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The Essentials

Call Letters: WFNF
Frequency: 1130am
City of License: Brazil
Metro(s): Terre Haute
Power: 500 watts - Day (CP: 500 watts - Day; 20 watts - Night)
Format: Sports
Address: 925 Wabash Ave., Suite 300, Terre Haute, IN 47807-3237
Phone: 812.917.3901
Ownership: Emmis Communications Corp.
Web Presence: http://www.1130thefan.com

Station Personnel

Current

GM: James Conner
Promotions Director: Holly Burk
Sports Director: Vaso Michels
Mornings: Mike and Mike (6am - 10am)
Middays: The Herd (10am - 1pm)
Early Afternoons: SVP and Russillo (1pm - 4pm)
Nights: Hill and Schlereth (7pm - 10pm)

Former

WITE(AM)

GM: Wayne Jenkins
Chief Engineer: Bill Mercer
News Director: Bob Brown
Promotions Director: Hank Knowles

WWCM(AM)

GM: Walter TerMeer
GM: Jeff Weber (Now Consulting Operations Executive of the Blue Star Media Group)
GM: Mike Varvel
Chief Engineer: David Pierce
News Director: R.F. Burns (Yes, really)
PD: Kent Walls

WSDM(AM) (Take 1)

WBZL(AM)

GM: Mike Petersen
Chief Engineer: Mike Rabey
News Director: Ryan Michaels

WSDM(AM) (Take 2)

WSDX(AM)

President/GM: Mike Petersen (1980 - May 2005) (From VP/GM)
President: Dan Lacy
VP/GM: Ernie Caldemone (May 2005 - ?) (From VP/GM at WKHY/WXXB/Radioworks, Inc.) (Now GM at WIOU, WMYK and WZWZ)
GM: Doug Edge (October 1, 2005 - ?) (Now Director of Sales for WTWO-TV in Terre Haute)
Chief Engineer: Tom Mulvihill
GSM: Rick James (? - March 2001)
SM: Mike King
News Director: Gretl Plessinger
Promotions Director: Susan Thomas
Promotions Director: Matt Luecking (Deceased 24 October 2016)
Promotions Director: Sharla Cretors-Daniel (Deceased 22 August 2005)
Promotions Director: Brad Simon
Sports Director: John Sherman (September 1, 2003 - Current) (From Sports Director at WTHI-TV)

Station History

1380am signed on December 7, 1959.

WITE(AM)

WITE was a 500 watt daytimer. Originally owned by Quad Cities Broadcasting Corp. They moved from 1380am to 1130am in the early 1970s.

WWCM(AM)

MOR format. WWCM had a sister FM station in the 1980s: WBDJ-FM. Was owned by Hausman Broadcasting and (later or earlier?) owned by Albert Tedesco.

WSDM(AM) (Take 1)

WBZL(AM)

WSDM(AM) (Take 2)

Southern Gospel format.

WSDX(AM)

Formerly owned by Clay County Community Broadcasters, Inc. Studios formerly located at 1215 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute (Telephone: 812.446.2507). WSDX simulcasts WSJX. WSDX and WSJX dropped One-on-One Sports for ESPN Radio on April 2, 2001.


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