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The Essentials

Frequency: Formerly 1380am
Frequency: 105.1fm
City of License: AM: Fort Wayne FM: Decatur
Metro(s): Fort Wayne
Power: AM: 5000 watts - Day, 5000 watts - Night (DA-2) FM: 13,500 watts @ 449 feet (Class B1)
Format: AM: C&W FM: Country
Address: 2915 Maples Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46816-3199
Phone: 260.447.5511
FAX: 260.447.7546
Ownership: Pathfinder Communications Corp.
Network Affiliation(s): AM: ABC (News, Paul Harvey), AgriAmerica, Fort Wayne Fury (Basketball), Fort Wayne Wizards (Baseball), SMN/Real County Network (Buck Owen Broadcasting). FM: Premiere Radio Networks ("AfterMidNite with Blair Garner")
Web Presence: FM: http://www.k105fm.com

Station Personnel

Current

WQHK-FM

GM: Mark DePrez (April 9, 2001 - Current; GSM: December 2000 - July 2001)
Director of Engineering: Jack Didier (Was Chief Engineer from April 1997)
Chief Engineer: Mogan David
GSM: Joel Pyle
OM/PD: Rob Kelley (July 2003 - Current) (Was OM/PD of sister WMEE from 2003 through late 2010.) (From OM for the five station Triad Broadcasting cluster in Lincoln, Nebraska. Also was PD/middays for Triad station KFGE)
Assistant FM OM: Dave Michaels (August 2006 - Current) (also assistant FM OM of sister WMEE)
MD: Dave Michaels (September 26, 2005 - Current)
Mornings: Dan Austin (5am - 10am) (May 5, 1997 - Current) (From nights at WUSN in Chicago, Illinois)
Mornings: Barry Gerardot ("Dude Walker") (5am - 10am) (March 25, 1998 - Current) (Nights: July 1994 - April 1997)
Middays: Rob Kelley (10am - 2pm)
Afternoons: Dave Michaels (2pm - 8pm) (August 2005 - Current) (From PD at WBTU)
Nights: Jay Michaels (8pm - 12am)
Overnights: AfterMidNite with Blair Garner (12am - 5am) (Syndicated via Premiere Radio Networks)
Weekends: Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 (Sunday 9am - 1pm)

Former

WQHK(AM)

VP/GM: Robert Elliott (1971-1990) (Deceased 2 February 2001)
GM: Tony Richards (1978 - Current; GM: September 1991 - June 30, 2001)
Chief Engineer: Ed Didier (? - March 1997) (Now Chief Engineer at WBNI and WBOI)
Chief Engineer: Bill Lemmon
OM: J.D. Spangler (Now owner of WMMC)
PD: Phil Simon (1980 - 1983)
PD: Scott Miller (Now mornings at WNGA-FM in Chattanooga, Tennessee)
PD: John Picano (December 1995 - February 1996) (From WJNO in West Palm Beach, Florida)
APD: Jerry Paxson (January 1988 - ?) (From PD at WIAK in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
MD: Rod Tanner
Promotions Director: Jeff DeWeese
News Director: Lee Kelso
Mornings: Bill Collins
Mornings: Rick Hughes (Swap Shop) (Retired)
Mid-Mornings: Paul Phillips (July 3, 1995 - ?)
Afternoons: Jerry Paxson (January 1988 - ?) (From PD at WIAK in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
Overnights: Dean McNeil (1982 - 1984) (Now mornings at WMMC)

WQHK-FM

GSM: Kevin Meek (? - November 1998) (NSM: 1988 - ?; LSM before that). (Now LSM at WKHK and WKLR in Richmond, Virginia)
GSM: Leslie Goodwin (nee: diBuono) (November 25, 1998 - November 2000) (Now out of radio)
Assistant GM: Roger Diehm (? - January 1999) (Now VP at WBTU, WJFX and WJOE)
Director of Sales: Mark Osborn (February 15, 2002 - Current) (From Sales Manager at WBYR)
GSM: Bob Swinehart (July 19, 2001 - March 26, 2004) (From sales at WBYR) (Now DOS with the Regent Communications' stations in Peoria, Illinois)
NSM: Doug Wagner (November 1997 - ?)
OM/PD: Jeff Davis (? - April 18, 1997)
OM/PD: Dean McNeil (May 5, 1997 - July 2003) (From OM at WUSN in Chicago, Illinois) (Now mornings at WMMC)
APD/MD: Jeff Moore (APD: May 5, 1997 - October 1999; MD: 1993 - October 1999)
APD/MD: Mark Allen (APD: January 2002 - June 20, 2003; MD: May 2000 - June 20, 2003)
MD: Trina Neeley (June 2005 - September 26, 2005) (Now middays at WGL-FM)
Production: Chris Tyler (? - November 1997) (Now APD/afternoons at WITL in Lansing, Michigan)
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 at WMEE, where he now handles afternoons there.)
Mornings: Scott Miller (? - April 18, 1997) (Now mornings at WNGA-FM in Chattanooga, Tennessee)
Mornings: B.J. Stone (1994 - December 8, 2006) (From nights at WOWO)
Middays: Rick Hughes (10am - 3pm) (June 29, 1993 - ?) (Retired)
Mornings: Deana Ryan (5am - 10am) (January 2008 - April 21, 2010) (Was "Ericka Jaye" on WLEG) (From middays at WDTW in Detroit, Michigan)
Mornings: Lori Mae (5am - 10am) (From middays at WLFW) (JUne 8, 2010 - August 9, 2011)
Afternoons: Jeff Moore (1993 - October 1999) (From weekends at WSAI and WWNK in Cincinnati, Ohio) (Now out of radio)
Afternoons: Kevin Kelly (? - June 1996)
Afternoons: Mark Allen (October 1999 - June 20, 2003; Nights: May 1997 - October 1999; Weekends before that)
Afternoons: Rob Kelley (July 2003 - August 2005) (From OM for the five station Triad Broadcasting cluster in Lincoln, Nebraska. Also was PD/middays for Triad station KFGE) (Remains OM/PD for WQHK)
Nights: Jay Michaels (7pm - 12am) (October 1999 - ?) (Now PD/Mornings at WAWC)
Nights: Trina Neeley (June 2005 - September 2005)
Nights: Chevy Smith (8pm - 12am)
Weekends: Aaron Robbins (Now out of radio)

Station History

WQHK(AM)

1380am signed on November 15, 1947. Previous Call Letters include WKJG, and WMEE(AM). WQHK(AM) flipped formats from C&W to standards at 12:00am on 27 March 1996. After that switch, the calls changed to WHWD. Now, the station is once again WKJG.

WQHK-FM

As 92.7fm, the Decatur allocation (now WZBD) signed on November 8, 1966. WQHK-FM signed on June 29, 1993 with the moniker "K-105".

For Further Reading...

"Changing Faces...Changing Places." (Fort Wayne) Business Digest. Volume 1, no. 1 (February, 1988). Page 19.
Kilbane, Kevin. "Radio stations take the airwaves out of their employees' sails." Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. 26 February 1992. Page 1F.
"WQHK strikes deal to hit FM airwaves." Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 24 February 1993.
Stark, Phyllis. "PD of the Week." Billboard. 106, no. 8 (February 19, 1994). Page 97.
"WQHK Changes Format." Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 13 March 1996. Page 3D.
Feder, Robert. "Samuelson harvests Hall of Fame induction." Chicago Sun-Times. 12 August 2003. Page 53.
Feder, Robert. "Cubs deliver grand slam ratings to WGN." Chicago Sun-Times. 14 October 2003. Page 49.

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