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The Essentials

Frequency: 103.9fm
Frequency: Formerly 102.9fm
City of License: Fort Wayne
Metro(s): Fort Wayne
Power: 3000 watts @ 328 feet (Class A)
Format: Rock
Address: 2000 Lower Huntington Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46819-1297
Phone: 260.747.1511
FAX: 260.747.3999
Ownership: Summit City Radio Group
Network Affiliation(s):
Web Presence: http://www.rock104radio.com

Station Personnel

Current

SM: Dave Reithmiller
PD: Doc West (From mornings at WCKZ)
MD: JJ Fabini (From PD/mornings at WXTW)
Production Director: Jason Lee
Promotions Director: Michele Tessier
Mornings: Doc West (6am - 10am) (From mornings at WCKZ)
Mornings: Leslie Stone (6am - 10am) (From mornings at WCKZ)
Middays: JJ Fabini (10am - 2pm) (From PD/mornings at WXTW)
Afternoons: Jason Lee (2pm - 7pm) (From nights) (From afternoons at WXTW)
Nights: Chilly Addams (7pm - 12am)
Overnights: Chilly Addams (12am - 6am)

Former

President/CEO: Lloyd Roach (July 18, 2006 - ?)
President/CEO: Kristine Foate (May 2004 - July 18, 2006) (From VP/GM of the Illini Radio Group in Champaign, Illinois)
Station Manager: Scott Howard (May 2006 - August 31, 2006)
GSM: Leann Brown (1996 - 1998)
GSM: Vori Dhabolt (? - July 18, 2006)
Director of Sales: David Wisniewski (September 2004 - 2006) (From Station Manager at Artistic Media Partners in South Bend) (Now Director of Sales for the Zimmer Radio Group of stations in Columbia, Missouri)
Director of Programming: Bill Stewart (September 13, 2004 - July 18, 2006) (From GM at KIWR in Omaha, Nebraska) (Now VP/GM of the Meredith Communications' stations in Atlantic, Iowa)
SM: Mandi Strickler
SM: Angela Smith
SM: Rob Livergood (July 18, 2006 - ?)
APD: Buzz Maxwell
Director of Creative Services: Mathew Albro (May, 2005 - ?) (From Production and Operations Manager for Bacon's Broadcast Monitoring)
Mornings: Liz Thatcher
Middays: Buzz Maxwell (10am - 2pm) (Mornings: January 1998 - ?)
Afternoons: Sharon Rossi (2pm - 7pm) (? - September 2000)
Afternoons: Buzz and Rick "Doc" West (2pm - 7pm)
Afternoons: Buster Meyer (3pm - 7pm) (From afternoons at WCKZ)
Overnights: Mathew Albro (From nights at WXTW)
Weekends: Nik
Weekends: Trip Simmons (Former PD at WDJB, and mornings at WCKZ)
Airstaff: Hal Brandt
Airstaff: Tim Moriarty

Station History

There are two very distinct incarnations of WXKE.

WXKE-FM (103.9fm)

103.9fm signed on May 6, 1976, as "Album 104." The former WXKE at 103.9fm was WYLT. WXKE was (and is now again) known as "Rock 104" and aired a Rock music format from its signon through October 1, 2002. WXKE returned as "Rock 104" at 9:41AM on August 7, 2006.

WXKE-FM (102.9fm)

WXKE was also at 102.9fm. The frequency signed on September 1, 1965, originally at 103.1fm, and licensed to nearby Roanoke. The WXKE calls on 102.9fm replaced WEXI. In February 2004, WXKE dropped its simulcast with sister WXTW and changed formats to Standards as "The River." WXKE was purchased, along with its sister stations by Summit City Radio Group in July 2004. The standards "River" format drifted over to sister 1250am WGL and WXKE relaunched as Classic Hits "Mike-FM." On August 31, 2006, the station abandoned its Classic Hits format and flipped formats to a simulcast of sister WGL. From August 29 through Midnight on August 31, the station played all Frank Sinatra songs. 102.9fm then flipped to standards, as a simulcast of WGL. Briefly using the call letters WWGL, it is now WGL-FM.

For Further Reading...

Hans, Jennifer Dawn. "Leading Lady." Business People Magazine. November 2005. Pages 69-73.

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