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The Essentials

Frequency: Formerly 106.3fm
City of License: Columbia City
Metro(s): Fort Wayne
Power: 1950 watts @ 407 feet
Format: Lite AC
Address: P.O. Box 11057, Fort Wayne, IN 46855-1057
Address: 6110 Constitution Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46804-1556
Phone: 260.436.1063
FAX: 260.432.6823
Ownership: Artistic Media Partners, Inc.
Network Affiliation(s): CNN Radio News, Jameson Broadcast, Inc. ("The Movie Guy")
Web Presence: http://www.sunny106fm.com

Station Personnel

Former

Market Manager: Linda Bowman-Bradley (July 2003 - ?) (From Director of Sales for Clear Channel's Poughkeepsie, New York stations.)
GM: Sam Rodgers
GM: Mary Beth Halle
GM: John Henry
SM: Kristine Putt
PD: Jim Tighe (Now GSM at WOWO)
PD: Kenny Edwards
PD: Ron Gregory (May 11, 1998 - December 2003) (Now mornings at WBZQ/WMYQ)
Promotions Director: Jay Michaels (Now PD/mornings at WAWC)
Mornings: Bob and Sheri (January 5, 2004 - March 2004)
Mornings: Kris Underwood (5:30am - 9am) (March 2004 - ?) (Now middays at WAWC)
Mornings: Kenny Edwards (5:30am - 9am)
Middays: Misti Dawn (January 2004 - ?) (Now PD/mornings at WBWB)
Afternoons: Ron Gregory (? - December 2003; Mornings: May 1998 - ?) (From mornings at WHWD)
Afternoons: J.J. Davis (July 2004 - ?)
Afternoons: Dave Michaels (Noon - 6pm) (Also Group PD of WAZY, WBTU, WDDB, and WLFF) (Now Assistant OM/MD at WMEE/WQHK-FM and afternoons at WQHK-FM)
Nights: Mark Alexander (January 2004 - ?)
Nights: Justin Gettys ("Jo Jo Kincaid") (6pm - 11pm)

Station History

106.3fm signed on October 13, 1968. Former Call Letters: WFDT, WZRQ, WBBE, and WDJB.

WSHI signed on April 14, 1997. Ron Gregory joined the station as morning man on May 11, 1998. Gregory was formerly at WOWO and WHWD.

WSHI switched formats from Standards to AC on January 5, 2004.

WSHI was sold to Artistic Media Partners, Inc. in June 2004 for $2,610,000 to Shine Broadcasting Services LLC. WSHI is now WJOE.

For Further Reading...

"Gregory Back on WSHI" Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 5 May 1998. Page 5D.
Ford, Dell. "Ron Gregory keeps the beat." Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 23 June 1998. Page 2-3.
Asp, Karen. "Shining bright and not burning out." Fort Wayne Business People. November, 1998. Pages 20-24, 70-71.
Ford, Dell. "Time to Shine." Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 13 March 1999. Page 1D, 6D.
"Shine to sell oldies station." The (Fort Wayne) News-Sentinel. 3 March 2003. Page 3A.
"Shine Broadcasting parting with WSHI." The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette. 5 March 2003. Page 7B.

RadioWatch Mentions

13 January 1999

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