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South Daytona
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Original Call Letters: WDAT |
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Originally Licensed: March 14, 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 Broadcasting of Daytona, Inc. | |
| 1959-Quality Broadcasters of Daytona, Inc. | |
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1963-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. |
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| 1972-WELE Radio, Inc. | |
| 1972-WELE Radio, Inc. (New Ownership) | |
| 1989-PSI Communications ($250,000) |
History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WDAT-1957-Country Western |
| WELE-1959-Country Western | |
| WELE-1963-Black (listed in 1963 Broadcasting Yearbook as Negro) | |
| WELE-1967-Country | |
| WZIP-1981-Oldies | |
| WZIP-1986-Country | |
| WPUL-1989-Black Gospel/R&B Oldies "Victory Radio" | |
| WPUL-2005-Progressive Talk "AM 1590 Victory Radio" |
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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. | |||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||
| George Nelson-1960-Chief Engineer-Quality Broadcasters of Daytona, Inc./1963-Chief Engineer--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-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. | |||||||||
| Ron Mac-1967-News Director-Seven Cities Broadcasting Corp. | |||||||||
| J. Shea Peeples-1967-President | |||||||||
| Maynard Dillabar-1967-Vice President/General Manager-J. Shea Peeples | |||||||||
| Bob King-1967-1976-Program Director/Mornings-J. Shea Peeples/1972-Program Director-WELE Radio, Inc. | |||||||||
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 1975 ad from the Daytona Beach News Journal |
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| Art Hill-1967-News Director-J. Shea Peeples | |||||||||
| 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 Biography | |||||||||
| Randy Thomas | |||||||||
| Gary Welch | |||||||||
 "Big" John Rogers |
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| Zach Taylor | |||||||||
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