GM: Mark DePrez (April 9, 2001 - Current; GSM: November, 2000 - April 8, 2001)
Chief Engineer: Mogan David
Director of Sales: Mark Osborn (February 15, 2002 - Current) (From Sales Manager at WBYR)
GSM: Joel Pyle (January 2, 2002 - Current)
Production Director: Steve Brelsford
OM: Rob Kelley (June 22, 2005 - Current) (also OM of sister WQHK-FM) (From OM for the five
station Triad Broadcasting cluster in Lincoln, Nebraska. Also was PD/middays for Triad's KFGE)
Assistant FM OM: Dave Michaels (August, 2006 - Current) (also assistant FM OM of sister WQHK-FM)
MD: Dave Michaels (December, 2006 - Current)
Mornings: Zack Skyler (April 6, 2009 - Current) (Nights: March, 1992 - September, 1994; also MD/Mornings in that era.)
Mornings: Shelly K. (5am - 9am) (January, 2008 - Current) (From APD/mornings at WKFR in Kalamazoo, Michign)
(Note: 9am - 10am is "The All Music Hour")
Middays: Trina Neeley (10am - 3pm) (September 27, 2005 - Current) (From nights at WQHK-FM)
Afternoons: Sean Bratton ("Boomer") (3pm - 8pm) (Nights: January 15, 2007 - March, 2008) (Nights: June, 1998 - April
27, 2003; MD: Late 1998 - July 26, 2002. Nights: June, 1998 - April, 1999. Afternoons: April, 1999 - April, 2000; Nights:
April, 2000 - July 26, 2002) (From ND/MD/Nights at WZOQ in Lima, Ohio)
(Note: 5pm - 6pm is "The All Music Hour")
Nights: Billy Bush ("The Billy Bush Show") (8pm - 12am) (June, 2008 - Current) (Syndicated via Westwood One)
Overnights: Steve Brelsford ("Steve Brelz") (12am - 5am)
Weekends: Christopher Kane (From nights)
Weekends: "Looking Up to Number One" ("Johnny Stone") (Syndicated via Envision Radio Networks)
VP/GM: Robert Elliott (1971-1990) (Deceased 2 February 2001)
GM: Tony Richards (1978 - Current; GM: September, 1991 - June 30, 2001) (Now COO with WMEE parent
Pathfinder Communications Corp.)
GM: Bert Sherwood
GM: Walt Steffan
GSM: Kevin Meek (? - November, 1998) (Also was Local Sales Manager and Regional Sales Manager)
GSM: Leann Starkey (December 2, 1998 - December, 2001) (Now station manager at WFGA)
GSM: Amy Torres (Now co-GSM at the Cox stations in Louisville, Kentucky)
NSM: Doug Wagner (November, 1997 - 2004)
Chief Engineer: Ed Didier (? - March, 1997) (Now Chief Engineer at WBNI,
WBOI, WCKZ, and W204BF)
OM: Dean McNeil (May 5, 1997 - July, 2003) (Now mornings at WMMC in Marshall, Illinois)
OM/PD: John O'Rourke (OM: March, 2000 - June 19, 2001; PD: June, 2000 - June 19, 2001; APD: October, 1999 - June, 2000)
OM/PD: Tommy Allen (October, 2001 - October 21, 2003) (Out of radio)
OM/PD: Mark Evans (November 20, 2003 - June 22, 2005) (Now weekends at WAJI)
OM/PD: Jeff Davis (Also formerly a DJ at WMEE (nights), before earning OM/PD duties (? - April 18, 1997))
PD: Tony Richards (1984 - ?) (Now COO with WMEE parent Pathfinder Communications
Corp.)
PD: "Captain" Chris Didier (August, 1997 - June 2, 2000) (Now APD/afternoons at WLDE)
APD: Geno Burgess (November, 2000 - February, 2001; Weekends: March, 2000 - November, 2000)
(From mornings at WYSR) (Now in sales at the Summit
City Radio Group stations in Fort Wayne)
MD: Danny Baker ("Danny B.") (? - 1992)
MD: Zack Skyler
MD: "Captain" Chris Didier (December, 1994 - June 2, 2000) (Now APD/afternoons at WLDE)
MD: Chris Cage (July 29, 2002 - ?) (Now afternoons at WAWC)
Promotions Director: Tony Malone (November, 1997 - June, 1998) (Now out of radio)
Promotions Director: Lynn Williams (August 20, 1998 - October, 1999) (From Promotions Director
with the former Kovas Communications stations in Fort Wayne).
Promotions Director: Natalee Kohls (1998 - December 13, 2001) (Now middays as "Sky Taylor" at WWMJ in
Ellsworth/Bangor, Maine)
Promotions Director: Sean Bratton (July 29, 2002 - April 27, 2003) (From Nights) (Now afternoons at WMEE)
News Director: Robert Cohen (1977-1978) (Now out of radio)
News Director: Michael Waite
News Director: Dawn Andrews (? - 1992)
Mornings: Scott Tsuleff (News) (Now afternoons at WBCL)
Mornings: Douglas B. Pritchett (1980-1982)
Mornings: Chad Hunt (From Nights)
Mornings: Marti Wright (News)
Mornings: Charly Butcher & Tony Richards ("Those Two Guys") (? - 1991) (Butcher now mornings at
sister WOWO. Richards now COO with WMEE parent
Pathfinder Communications Corp.)
Mornings: Tom Kelly (? - February, 1993)
Mornings: J.C. Baker (? - March 12, 1999) (Now mornings at WBOI)
Middays: Chris Tyler (February, 1996 - ?; Mornings: ? - August 17, 1996) (Now APD/afternoons at WITL
in Lansing, Michigan)
Mornings: Toni Kayumi (? - August 17, 1996) (Now out of radio)
Mornings: Lana Conroy (5:30am - 10am) (April, 1999 - June 16, 2000) (From mornings at WLJE)
(Now out of radio)
Mornings: Rick Dees (Syndicated from KIIS in Los Angeles, CA) (5am - 8am) (July 3, 2000 -
January 9, 2002) (Geno Burgess was the local producer)
Mornings: John O'Rourke (5am - 10am) (January 10, 2002 - March 19, 2004) (Afternoons: April, 2000 - June, 2001)
(Now Director of Development at WLAB)
Mornings: Mark Evans (March 22, 2004 - June 22, 2005; Afternoons: March 3, 2003 - March 19, 2004) (5am - 10am)
(From being a Features reporter at WKJG-TV in Fort Wayne) (Now weekends at WAJI)
Mornings: Steve Kerrigan (5am - 10am) (October 5, 2005 - June 16, 2006) (From mornings at WTUE in Dayton, Ohio)
(Now mornings at WHKO in Dayton, Ohio)
Mornings: Erika Taylor (5am - 10am) (News) (Now out of radio)
Mornings: Craig Morrison (5am - 10am) (August 28, 2006 - November 30, 2007) (From mornings at KKCS in Colorado
Springs, Colorado)
Mornings: Samantha Adams (5am - 10am) (August 28, 2006 - November 30, 2007) (From mornings at KKCS in Colorado
Springs, Colorado)
Mornings: Brady Garrison (5am - 9am)
Mornings: Scott Woodman (5am - 9am) (? - March 2, 2009)
Middays: Phil Lindsey (1994 - March 17, 1997) (Deceased 25 November 2005)
Middays: "Captain" Chris Didier (10am - 2pm) (1984 - June 2, 2000) (Now APD/afternoons at
WLDE)
Middays: Tommy Allen (10am - 2pm) (July 29, 2002 - October 21, 2003) (Now out of radio)
Early Afternoons: Natalee Kohls ("Skye Taylor") (1pm - 3pm) (August 27, 2001 - December
13, 2001) (Now middays "Sky Taylor" at WWMJ in Ellsworth/Bangor, Maine)
Afternoons: Scott Dugan
Afternoons: Ric Owen (September, 1994 - ?) (From mornings at WIMJ in Cincinnati, Ohio)
Afternoons: Ange Canessa (March 18, 1997 - July 16, 1999) (Afternoons: March, 1997 - April,
1999. Nights: April, 1999 - July 16, 1999; Weekends: September, 1996 - March, 1997) (Now President of New Dimension Radio)
Afternoons: Charly Butcher (3pm - 7pm) (Mornings: January, 1983 - November, 1993;
September 14, 1995 - June 30, 2000; Afternoons: July 3, 2000 - ?) (Now mornings at WOWO)
Afternoons: Dave Sharp (3pm - 8pm) (June 22, 2004 - December 6, 2005) (From News Assignment Editor/Investigate
Producer at WKYC-TV in Cleveland, Ohio)
Afternoons: Don Walker (3pm - 7pm) (From afternoons at WXTW) (Now PD at WFNR in Blacksburg,
Virginia)
Afternoons: Chris Cage (4pm - 8pm) (December 10, 2001 - Current; Middays: December 10, 2001 - ?) (Now afternoons
at WAWC)
Afternoons: Shaun Szymborski
Nights: Douglas B. Pritchett (1976 - ?)
Nights: Danny Baker ("Danny B.") (? - 1992)
Nights: Laura Lee (September, 1994 - ?) (From weekends at WXKR in Toledo, Ohio)
Nights: Mark Stevens (? - October, 1996)
Nights: Kris Underwood ("Coyote") (? - May 15, 1998; Also did Overnights in the early 1990's) (Now middays at
WAWC)
Nights: Aaron Robbins ("Robbin Banks") (July, 1999 - April, 2000) (Now out of radio)
Weekends: Keith Maddox ("Keith Hall") (Now mornings at WYGB and weekends at
WRZQ)
Weekends: "Billy the Kid"
Weekends: "Tiny"
Weekends: Brock Andrews
Airstaff: Gregg Anderson (News)
Airstaff: Jennifer Carr (Now out of radio)
Airstaff: Steve "Magic" Christian
Airstaff: Scott Howard (Now SM at WGL)
Airstaff: Victor Locke (News)
Airstaff: Paul Poteet (Now weatherperson for WRTV-TV in Indianapolis)
Airstaff: Dan Potter (News)
Airstaff: Paul Resnik ("Paul Drew") (Now out of radio)
Airstaff: Diane Shannon
Airstaff: J.D. (John David) Spangler (Now owner of WMMC)
WMEE-AM:
1380am signed on in November, 1947. Previous Call Letters: WKJG.
WMEE(AM) signed on October 1, 1971 as "The Big 1380." (with sister station WMEF-FM)
WMEE-FM:
97.3fm signed on February 5, 1965. Formerly WMEF-FM (beautiful
music.) In February, 1993, morning host Tom Kelly violated his contract by pursuing
a job search. Kelly was subsequently dismissed. On September 2, 1994, WMEE changed
formats from CHR to Hot AC, as "Mix 97.3." August, 1996 saw the station
celebrate its 25th anniversary. They brought back former DJ's for a reunion. On June
27, 1998 at 4:38pm, WMEE debuted from its new studio (in the same building).
Kilbane, Kevin. "Airwaves abuzz." Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. 5 November 1990. Page 1F.
Kilbane, Kevin. "Radio stations take the airwaves out of their employees' sails."
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. 26 February 1992. Page 1F.
Kilbane, Kevin. "New WDJB jocks square off with WMEE over top musical spot."
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel 6 May 1992. Page 1F, 6F.
"Guy in the morning to depart WMEE." Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. 25
February 1993. Page 8A.
Kilbane, Kevin. "Will new mix be right move for WMEE?" Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. 7
September 1994. Page F1.
"WMEE Cancels Toni and Tyler." Fort Wayne News-Sentinel 19 August 1995.
Page 10A.
"WOWO, WMEE get new hosts." Fort Wayne News-Sentinel 31 August 1995.
Page 2A.
Robinson, Dean. "Broadcaster Williams retiring." Fort Wayne Journal-
Gazette 30 April 1997. Page 2D.
Shepherd, Michelle L. "Veteran broadcaster Tom Williams dies." Fort Wayne
Journal-Gazette. 11 January 1998. Page 14A.
Vela, Susan. "Former broadcaster in city dies of heart attack at 60." Fort
Wayne News-Sentinel. 12 January 1998. Page 10A.
Feder, Robert. "New morning host will be his own boss at US-99.5." Chicago Sun-Times.
12 March 2003. Page 71.
Feder, Robert. "Colleagues celebrate Kalber's priceless legacy." Chicago Sun-Times.
20 May 2004. Page 65.
Feder, Robert. "Competitors to buzz in for spelling bee on WGN." Chicago Sun-Times.
2 March 2006. Page 55.
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