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The Essentials

Call Letters: WJFX
Frequency: 107.9fm
City of License: New Haven
Metro(s): Fort Wayne
Power: 3200 watts @ 453 feet (Class A)
Format: CHR
Address: 2000 Lower Huntington Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46819-1297
Phone: 260.747.1511
Ownership: Adams Radio Group, Inc.
Web Presence: http://www.hot1079online.com

Station Personnel

Current

GM: Kevin Musselman
Chief Engineer: Ed Didier
Director of Sales: Kevin Musselman (June 2, 2014 - Current)
LSM: Mark Osborn (January 2015 - Current)
PD/MD: Robbie Mack (June 2, 2014 - Current) (From PD at WDJQ in Canton/Alliance, Ohio)
Production Director: Jason Lee (June 2, 2014 - Current)
Mornings: The Bert Show (5am - 10am) (February 5, 2013 - Current)
Middays: Amber Stone (10am - 3pm)
Afternoons: Robbie Mack (3pm - 6pm) (June 2, 2014 - Current) (From PD at WDJQ in Canton/Alliance, Ohio)
Nights: Patrick Grey (6pm - 11pm)
Overnights: Taylor (11pm - 2am)
Overnights: Supa Dave (2am - 5am) (July 2014 - Current) (From weekends at then-WNHT)
Weekends: Hot Mess Mixshow (DJ Goofy Whitekid) (Friday 10pm - 2am)
Weekends: Sunday Night Slow Jams (Sunday 7pm - 11pm)

Former

Co-Owner/GM/SM: Louis Dinwiddie
Co-Owner/GM/Director of Programming: Phil Becker (GM: January 1, 2011 - May 2014) (PD: December 2005 - ?; September 2000 - October 2002) (2000: from PD/afternoons at WBCD in Dothan, Alabama. After 2005, Mr. Becker returned to Oasis Radio Group from the PD chair at WPYO in Orlando, Florida.) (Now VP/Programming for Alpha Media, based in Portland, Oregon)
GM: Chris Monk (October 2014 - January 20, 2017) (Now RVP for Cumulus Media's Saginaw and Flint, Michigan clusters.)
VP/Market Manager: Pete DeSimone (Now GM for the Cumulus radio stations in Melbourne, Florida)
VP: Roger Diehm (January 1999 - ?) (From Assistant GSM at WQHK-FM) (Retired)
GM: Shel Leshner (June 2, 2014 - August 6, 2014)
Chief Engineer: Jack Didier
Chief Engineer: Mike Peters
Chief Engineer: Morgan Grammer (October 2008 - September 2010) (From Western Region Corporate Engineer at WAY-FM Media Group, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado) (Now Chief Engineer for the Great Plains Media radio stations in Lawrence, Kansas)
Chief Engineer: Phil Jennings (April 2014 - June 2015) (Now Mid-South Regional Engineer for the WAY-FM Network, based in Nashville, Tennessee)
Director of Sales: Christy Lewis (now out of radio)
Director of Sales: Chris Saglian (January 2011 - ?) (Now LSM at the Entercom radio stations in Rochester, New York)
Director of Sales: John Buckley (January 2012 - ?)
Director of Sales: Mark Osborn (April 23, 2013 - ?) (Now LSM)
Director of Sales: Tom Morgenthal (February 2014 - June 2014) (From President and Director of Sales at Texas Media Properties) (Now Director of Sales for WCFX-FM in Mount Pleasant, Michigan)
GSM: Hugh Roberts
GSM: Dave Riethmiller (October 1999 - January 16, 2002) (From GM at WEXI and WXKE)
GSM: Bart Schacht
NSM: Paddy O'Brien (Now an Account Executive with the Emmis Communications' radio stations in Los Angeles, California)
PD: Kelly Karson (1990/1991?) (Left WJFX for PD/mornings at WZAZ in Jacksonville, Florida) (Now out of radio)
PD: Ange Canessa (October 1991 - August 1996) (Now out of radio)
PD/MD: B.J. Steele (? - January 1999) (Now nights at WJFX-HD3//W245CA)
PD: Michelle Price (January 1999 - May 1999) (From KXHT in Memphis, Tennessee)
PD: Thomas Foley ("Tommy Frank") (January 2004 - March 2004) (From PD at WKRQ in Cincinnati, Ohio) (Deceased 30 October 2008)
PD: Ricky Giacoman (January 2005 - March 2005) (From PD at KINT and PD/Mornings at KHRO in El Paso, Texas)
PD: Brooke Taylor (? - ?) (From nights at WYKS in Gainesville, Florida) (Now nights on the Radio Disney radio network)
APD/MD: Weasel (APD: September 2000 - March 2004; PD: February 1999 - September 2000; MD: February 1999 - September 2009) (Now OM at the Advanced Media Partners' stations in Peoria, Illinois and mornings at their WPIA-FM)
MD: Jeff Phillips (1990/1991?) (Now out of radio)
MD: Bryan LaRoche ("Bus Boy Bryan") (September 28, 2009 - September 2010) (Now afternoons at WKIS in Miami, Florida)
MD: Caden (? - ?)
Production Director: Doug Matthews ("Hurricane") (January 21, 1999 - May 2001) (Now out of radio)
Production Director: Sammy Suarez (June 2001 - April 2002) (From APD/MD at WCKZ) (Now PD at WMXZ in Charleston, South Carolina)
Production Director: Shawn Cloninger ("Raven") (April 2002 - April 2004) (Now out of radio)
Production Director: Brad Boyington (April 2004 - April 2004) (From nights at WHZZ in Lansing, Michigan)
Production Director: Chris Wilguess ("Chris Clayton" or "Clayton on the Radio") (May 2004 - February 18, 2005) (Now out of radio)
Promotions Director: Jordan Kline (May 1999 - March 2001) (From mornings at WBHT in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) (Now middays at WSHH in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Promotions Director: Dave Goode (Now Promotions Director at WAJI and WLDE and nights at WAJI.)
Promotions Director: Brooke Taylor (? - ?) (From nights at WYKS in Gainesville, Florida)
Promotions Director: Hannah Rupert (July 1, 2014 - ?)
Promotions Director: Taylor Matteson
Mornings: Jerry Walker (5:30am - 10am) (? - February 1992) (Now out of radio)
Mornings: Michelle Price (January 1999 - May 1999) (From KXHT in Memphis, Tennessee)
Mornings: Geno Burgess (? - April 1996; May 1999 - ?) (From mornings at WCKU in Lexington, Kentucky)
Mornings: Buck Wilde (February 1999 - February 1999)
Mornings: Brandon Blaettner ("Della") (Co-Host) (Now out of radio)
Mornings: Alyson Mills ("Aly") (Co-Host) (Now out of radio)
Mornings: Kate Sample (5am - 10am) (Co-Host) (Now out of radio)
Mornings: "Angie the White Girl" (5am - 9am) (Now morning co-host at WAJI)
Mornings: Austin (From night co-host at WNOU) (6am - 10am) (? - December 30, 2011) (Now mornings at KHTT in Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Mornings: Alana Maddox (From night co-host at WNOU) (6am - 10am) (? - December 30, 2011)
Middays: Roxanne McVay (10am - 3pm) (April 1990 - July 1992) (Deceased 8 December 2007)
Middays: Jordan Kline (May 1999 - March 2001) (From mornings at WBHT in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) (Now middays at WSHH in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Middays: B.J. Steele (? - January 1999) (Now nights at WJFX-HD3//W245CA)
Middays: Sammy Suarez (10am - 3pm) (Overnights: June 2001 - February 2002; Middays: February 2002 - April 2002) (From APD/MD at WCKZ) (Now PD at WMXZ in Charleston, South Carolina)
Middays: Shawn Cloninger ("Raven") (Now out of radio)
Middays: Chris Wilguess ("Chris Clayton" or "Clayton on the Radio") (May 2004 - February 18, 2005) (Now out of radio)
Middays: Mia Amini (3pm - 7pm) (May 2007 - October 17, 2008) (From promotions at WBTS in Atlanta, Georgia) (Now APD/MD/middays at WXYY-FM in Savannah, Georgia)
Middays: Ryan Seacrest ("On-Air with Ryan Seacrest") (October 2008 - March 2012) (10am - 2pm)
Middays: Brooke Taylor (10am - 2pm) (March 28, 2012 - ?) (From nights at WYKS in Gainesville, Florida) (Now middays at WBTU)
Middays: Raven (10am - 3pm) (September 15, 2014 - ?) (From Afternoons at WDJQ in Canton/Alliance, Ohio) (Now nights at KDWB-FM in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota)
Afternoons: Kelly Karson (1990/1991?) (Left WJFX for PD/mornings at WZAZ in Jacksonville, Florida) (Now out of radio)
Afternoons: Tony Capers ("Big Daddy TC") (? - January 1999; From Weekends) (Deceased 8 August 1999)
Afternoons: Derek Jurand (February 1999 - November 1999) (From WJIZ in Albany, Georgia) (Now PD/afternoons at WMXV in St. Joseph, Tennesee [Florence/Muscle Shoales, Alabama market])
Afternoons: Julian Allison (March 2000 - February 2002; MD: June 2000 - September 2000) (From overnights at KKFR in Phoenix, Arizona) (Now out of radio)
Afternoons: Beau Derek (? - October 2003)
Afternoons: Phil Becker (3pm - 7pm) (December 2005 - May 2007; September 2000 - October 2002) (First time, from PD/afternoons at WBCD in Dothan, Alabama. After 2005, from PD at WYPO in Orlando, Florida) (Now VP/Programming for Alpha Media, based in Portland, Oregon)
Afternoons: Pierre Moussa (3pm - 7pm) (May 2007 - January 2008) (From weekends at WPYO in Orlando, Florida)
Afternoons: Randy Alomar (1pm - 6pm) (September 29, 2008 - January 7, 2009; December 2005 - May 2007; PD: May 2004 - December 2005; Afternoons: March 2004 - December 2005; Nights: July 12, 1999 - March 2004) (Now PD/afternoons at WBTU)
Afternoons: Weasel (From mornings) ("The Weasel Show") (Now OM at the Advanced Media Partners' stations in Peoria, Illinois and mornings at their WPIA-FM)
Afternoons: Bryan LaRoche ("Bus Boy Bryan") (September 28, 2009 - September 2010) (2pm - 6pm) (From nights, as "Tiki Bryan," at WSTO) (Now afternoons at WKIS in Miami, Florida)
Afternoons: Chris Cruise (2pm - 6pm) (October 2010 - ?) (Nights: September 2006 - October 2010) (From nights at WRCL in Flint, Michigan)
Afternoons: "Ice" (2pm - 6pm)
Nights: Jeff Phillips (1990/1991?) (Now out of radio)
Nights: Jesse Barrera (7pm - 12am) (1990/1991?) (Now out of radio)
Nights: Duane Allen ("Showbiz") (? - July 1996)
Nights: Bobby Holiday (July 1996 - October 1996)
Nights: Dewan Allen (October 1996 - ?)
Nights: Limuel Woods ("Woody Woods") (? - August 2000) (Now PD at WRVZ in Pocatalico, West Virginia)
Nights: Brad Boyington (April 2004 - April 2004) (From nights at WHZZ in Lansing, Michigan) (Now weekends at KJYO in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Nights: "Nugget" (6pm - 11pm) (October 2010 - ?) (Now morning co-host at KTFM in San Antonio, Texas)
Nights: Andrea Russett (6pm - 10pm)
Nights: "Caden" (6pm - 10pm) (? - ?) (From PD/Afternoons WBIZ in Eau Claire, Wisconsin)
Nights: Miss Janay (June 2, 2014 - ?) (From middays at WNHT)
Nights: Jasmine Kae (7pm - 12am) (September 22, 2014 - ?)
Nights: Travis Walker (6pm - 11pm)
Overnights: Steven Edwards (March 1992 - ?) (From WLOU in Louisville, Kentucky)
Overnights: Doug Matthews ("Hurricane") (January 21, 1999 - May 2001) (Now out of radio)
Overnights: Justin Mitchell ("Just Ice")
Overnights: Madalyn Sade
Overnights: Jesse Almanza (12am - 5am) (Now out of radio)
Overnights: "Birdie" (12am - 6am)
Weekends: Donnie Bell (1990/1991?)
Weekends: Lonnell Conley ("King Ro")
Weekends: Eric Clabaugh (Now out of radio)
Weekends: Shane ("Freight Train Shane")
Weekends: Summer Nettles (February 2005 - ?) (From Nights at WQQB in Champaign, Illinois)
Weekends: Travis Harrington ("Lil Rascal")

Station History

WJFX signed on in April 1990. WJFX was sold by Louis Dinwiddie in October 1998 for $1.3 million. The station flipped formats to a more upbeat urban sound as "Hot 107.9" on 22 January 1999. Until 2008, WJFX was located at 5936 E. State Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN 46815-7637 (Phone: 260.493.9239). Moved in July 2010 from 2100 Goshen Road, Suite 232, Fort Wayne, IN 46808-1478. In February 2014, Fort Wayne Radio Corp. announced it was selling WJFX, along with sister stations WBTU and WHPP to Adams Radio Group, Inc. for $3.5 million (total).

For Further Reading...

Ross, Sean. "Cote Is Caught; Kool Goes Current; LMAs Go Berserk" (Vox Jox). Billboard. 103, no. 40 (October 5, 1991). Page 22.
Ross, Sean. "Longtime WSIX GM Manning Steps Down; Cummings to L.A.'s KPWR; Michaels to KJLH" (Vox Jox). Billboard. 103, no. 41 (October 12, 1991). Page 11.
Ross, Sean. "Even More Markets Get LMAs From Hell; WW1 Loses Shannon Countdown, O'Malley" (Vox Jox). Billboard. 104, no. 8 (February 22, 1992). Page 75.
Kilbane, Kevin. "Radio stations take the airwaves out of their employees' sails." Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. 26 February 1992. Page 1F.
Ross, Sean. "A Precautionary Tale From Tallahassee; Wichita Falls Hosts An LMA Square Dance" (Vox Jox). Billboard. 104, no. 12 (March 21, 1992). Page 131.
Stark, Phyllis. "KLSX: The Initiation of Stern; Mojica Rises; Curelop's Return; Country Time for WLS?" (Vox Jox). Billboard. 104, no. 35 (August 29, 1992). Page 74.
Stark, Phyllis. "12 Orlando Stations Come to Andrew Aid; Legal LUP-Hole; WGRR Rootin' for Newton" (Vox Jox). Billboard. 104, no. 36 (September 5, 1992). Page 72.
Kilbane, Kevin. "Miami operator buys WJFX radio station." Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. 19 October 1998. Page 7A.
Nazareth, Errol. "She's a Music Import; Black Station Hires U.S. Programmer Michelle Price." The Toronto Sun. 8 December 2000. Page 82.


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