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The Essentials

Frequency: 1460am
City of License: Goshen
Metro(s): Elkhart
Power: 2500 watts - Day, 500 watts - Night (DA-Night)
Format: Regional Mexican
Address: P.O. Box 497, Goshen, IN 46527-0497
Address: 930 E. Lincoln Ave., Goshen, IN 46528-3504
Phone: 574.533.1460
FAX: 574.534.3698
Ownership: Fulmer Communications
Network Affiliation(s):
Web Presence:

Station Personnel

Current

GM: Jose Solorzano (April 2005 - Current)
MD: Jose Solorzano (April 2005 - Current)

Former

President/GM: Doug Hawkes
VP/GSM: Micki Johnson
GM: Brent Randall
PD/MD: Rich Moore
PD: Dan Eckelbarger (Now newsperson at WAWC)
Mornings: Kent Fulmer (6am - 10am)
Afternoons: Paul Weaver (2pm - 6pm)
Weekends: Todd Thomas
Weekends: Chad Coleman

Station History

1460am signed on in 1954. In October 1998, the station was sold by Northern Indiana Broadcasters to Van Hawke-Johnson Communications for $850,000 plus $52,000 for a non-compete. The sale included sister WZOW. In July 2002, Van Hawke-Johnson Communications sold WKAM to Fulmer Communications. On April 18, 2005, the station flipped formats from Soft AC to Regional Mexican under an LMA with Chicago, Illinois-based Benara Corporation.

For Further Reading...

"Sales" Radio & Records. 2 October 1998. Pg. 6.

RadioWatch Mentions

6 October 1998
20 October 1998
14 July 2001
4 May 2005
6 May 2008


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