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The Essentials

Frequency: 95.3fm
City of License: Niles, Michigan
Metro(s): South Bend
Power: 5500 watts @ 276 feet (Class A)
Format: Classic Rock
Address: 237 West Edison Road, Mishawaka, IN 46545-3103
Phone: 574.258.5483
FAX: 574.257.2345
Ownership: Pathfinder Communications Corp.
Network Affiliation(s): United Stations Radio Networks ("Nights with Alice Cooper")
Web Presence: http://www.waor.com

Station Personnel

Current

GM: Brad Williams
Chief Engineer: Greg Trobridge
SM: Stephanie Michel
PD: Michael Ragozino
Mornings: Tommie Lee (6am - 10am) (From Nights)
Mornings: "Craig the Bartender" (6am - 10am)
Middays: Pete Farrow (10am - 2pm) (October, 2001 - Current) (Weekends: October, 1995 - December, 1999) (From afternoons at WCNF and on the airstaff at WIRX)
Afternoons: Ragz (2pm - 6pm)
Mornings: Geoff Brown (5:30am - 10am)
Mornings: Dickson (5:30am - 10am)
Mornings: Bradshaw (5:30am - 10am)
Middays: Pete Farrow (10am - 2pm)
Afternoons: Michael Ragozino ("Ragz") (2pm - 6pm)
Nights: Toni
Late Nights: Alice Cooper (10pm - 3am)
Weekends: "Pete's Sister" (Sunday's 5pm - 8pm)

Former

GM: Charles Frey
GM: Steve Kline
SM: Pam Reed (February, 1999 - ?)
SM: Gregg Richardson
SM: Deb Wagner
SM: Jeremy Snider (April 3, 2006 - ?) (From salesperson at WDAF in Kansas City, Missouri)
OM: Pat Redd (? - August, 2000) (Now promotion director for the Clear Channel stations in Albany, New York)
OM: Tom Oakes (Also OM/PD of sister WBYT) (From PD at KMXM in Omaha, Nebraska) (Now OM for KGHL-AM & FM, KRSQ, KZRV, and KDNZ in Billings, Montana)
PD: Dan Markus (? - October, 1998) (Now PD at WRKZ in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
PD: John Vance (April, 2000 - ?) (Now out of radio)
PD: Dave Ryerson (February 11, 2002 - ?) (From mornings at KRRO in Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
PD: Greg Gillispie (November 1, 2003 - ?)
PD: Kevin Redding (? - August, 2004) (From mornings at KOQL in Ashland, Missouri) (Now afternoons at WROR-FM in Boston, Massachusetts)
PD: Geoff Brown
APD: Shelly Morgan (Interim PD: October, 1998 - ?)
Promotions Director: Shelly Morgan
Mornings: John Vance (5:30am - 10am) (October, 2000 - December, 2001) (Now out of radio)
Mornings: Gary Hegland (5:30am - 10am)
Mornings: Woody (? - September, 2000)
Mornings: Kiera M.
Mornings: Pete LaFaucia ("Lefty") (February, 1999 - June, 2000) (Now PD at WNUY)
Mornings: Dave Ryerson (February 11, 2002 - ?) (From mornings at KRRO in Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Mornings: Kevin Redding (? - August, 2004) (From mornings at KOQL in Ashland, Missouri) (Now afternoons at WROR-FM in Boston, Massachusetts)
Middays: Shelley Morgan
Middays: Samantha Quinn (10am - 2pm) (From Nights)
Afternoons: Pat Redd (? - August, 2000) (Now promotion director for the Clear Channel stations in Albany, New York)
Afternoons: Dickson (2pm - 6pm) (November, 1998 - ?) (From WMVP in Chicago, Illinois)
Nights: Scotty Burnett (6pm - 11pm)
Late Nights: "The Whole Album" (11pm - 12am)
Overnights: Pete LaFaucia ("Lefty") (12am - 5am) (February, 1999 - November, 2000) (Now PD at WNUY)
Overnights: Scott McMichael
Overnights: Burnette
Weekends: Rich Moore
Pete Probst (Now APD/MD at WETL)

Station History

Sold by the Niles Broadcasting Co. to Pathfinder Communications Corp.

For Further Reading...

"Rumbles Part 1" Radio & Records October 30, 1998. Page 28.

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