GM: Jim Allgeier (January 2, 2002 - Current) (From the Citadel Communications stations in Lansing, Michigan)
Director of Engineer: Jack Didier
Chief Engineer: Joseph Kirklin
Director of Sales: Mark Osborn (February 15, 2002 - Current) (From Sales Manager at WBYR)
GSM: Ann Earnhart-Tenney
PD: "Stiller"
Mornings: Turner Watson ("Turner") (6am - 10am) (January 12, 2004 - Current) (From APD/MD/middays at WXNR in Greenville,
North Carolina)
Mornings: Parker Thomas ("Parker") (6am - 10am)
Middays: "Stiller"
Afternoons: "John the Mexican"
Nights: "Drew Cage"
GM: Chris Cage (Now out of radio)
GM: Bob Schutt (1996 - November, 2001) (Formerly with WRIF in Detroit, Michigan, and WDVE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
GM: Joe Conway (? - May 15, 1995) (Now Market Manager for the Cumulus stations in Fayetteville, Arkansas)
GSM: Chris Clendenon (? - June 1, 1998) (Now GSM at WROV in Roanoke, Virginia)
GSM: Bart Schacht (July 1, 2003 - ?)
Director of Non-Traditional Revenue: Jack Hammer (Now afternoon co-host at WFWI)
OM: Darren Arriens (June, 1996 - July, 1997)
OM: John Rozz (August, 1997 - June, 1998) (From APD/PD at WBGG in Miami, Florida)
OM/PD: Jim Fox (OM: January, 2001 - ?; PD: October, 1998 - ?) (From PD at WMFS
in Memphis, Tennessee)
OM: Billy Elvis (Remains PD/afternoon co-host of sister WFWI)
PD: John Robertson (January 11, 1989 - ?) (Now PD at WRRK in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
PD: Buzz Casey (? - May 15, 1996) (Now OM of WBZY and PD at WKLS in Atlanta, Georgia)
PD: Scott Hamilton (August, 1998 - August, 1998) (From OM/PD at WXFX in Montgomery, Alabama)
PD: Greg Gillispie (November 1, 2003 - March 16, 2004)
PD: Cindy Miller (May, 2004 - September, 2006) (Now PD at WSFL-FM in New Bern, North Carolina)
PD: Chuck Wright (June 18, 2007 - ?) (From PD/afternoons at WYPW)
APD/MD: Roxanne McVay (Did Mornings alongside Lester St. James in 1989 and 1990. Left in
1990 and returned in 1993. From Mornings to ? in ?; From Nights to Middays in March, 1994.
APD: November, 1997 - ?; Interim PD: June, 1998 - August, 1998; September, 1998 - October, 1998) (Deceased 8 December 2007)
MD: Shannon Norris (May, 2000 - January, 2002) (From WIMZ in Knoxville, Tennessee)
MD: Matt Talluto ("Gasman") (April, 1999 - December 15, 2006) (Now afternoons at WHQG in Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Production Director: Earl Rolling ("Tuna" Jon Rose) (? - November, 2001) (Deceased 11 January 2003)
Promotions Director: Jodi Hamilton (June, 2000 - ?)
Mornings: Lester St. James (1989 - 1990) (Now PD at KGOR and early afternoons at KQBW, both in Omaha, Nebraska)
Mornings: "Psycho" Joel Haas (June, 1997 - May, 2000) (Producer) (Now with XM Satellite Radio
in Washington, DC)
Mornings: Billy Elvis & Jack Hammer (1991 - March 8, 2002) (Elvis is now OM of
WBYR and sister WFWI. Elvis and Hammer co-host afternoons at WFWI.)
Mornings: Dick (6am - 10am) (March, 2002 - ?)
Mornings: Laureen (6am - 10am) (? - January, 2004)
Mornings: Tommy Collins (6am - 10am) (January 12, 2004 - ?) (From Promotions Director/afternoons at WXNR
in Greenville, North Carolina)
Midddays: Shannon Norris (February, 1999 - January, 2002) (From WIMZ in Knoxville, Tennessee)
Middays: Earl Rolling ("Tuna" Jon Rose) (Deceased 11 January 2003)
Middays: John Robertson (January 11, 1989 - ?) (Now PD at WRRK in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Middays: Roxanne McVay (March, 1994 - ?)
Middays: Matt Talluto ("Gasman") (? - December 15, 2006) (Mornings: May, 2002 - January, 2004. Afternoons
before that.) (Now afternoons at WHQG in Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Middays: Woody (10am - 3pm) (May, 2002 - ?; Nights: 1995 - June, 1999.) (In between, he worked at local
TV station WPTA-TV.) (Now PD/mornings as "Woodrow" at WFGA)
Middays: Cristi Cantle (10am - 3pm) (January, 2004 - ?) (From MD/nights at WKLQ in Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Afternoons: Hal Brandt (? - February, 1996)
Afternoons: Joe Maumee (3pm - 7pm) (? - March 5, 2004) (From middays) (Now nights at KRQX in Sacramento, California)
Afternoons: "Mary Jane" (2pm - 7pm) (? - March, 2009)
Nights: Earl Rolling ("Tuna" Jon Rose) (March, 1994 - ?) (Deceased 11 January 2003)
Nights: Brian Kendall (June, 2000 - February, 2002) (From afternoons at WMFS in Memphis,
Tennessee) (Now with Bill Young Productions in Houston, Texas)
Nights: Irizarry (May, 2002 - January, 2004) (7pm - 12am) (From middays as "Chris James" at
WKHY) (Now middays as "Maximus" at WRBR)
Nights: Dick (7pm - 12am)
Overnights: Craven Morehead (12am - 6am)
Overnights: Mike Edwards (June, 1997 - ?; Weekends before that)
Overnights: Barry Thickk (12am - 6am) (? - November, 2004)
Airstaff: "Super" Dave Shaw (? - October, 1996)
Airstaff: Buster McKenzie (? - April, 1997)
Kilbane, Kevin. "Local radio stations do the talent shuffle." Fort Wayne
News-Sentinel.. 30 March 1994. Page 1F, 5F.
Kilbane, Kevin. "Federated Media agrees to purchase WBYR, 98.9-FM." Fort Wayne
News-Sentinel. 24 April 1996. Page 4A.
"The Bear losing 3 staffers." Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 2 May 1996. Page 3D.
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