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WHOF-AM 640
WILDWOOD 
Original Call Letters: WHOF |
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Originally Licensed: Mar 1986 |
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Original City of License: Wildwood |
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Original Frequency: 640 |
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Origin of Call Letters: Slogan; Heart Of Florida |
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Original Power: 1,000 watts |
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Original Location: Studio in Leesburg |
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Original Format: MOR |
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Owner(s): |
1986-Walker Heart of Florida Broadcasting |
| 1987-Jim Patrick | |
| 1993-Walker Heart of Florida Broadcasting | |
| 2000-Senior Broadcasting Corp. |
History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WHOF-1986-MOR |
| WMZY-1988-Contemporary Christian Music "WMZY-64 Stereo Radio" | |
| WHOF-1988-Religious/Talk | |
| WVLG-2000-Adult Standards
"The Voice of The
Villages" "AM 640 Timeless Hits" |
| WHOF History |
| 1986-The station was put on the air by Keith Walker and his wife Catherine Mary Walker. |
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1987-Jim Patrick moved to Lake County in 1982 after selling his coal mining companies in eastern Kentucky. He retired for three years before investing in broadcasting. The station, which is licensed to Wildwood had its studio in Leesburg The station broadcast 24 hours a day with 1,000 watts of power. It operated under the call letters WMZY in the summer of 1988 because of the station's proposed sale. The letters WHOF were brought back when the sale was dropped. Patrick's first radio experience was with two Leesburg partners, Gene Smith and Dr. Larry Lammers, who owned WHOF-AM 1320. Patrick bought out his partners in March and switched the dial setting to 640 AM . |
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1988-The station, which is licensed to Wildwood and had its studio in Leesburg, replaced a middle-of-the-road format with a religious one. The station operated under the call letters WMZY in the summer of 1988 pending the station's proposed sale. The letters WHOF were brought back when the sale was dropped. |
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Jack Mitchell-1972-Co-host-"Lake County Coach's Corner"-Wed-8PM-9PM-broadcast from the Western Sizzlin restaurant on 14th Street in Leesburg |
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Jack Wilson-1972-Co-host-"Lake County Coach's Corner"-Wed-8PM-9PM-broadcast from the Western Sizzlin restaurant on 14th Street in Leesburg |
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Steve Colyer-"Sumter County Coach's Corner"-Thur-7PM-8PM |
| Johnny Jackson-1993-Program Director/Music Director--Walker Heart of Florida Broadcasting |
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Keith Walker-1986-Co-Owner-Walker Heart of Florida Broadcasting |
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Catherine Mary Walker-1986-Co-Owner-Walker Heart of Florida Broadcasting |
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Jim Patrick-1987-Co-owner |
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Gene Smith-1987-Co-owner |
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Dr. Larry Lammers-1987-Co-owner |
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Joseph Ruggiero-1993-Operations Manager/General Sales Manager-Walker Heart of Florida Broadcasting |
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John Manning-Station Manager |
| Tom Chapman-Sales Manager-Jim Patrick Ownership |
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