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WELE-AM
1590 
South Daytona
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Original Call Letters: WDAT |
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Originally Licensed: June 1957 |
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Original City of License: South Daytona |
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Original Frequency: 1590 |
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Origin of Call Letters: |
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Original Power: 1,000 watts day time |
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Original Format: Country Western |
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Original Location: |
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Keystone |
| Mutual Broadcasting System |
Owner(s): |
1957-Thomas Carr |
| 1957-Daytona Broadcasting Company | |
| 1959-Quality Broadcasters of Daytona, Inc. | |
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1963-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
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1967-J. Shea Peeples |
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| 1972-WELE Radio, Inc. | |
| 1972-WELE Radio, Inc. (New Ownership) | |
| 1988-Tama Broadcasting Inc. | |
| 1989-Psi Communications, Inc. ($250,000) |
History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WDAT-1957-Country Western "Serving The Heart of Florida" |
| WELE-1959-Country Western | |
| WELE-1963-Negro | |
| WELE-1967-Country | |
| WZIP-1981-Oldies | |
| WZIP-1986-Country | |
| WPUL-1989-Black Gospel/R&B Oldies "Victory Radio" | |
| WPUL-1991-Black | |
| WPUL-1991-Jazz/Oldies | |
| WPUL-1996-Urban Contemporary | |
| WPUL-2001-Gospel "AM 1590 Victory Radio" | |
| WPUL-2005-Progressive Talk | |
| WPUL-2007-Gospel/Talk | |
| WPUL-2014-Licensed/Silent | |
| WPUL-2018-Latin Hits "La Jeffa" ("The Boss") | |
| WPUL-2020-Licensed/Silent | |
| WDJZ-2022--Jazz "100.7 The Wave" |
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| R. Kelvin Shivers-1960-President-Quality Broadcasters of Daytona, Inc. |
| Val Carter-1960-Station Manager-Quality Broadcasters of Daytona, Inc. |
| Claire Warren-1960-Publicity Director-Quality Broadcasters of Daytona, Inc. |
| George Nelson-1960-Chief Engineer-Quality Broadcasters of Daytona, Inc./1963-Chief Engineer-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| James Artis-1963-Executor of R. Kelvin Shivers Estate-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| Arlene Schmidt-1963-Acting Manager-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| Lovell Dyett-1963-Commercial Manager/Program Manager-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| Jerry Norman-1965-General Manager/1966-President/General Manager-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| Melvin Grace-1965-Program Director-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| Clarence Steger-1965-News Director-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| Joseph Matthews-1966-Commercial Manager-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| Ken Henderson-1966-Program Manager-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| Ann Hicks-1966-Program Manager-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| Jerry Nelson-1966-NewsDirector/1967-Program Director-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| Frank Webb-1966-1967-Chief Engineer-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| Charles Hicks-1967-President-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| John Carr-1967-General Manager-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| Gene McMahon-1967-Commercial Manager-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp./1967-Commercial Manager-J. Shea Peeples/1972 - Vice President-WELE Radio, Inc. |
| Jim King-1967-Promotions Manager-WELE, Inc. |
| Ron Mac-1967-News Director-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
| J. Shea Peeples-1967-President-WELE, Inc. |
| Maynard Dillabar-1967-Vice President/General Manager-WELE, Inc. |
| Bob King-1967-1976-Program Director/Mornings-WELE, Inc./1972-Program Director-WELE Radio, Inc. |
| Jean Lewis-1967-Program Manager-WELE, Inc. |
| Art Hill-1967-News Director-J. Shea Peeples | |
| Jack McClure-1967-Chief Engineer-WELE, Inc. | |
 John Holiday (Clyde Thodey)-1968-6AM-10AM-WELE, Inc. In Memory |
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 Tom Graddy (Ray Thomas “Tom” Graddy, II)-1968-WELE Radio, Inc. In Memory
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| Lynda Browning-1970-Promotions Manager-WELE, Inc. | |
| John Rogers-1970-News Director-WELE, Inc. | |
| John Hackman-1970-Chief Engineer-WELE, Inc. | |
| Joe Gratz-1972-President-WELE Radio, Inc. In Memory | |
| Dave Bauder-1972-News Director-WELE Radio, Inc | |
| Sidney Frazer-1972-Co-Owner-WELE Radio, Inc. | |
| Sheldon Katz-1972-Co-Owner-WELE Radio, Inc. | |
| Tim Tillis-1972-Chief Engineer-WELE Radio, Inc. | |
 K.P. Manning-WELE Radio, Inc. Biography In Memory |
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| Randy Thomas-WELE Radio, Inc. | |
| Gary Welch-WELE Radio, Inc. | |
 "Big" John Rogers-WELE Radio, Inc. |
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| Zach Taylor-WELE Radio, Inc. | |
George "Harold" Utter-Engineer-WELE Radio, Inc. In Memory |
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 Daytona Beach News Journal 1975 |
