WHOF-AM
640WILDWOOD
Original Call Letters: WHOF
Originally Licensed: 1986
Original Power: 1,000 watts
Original Format:
Owner(s): 1986-Walker Heart of Florida Broadcasting (Keith and Catherine Mary Walker)
1987-Jim Patrick
2000-Catherine Mary Walker, Inc
2001-Senior Broadcasting Corp
History Of Call Letters and Formats: WHOF-1986-MOR
WMZY-1988-MOR
WHOF-1988-Religious
WVLG-2000-Adult Standards
WHOF History
1986-The station was put on the air by Keith Walker and his wife Catherine Mary Walker.
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 of 1987 and switched the dial setting to 640 AM .
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.
WHOF Personalities
Charles Northrup
Bob Wells
Names in WHOF History
John Manning-Station manager
Keith Walker
Catherine Mary Walker
Jim Patrick