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The Essentials

Frequency: Formerly 102.3fm
City of License: Auburn
Metro(s): Fort Wayne
Power: 6000 watts @ 315 feet (Class A)
Format: Alternative
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.x102fm.com/

Station Personnel

Former

Owner: Frank Kovas (Deceased 29 January 2005)
President/CEO: Lloyd Roach (July 18, 2006 - August 31, 2006)
President/CEO: Kristine Foate (May 2004 - July 18, 2006) (From VP/GM of the Illini Radio Group in Champaign, Illinois) (Now out of radio)
GM: George Hays (November 2001 - ?) (From GSM at WFWI) (Now out of radio)
GM: Connie Kovas
Station Manager: Rob Livergood (May 2006 - September 2006)
Director of Sales: David Wisniewski (September 2004 - February 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)
GSM: Vori Dhabolt (? - July 18, 2006)
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)
Assistant Director of Programming: J.J. Fabini (January 2005 - ?) (Now MD/middays at WXKE)
Director of Creative Services: Mathew Albro (May 2005 - ?) (From Production and Operations Manager for Bacon's Broadcast Monitoring)
OM: J.J. Fabini (PD: May 19, 2000 - ?, MD: Feburary 1999 - ?, Production Director: July 1999 - April 2000) (Now MD/middays at WXKE)
OM: Mary Clements
OM: Jack Holliday (? - February 1, 2002)
PD: Don Walker (Now PD at WFNR in Blacksburg, Virginia)
APD: Matt Goshert ("Matt Jericho") (Assistant MD before that) (? - March 2005)
MD: Greg Travis
Promotions Director: Matt Goshert ("Matt Jericho") (? - March 2005)
Mornings: J.J. Fabini ("The Morning X") (Now MD/middays at WXKE)
Mornings: Jack Hammer (Now afternoon co-host at WFWI)
Mornings: Buster Meyer
Mornings: Joel Hoffman (October 2001 - ?)
Middays: Laureen
Afternoons: Don Walker (Now PD at WFNR in Blacksburg, Virginia)
Nights: Jason Lee (Now Production Director/nights at WXKE)
Overnights: Matt Goshert ("Matt Jericho") (Middays: April 2000 - May 19, 2000; Nights: May 22, 2000 - ?)

Station History

102.3fm signed on in 1967. WXTW was originally WEJE (and WEJE was mostly on 96.3fm). In September 2001, the station flipped monikers to "X102.3 - Fort Wayne's Modern Rock." This resulted in a new set of calls: WXTW. WXTW was sold (along with the other Kovas stations) to Travis Broadcasting Corp. in December 2001, for $7.5 million (total for all stations). WXTW was purchased, along with its sister stations by Summit City Radio Group in July 2004. A simulcast began with the 102.9fm, Huntington frequency (WXKE) that ended in February 2004 when the 102.9fm spun off with a Standards format as "The River." Summit City Radio Group sold WXTW to Three Amigo's Broadcasting in August 2006 for $1.35 million. WXTW flipped formats from Alternative to Spanish at Midnight on 1 September 2006. In December 2006, WXTW's call letters changed to WGBJ.

For Further Reading...

Edmonds, Rhea. "4 radio stations to get new owner." The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. 3 November 2001. Page 7B.
Frazier, Lynne McKenna. "Kovases to sell 4 radio stations to company based in Virginia." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. 3 November 2001. Page 3A.
Hans, Jennifer Dawn. "Leading Lady." Business People Magazine. November 2005. Pages 69-73.

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