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The Essentials

Frequency: Formerly 106.3fm
City of License: Columbia City
Metro(s): Fort Wayne
Power: 6000 watts @ 340 feet, DA (Class A)
Format: Adult Hits
Address: 2100 Goshen Road, Suite 232, Fort Wayne, IN 46808-1478
Phone: 260.482.9288
FAX: 260.482.8655
Ownership: Fort Wayne Radio 2 Corp.
Network Affiliation(s):
Web Presence: http://www.1063thevibe.com

Station Personnel

Former

VP: Roger Diehm (? - ?) (From Assistant GSM at WQHK-FM)
VP/Market Manager: Pete DeSimone
Director of Sales: Christy Lewis
PD: Phil Becker (Now GM for now-WJOE, and sister stations WBTU and WJFX)
Mornings: Phil Becker (6am - 10am) (Now GM for now-WJOE, and sister stations WBTU and WJFX)
Middays: Keith Harris (10am - 3pm) (Remains Production Director for now-WJOE, and sister stations WBTU and WJFX)
Afternoons: Randy Alomar (3pm - 7pm) (Now out of radio)
Nights: Tim Shelton ("Jimmy Rush") (7pm - 12am) (Now morning co-host at WMGI)
Nights: Jack Holiday (7pm - 12am) (He has worked at both Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. and Summit City Radio Group in Fort Wayne.)
Overnights: Joel Hoffman (12am - 6am) (From Producer of sister WJFX's morning show)

Station History

106.3fm signed on October 13, 1968. Former Call Letters: WFDT, WKSY, WZRQ, WBBE, WDJB, WSHI, WSHY, and WDDB. Artistic Media Partners, Inc. announced the sale of 106.3fm to Russ Oasis' Fort Wayne Radio Corp. in early 2007. An LMA was struck, pending that sale of both WVBB and sister WBTU, on Monday 5 March 2007. That LMA took effect on Tuesday 6 March 2007, and at 12:01AM that day, Oasis flipped the format on the former WSHY to Regional Mexican. This brief competition with Three Amigo's Broadcasting-owned "Mega" WGBJ lasted until Wednesday 11 April 2007, when WSHY flipped formats again - to rhythmic oldies. The new "Vibe 106.3" debuted at 6:00PM that evening, under PD Phil Becker, with the first song (a most logical choice...) as Donna Summer's "On the Radio". The call letters changed soon thereafter to WVBB. Artistic Media Partners sold both WVBB and sister WBTU in January 2007 for $3.8 million. On Friday 26 September 2008 WVBB ("The Vibe") changed formats to Adult Hits, as "106.3 Joe FM" and became jockless. The station later changed call letters to WJOE.

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