WMMO-FM 98.9 Orlando

WMMO-FM 98.9
Orlando

Original Call Letters: WEZO

Originally Licensed: Aug 19, 1990

Original City of License: Orlando

Original Frequency: 98.9

Origin of Call Letters:

Original Power: 44,000 watts

Original Location: SunBank Center

Original Format: Rock/Adult Contemporary

Network Affiliation(s):

Owner(s):	1990-Radio Orlando L.P.
	1992-Granum Communications ($8.1 million)
	1996-Infinity Broadcasting Corp.
	1996-Cox Broadcasting

History Of Call Letters and Formats:	WEZO-1990-Variety (intermittently while testing the transmitter before the actual sign-on)
	WMMO-1990-Rock/Adult Contemporary "Soft Rock & Roll 98.9"

History Of WMMO

This history comes from someone who was a very integral part of WMMO history, Cary Pall. From Cary's email; "...I was WMMO's founding programmer and its chief engineer/operator for its first four years of operation..." "...The station's original power output was 38,000 watts..." "...This was due to the SunBank Center's short spacing to Ft. Pierce and the 98.7 frequency there. Originally, WMMO was to be located at the Pine Hills tower site of WHTQ(-FM 96.5), but, at the last moment, then-owner of WHTQ, John Tenaglia reneged on the deal, forcing the company to build the indoor transmitter site at SunBank Center (pictured left). WMMO was just one of only two stations in the world to have a fully enclosed transmitter site. The antenna bays were inside the pyramid pylons on top the building".
Today WMMO runs a full 50kw atop the original WHTQ tower which is now co-owned with WMMO.

WMMO Personalities

Tom Daniels-1990-1991-Tom was the first morning personality at WMMO. Tom was also co-programmer of the morning show. Both Tom and Cary Pall were both fans of "The Buzzard" WMMS, Cleveland, which is the station Tom was hired from to do mornings in Orlando. It was his suggestion that prompted, Cary Pall, to use the call letters WMMO.

Justin Taylor-1991-1992-Mornings

Suzanne Hundley-(Suzanne Michaels)-1990-1991-Original midday personality

Paul Warren-1990-1996-Middays/Assistant Program Director/Program Director Biography

Brian Scott-1990-1998-Overnights (M-F)/Saturdays 5AM-1PM

John Summers-1990-1993-3PM-7PM

Lisa Miller-1990-1994-8PM-Midnight/Music Director/3PM-7PM

Paul Resnik-1991-1994-WMMO's Original Overnight Host/Morning Drive

Beth Perrell

Maria Morgan-1994-1996-7PM-Midnight

Bill Gable-1994-1999-AM drive personality

Jay Francisco-1994-2008-7PM-midnight then 9PM to 5AM
Jay was let go after 14 years in 2008

Al Spry-1998-2003-Weekends/Fill-in. Al is now Florida's Radio Networks (a Clear Channel network) Affiliate Relations Director, the Production Director, and a producer and weekend host for WFLF-AM 540. Al also tells us the WMMO was Billboard Magazine's Station of the Year in 1991.