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The Essentials

Frequency: 101.7fm
City of License: Fort Wayne
Metro(s): Fort Wayne
Power: 3000 watts @ 328 feet (Class A)
Format: Oldies
Address: 347 West Berry Street, Suite 417, Fort Wayne, IN 46802-2241
Phone: 260.423.3676
FAX: 260.422.5266
Ownership: Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.
Network Affiliation(s):
Web Presence: http://www.wlde.com

Station Personnel

Current

GM: Candace Wendling
GSM: Shelly Steckler
SM: Todd Kane
PD: Lee Tobin
APD/MD: "Captain" Chris Didier (APD: June, 2000 - Current) (From PD/middays at WMEE)
Production Director: Matt Myers (August, 1998 - Current)
Mornings: Jim Reed (5:30am - 9am)
Mornings: Carrie "Bud" Wellman (5:30am - 9am) (From mornings at sister WAJI)
Middays: Lee Tobin (9am - 12pm) (February, 2000 - Current)
Afternoons: "Captain" Chris Didier (12pm - 6pm) (June, 2000 - Current) (From PD/middays at WMEE)
Nights: Dr. Dave (6pm - 12am) (June, 2000 - Current) (From morning show producer at sister WAJI)
Overnights: Samantha Stevens (January, 2000 - Current; From weekends)
Weekends: Michelle Andrews (Previous: WQTZ, WGL, WOWO)
Weekends: Terry Black (Last at WDJB)

Former

Chief Engineer: Ed Didier (Now Chief Engineer at WBNI, WBOI, WCKZ, and W204BF)
APD: Jeff DeWeese (Now APD/afternoons at WFGA)
Mornings: Douglas B. Pritchett (March, 1994 - ?)
Middays: Jim Barron (? - October, 1999) (Now mornings at WBCL)
Afternoons: Julie Jordan (March, 1994 - ?) (From WBTU)
Afternoons: Zack Skylar (? - June, 2000) (Now the morning show assistant producer at WOMX in Orlando, Florida)
Middays: Miranda Rae (October, 1999 - June, 2000; Overnights: ? - August, 1998; Nights: August, 1998 - October, 1999)
Overnights: Doug Jacobs
Overnights: Maria Rocco (August 17, 1998 - January, 2000) (From WMRI)
Overnights: Charlie Willier ("Charlie Franklin") (November, 1999 - January, 2000)
Weekends: Geno Burgess (Now in sales at the Summit City Radio Group stations in Fort Wayne)
Rob Stark (Now mornings at WESP in Dothan, Alabama)

Station History

101.7fm signed on August 24, 1970. Formerly WCMX. Changed calls from WJLT after purchase from Fairfield Broadcasting in April, 1993. Purchase price was $1.5 million. The call letter change was approved on March 24, 1994.

For Further Reading...

"WAJI buys WJLT for $1.5 million" Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 7 April 1993. Page 8C.
Kilbane, Kevin. "Local radio stations do the talent shuffle." Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.. 30 March 1994. Page 1F, 5F.
Smith, Denise. "Death" Broadcasting & Cable June 29, 1998. Page 95.

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