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The Essentials

Frequency: 1450am
Frequency: 98.7fm
City of License: AM: Lafayette FM: Battle Ground
Metro(s): Lafayette
Power: AM: 1000 watts - Unlimited (ND - Day) FM: 4400 watts @ 384 feet (Class A)
Format: AM: Sports FM: Oldies
Address: P.O. Box 7880, Lafayette, IN 47903-7880
Address: 3575 McCarty Lane, Lafayette, IN 47905-4985
Phone: 765.447.2186
FAX: 765.448.4452
Ownership: Schurz Communications, Inc.
Network Affiliation(s): AM: ABC (ESPN), Chicago Bears (football), New Orleans Saints (football). FM: ABC (Dick Bartley), CBS, Indianapolis Colts
Web Presence: AM: http://www.espn1450am.com FM: http://www.wask.com

Station Personnel

Current

GM: John Schurz (October 2007 - Current) (From SM)
Chief Engineer: Steve Truex
PD: Bryan McGarvey
Farm Director: Skip Davis
Promotions Director: Lindsey Reinert
Mornings: Bryan McGarvey (6am - 10am) (July 2000 - Current) (From weekends at WGLM)
Middays: Dan Somers (10am - 3pm) (January 2005 - Current) (From afternoons at WSHP)
Afternoons: Randy Jones (3pm - 7pm) (September 1997 - Current) (From weekends at WKOA)
Nights; Dave's Diner
Weekends: Dick Bartley "Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits" (Saturday: 7pm - 12am)
Weekends: Dick Bartley "American Gold" (Sunday: 6am - 10am)
Weekends: "Truckin' Tom Kent" (Sunday: 7pm - 12am)

Former

GM: Hal Youart (? - November 2003)
GM/GSM: John Trent (? - October 2007) (Retired)
OM/PD: Don Riley (1983 - 2000; OM/PD: 1997-2000)
OM/PD: Randy Jones (July 2000 - ?)
OM: Mark Allen (May 2004 - Current)
PD: Keith Harris (1983-1997) (Now with Shane Media in Houston, Texas)
PD: Jerry Collins
Promotions Director: Bob Miller
News Director: Eric Burch (? - October 2, 2006)
Newsperson: Andy Ober (Now APD/ND of WOWO/WKJG)
Mornings: Don Riley (6am - 10am) (1983 - 2000)
Middays: Carol Curtis-Stone (10am - 3pm)
Afternoons: Steven Boker ("Bobby Rivers") (January 2005 - February 9, 2005) (Deceased 9 February 2005)
Nights: Steve Fuller (7pm - 12am) (From Weekends) (1994 - Current)
Overnights: J.J. Martin (12am - 6am) (December 1997 - Current)
Larry Dean

Station History

WASK(AM)

1450am in Lafayette signed on in 1942. 1450am became an ESPN affiliate in mid-August, 2006.

WASK-FM

WASK-FM began operation on September 28, 1964, on 105.3fm, as a beautiful music station. It changed to country in 1974, and eventually flipped calls in 1994 to WKOA. WASK-FM now is on 98.7fm (the frequency signed on March 11, 1993). 98.7fm was WIIZ before its current WASK-FM.

RadioWatch Mentions

29 July 2000
23 September 2000
15 January 2005
12 February 2005
23 March 2005
23 September 2006
1 December 2007
2 March 2008

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