Jacksonville radio history questions

[thebeach33445]

Hey Guys:

I was wondering if you all can help me with some history questions I have about Jacksonville's past stations:

1. Does anybody know the history of 1280 before it became WSVE?

2. Does anybody know when WIVY became Top 40 Y-103 and when it became AC?

3. Does anybody know when WJAX became Beautiful Music and when it became AOR?

4. Does anybody know when WQIK 99.1 country was born? What was it before country? Beautiful Music?

5. Does anybody know the history of 1050 before it became WQIK AM?

Thanks for all your help on these questions!! I have noticed that there is no place on the internet that has the history of Jacksonville radio. That is a shame.

T.J.

 

[chrish]

TJ, I'll try to answer these for you as I was involved in some of it


(1) WIVY moved from 1050 1 KW day to 1280 5 KW day in late 1971 or early 1972
I have the on air tape of the frequency change, I was the CE
at the time of the frequency change...my first time around at WIVY
Originally WPDQ was on 1270 before moving to 600, I also have the consultants
maps of the 1270 night directional pattern.

(2) WIVY was doing the CBS syndicated "Young Sound" when I arrived in Jax (1970)
when Y Tom Kirby (NY ABC network sales executive) bought WIVY in 1971
he changed the format to AOR during my first stint.....it morphed into WIVY
Rockin stereo 103 sometime during 1973 (top-40) which continued through
the sale to the original Infinity who turned it into Y-103 (1977?)

(3) While I was also fulltime at WKTZ-FM (96.1) Tommy Tucker at WJAX-FM
took the Pams beautiful music service to infuriate Ed Bell Oberle, though it
never really competed successfully with WKTZ.. it drove Ed Bell nuts.
At its inception WKTZ-FM was in house programmed, later went with
Bonneville and then finally Shulke. WJAX-FM changed formats to urban just
after I moved back to Boston.

(4) WQIK was country long before my arrival but I know that WQIK was on 1280
before moving to 1090 with 50 KW, I seem to recall a DA-2 array that
was problematic and a very cranky old Gate BC-50-C that gave Don Jones
much grief.

(5) 1050 WIVY's original frequency since 1948 sign on, was sister station to WNVY
in Pensecola, WIVY FM signed on in 1965 all owned by Ed Bell Oberle

If anyone sees Don Fleming, Bobby Dillihey, Jim Free or Don Jones tell them
I said hi.

Chris Hall