7ɐʇǝz Do you have a tag?

[Cabo]

7ɐʇǝz I still have a Tshirt with the logo on front. But I don't have the tag that everyone flew upside down.

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http://www.cflradio.net/107.7_WORJ_FM.htm

At 10 PM on Friday, February 19,1981 "Zeta 7" changed from it's rock roots for easy listening. The disc jockeys cried, and loyal listeners turned their Zeta 7 license plates upside down in protest. That was the day WORJ became WJYO for the "Joy of Orlando". WORJ would move from rock to the sounds of Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, etc.
On his last morning show Thom Robinson asked listeners to memorialize "Zeta7" by turning their license plates upside down on their cars. Program director, David Sousa, recalls "Zeta 7"'s last hours. "It was probably the most terrible day of my life. That was my radio station ...my flesh and blood. It was my child and it had to be shot. We had one bad rating book and management pulled the plug on "Zeta 7".


WORJ Personalities
Bob Lyons-1969-News Director-Orlando Radio and TV Broadcasting Corp

Wayne Trout-1969-On air personality/News Director-Orlando Radio and TV Broadcasting Corp Biography
In Memory
Pete Forman-1969-Program Director-Orlando Radio and TV Broadcasting Corp

Steve Flesher-1969-Program Director-Orlando Radio and TV Broadcasting Corp



Lee Arnold-1972-1975-Program Director-Orlando Radio and TV Broadcasting Corp

Neal Mirsky-1973

Paul Yeskel-1973-Copywriter-Promotions Director-DJ-Chief booker for The Southern Progressive Radio Network at WORJ. Paul would go on to become president of AIM Strategies, a New Jersey-based service that works with music companies to help promote and market records. In Memory



Brock Whaley (B. Rock)-1978

David Sousa-1978-1980-Program Director/Afternoon Drive

Bill Mims-1978-1980-Evenings/Music Director. Bill left with the format change to Joy 108. He went to the sister station in Honolulu, HI.

courtesy of Lee Arnold's worj.com

David Schulz-1978-1980-Midnight-6AM then 10PM-2AM-host of Feature Artist or Feature Album at Midnight as well as "A Space in Time" on Tuesday evenings
William McGathy-1979-Music Director-Orlando Radio and TV Broadcasting Corp
Steve McMahan-1979-News Director-Orlando Radio and TV Broadcasting Corp

Doug Van Allen-1979-Operations Manager/Promotions Manager-Orlando Radio and TV Broadcasting Corp

Larry Besler-1979-1980-2AM-6AM
Chris Wolf-1980-Production Manager

[Cabo]

From the thread NOT on topic (http://www.bullshit.com/showthread.php?6836-NOT-on-Topic&p=145703#post145703)



http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3181/zeta7.jpg WORJ Baby. Get you some of this....http://www.worj.com/message.php










Sniff, Sniff I miss those days!






I didn't know WORJ had that up the blog or messege board. COOL..... Thanks Eye.




http://www.worj.com/logo3.jpg.........WORJ Message Board (http://http://www.worj.com/message.php)

[eyeonyou]

I never flew those colors Cabo but I had many friends who did. And yes, they all turned it upside down except one. As best I know, he is the only one with that tag as it is in his entertainment room.

It was a sad day when they went bye-bye.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs297.ash1/22435_258858294804_258811919804_3250345_1996005_n. jpg WDIZ was another and it lasted longer till 97 when it became She-FM. Boy that was popular, LOL. Then it came back as an Oldies Rock station in 99 under the WSHE and WEBG call letters till 2005 when it finally, totally ended and became Rumba 100.3.

I had some fun times there with some of the guys. I was a guest DJ one Sunday night and loved it. It is totally amazing at that time and I bet still today how much work really is involved. You don't flip the mike on and talk and just play music. It's a lot of work to do it right. The DJ's and producers have to be sharp, well the producer does. LOL Seems in the booth back then it could get a little crazy. :D

Larry the Cable Guy used to be a DJ there. "Git 'er done" was there before the Cable Guy copyrighted it.

Here is some links with a lot of their history.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/WDIZ-Orlandos-Home-of-Quality-Rock-n-Roll/258811919804

http://www.cflradio.net/100.3_WDIZ_FM.htm Check out the biographies of nearly all the players of Central Florida radio.

Note how Mike Lyons was tied to both and 96.5 WHTQ which still exists. RIP Mike, thanks for the party at DIZ.

Mike Lyons 10-8-09

Michael G. Lyons, age 57 of Orlando, FL, passed away on Thursday, October 8, 2009. He began his career in Orlando in 1971 writing for the city's first underground newspaper "The Watcher". He was Music Director and announcer for WORJ-FM 107.7, WDIZ-FM 100.3 and WHTQ-FM 96.5 in Orlando, Program Director for 98 Rock (WXTB) in Tampa and spent the last 8 years of his radio career as Mornings/Assistant Program Director in Miami. Mike entered the record business in the mid 90's. From 1995 - 2000 he was VP of AAA Promotions at Lee Arnold Marketing. Mike joined TripleARadio.com as columnist of The Forest and contributing editor from 2001 - Present. (Other content removed out of respect for the family)

WORJ and WDIZ are part of Central Florida history as far as radio stations go. They were the best two, period.

[Cabo]

Since we are on the subject of remebering I always remembered WGTO for you could pick up this station damn near all over florida. Pretty cool when they were located at Cypress Gardens.


Call it Radio Genealogy. Here is a list of the chronology of Central Florida Radio stations (http://www.cflradio.net/default.htm)


WGTO-AM 540

Haines City

Original all Letters: WGTOhttp://www.cflradio.net/polk_hotel.jpg

Originally Licensed: Sep 9, 1955

Original City of License: Haines City Moved to Cypress Gardens in 1958

Original Frequency: 540

Origin of Call Letters:

Original Power: 50,000 watts

Original Location: Palm Crest Hotel, Haines CityPalm Crest Hotel original home of WGTO

Original Format: Top 40

Owner(s):
1955-KWK, Inc.
1958-KSTP, Inc. (Hubbard Broadcasting)
1964-Hubbard Broadcasting
1986-Cypress Broadcast, Ltd ($1.5 million)
1990-Florida Media Inc.
1994-Paxson Broadcasting
1997-Clear Channel Communications
Network Affiliation(s):
CBS
Florida GatorsRadio Network
Motor Car Racing Network
History Of Call Letters and Formats:
WGTO-1955-Top 40 “Gulf To Ocean”
WGTO-1958-Top 40moved to Cypress Gardens"Covering Florida Like The Sun"
WGTO-1977-Country Western "Great Country Music 54"
WGTO-1986-Gospel
WGTO-1990-Oldies''Cruisin' Oldies 54''(Studios moved to Ocoee)
WGTO-1990-Talk/Sports
WWZN-1994-Sports
WWZN-1995-Talk
WRTM-1996-Sports
WQTM-1996-Sports "540 the Team" (These calls moved to 740 AM in 2001)
WFLF-1997-News/Talk"540 WFLA"

History of WGTO
1955-WGTO took to the air from The Palm Crest Hotel in Haines City. Licensed to broadcast with 10,000 watts of power at
540 on the dial. The format was Top 40.
1958-Hubbard Broadcasting moved the station from Haines City to Cypress Gardens (http://www.cflradio.net/540_WGTO_AM.htm#Cypress%20Gardens%20photo)
1977-Music format changed to country
1978-WGTO was named Billboard Magazine's "Small Market Station of the Year"
1986-WGTO was sold to Cypress Broadcast, Ltd. and the format was changed to "gospel".
1990-WGTO sold to Florida Media Inc.(a company owned by two Fort Myers doctors and a lawyer) the studios
were moved to Ocoee.
1992-WGTOwent to a satellite service, resulting in the layoff of 30 employees including Rocky Dee, Russ Ross
(Original Doo-Wop Shoppe), Allan Brady (http://www.cflradio.net/allan_brady_bio.htm) (Music and Memories). Perry Moore (http://www.cflradio.net/perry_moore_bio.htm) would remain at the station in sales.
1994-WGTO was sold to Paxson Broadcasting, the call letters were changed to WWZN (http://www.cflradio.net/540_WWZN_AM.htm) and the format became sports talk.

For more on WGTO see: http://www.cflradio.net/DizRamb_ttl.gif (http://www.dizzyrambler.com/features/WGTO/WGTO_tech.html)

RCA Broadcast News, February 1957:
"WGTO is located in the center of a group of metropolitan areas as contrasted to the more usual establishment of a station in a principal city of its own. Its coverage, on 540 kc, encompasses such major cities as Gainesville, Daytona Beach, Orlando, Lakeland, Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. This area, covering the more populous sections of Central Florida, extends from Gainesville to Okeechobee and from Gulf to Ocean hence the call letters WGTO.



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[eyeonyou]

I didn't know they were in Haines City at first. But sure do remember them. Who that lived here, especially pre-FM popularity here doesn't.

But my favorite AM station back then was WQAM in Miami.
The station is famous for its days in the 1960s, under ownership of Storz Broadcasting, when it presented a Top Forty format and competed vigorously with rival WFUN (at 790 AM). These were the WQAM "glory years." In 1964, WQAM promoted the Beatles heavily prior to their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, which took place in Miami Beach. http://www.560.com/beatles.htm

Mom had one of these on her car and I had one on my dresser in my room. http://www.560.com/WQAM-1971-Logo-650x152.jpg
http://www.560.com/wqam.htm

[Cabo]

Listen Live

BIT different radio these days over at WQAM in Miami when you listened I think

http://www.vinylives.com/beatlesmagazine.JPG

http://www.vinylives.com/rickshawdaveclark5.JPG
things seem to have changed

http://www.wqam.com/calendar/?month=11 (http://www.wqam.com/calendar/?month=9)http://www.wqam.com/streamer/index.php?displaystreamer=true

[eyeonyou]

I would say so. The sounds coming from there are bad, but the view is very nice. LOL