-1976
In
Memory
Donald
Painter-1980-Co-Owner
with Marilyn Painter
Marilyn
Painter-1980-Co-Owner
with Donald Painter
Dave Rawleigh
Johnny Nixon
Bill Wise
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