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 From
Steve Kennedy. "...I started part-time doing
weekends at WHHL-AM 1190
in Pinecastle in when they were country, but doing oldies on the weekends.
("Uncle Russie") Russ
Ross gave me my start, and I worked with him, Sal
Tee, Bill
Stetzer, Little
John, and Big
Al. I went from part-time weekends there to full time at an AM/FM combo
in Arcadia (WAPG-AM 1480/WOKD-FM
98.3). I worked there in 1978 and 79 and then
came back to Orlando (was born here in 1951) and went to work for WHOO-AM 990
in late 1979. I started out doing overnights on weekends,
went full time in early 1980 and later was public service director. I did air
work the whole time I was there, mainly working the 6 to midnight shift and
doing public service several hours during the day, and working Sunday mornings.
I also ran the Harris 90 automation system for WHOO-FM
96.5 when they were beautiful music, and did a little air work just
after they changed to country. I very much enjoyed the almost 9 years I worked
there (leaving in 1988 and going to work for Walt Disney World) and loved
it when they changed to WMMA-AM 990 and went oldies (I love 50s-60s doo wop and rock). I worked
with Bucks Braun, Cecil West,
Dave Edwards, Clay
Daniels, Bob
Nyles (as he used to say, spelling that Nyles with a Y!), Large
Larry English, Perry
Moore, Roy
Adams, Andy
Wilson (an area icon in radio), Ron Jones (aka Clayton
Delaney), The
Kingbird, Bill
Michaels, and many more. I worked part-time weekends overnight for WLOQ-FM
103.1 in Winter Park in 1979-80, weekends at WMJK-AM
1220 in Kissimmee in 1988-89 (MOR and oldies), and WWJZ-AM
1400 in Sanford in the late 80s (part-time) when they were playing
country. I currently do afternoon traffic reports Mon-Fri for the I-4, 511
information system, and work all day on Sundays at WLBE-AM
790 in Leesburg (Bob
Andrews and a great bunch over there). I have lived in the Orlando area
most of my life, and have seen stations and formats come and go. I remember for
a brief time in 1967 or 1968 that WTLN-AM
1520 in Apopka went with an all black format!
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