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The Essentials

Call Letters: WBPE
Frequency: 95.3fm
City of License: Attica
Metro(s): Lafayette
Power: 2300 watts @ 505 feet (Class A)
Format: Adult Hits
Address: P.O. Box 1410, Lafayette, IN 47902-1410
Address: 3824 South 18th Street, Lafayette, IN 47909-9102
Phone: 765.474.1410
Ownership: Star City Broadcasting, LLC
Web Presence: http://www.wbpefm.com

Station Personnel

Current

GM: Billy Huggins
Chief Engineer: Bob Henning
OM: Ski Anderson
PD: Erik Wake
SM: Shelley Kerhoff
Promotions Director: Kim Seals
Production Director: Roger Forsythe
Middays: Kim Seals (12pm - 1pm)
Afternoons: Kim Seals (3pm - 7pm)

Former

WVTL-FM

President/GM: Joseph P. Sweeney (Deceased 31 January 2010)
GM: Jess Spurgin
GM: Doug McLuen
Chief Engineer: E.R. Buehler
Chief Engineer: James Hawkins
OM: Jean Clerget (From News Director)
PD: W.R. (Ray) Ruark
News Director: Terry Etter
Bob Vizza (Deceased 19 April 2018)

WWET-FM

President/GM: W. Doug McLuen
OM: Bill Deibel
GM: Rex A. Fausset

WLZR-FM

President: Neal Nussbaum
GM: Kathy Temples
Chief Engineer: Chris Fullerton
PD: Kay Bradley
Mornings: Gerry Bear
Nights: Doug Fairbanks
Overnights: Alan Whinery

WKJM-FM

President/GM: Kent Nussbaun
Chief Engineer: Chris Fullerton
PD: Doug Fairbanks

WEZV-FM

GM/SM: Doug Kern
PD: Rich Coolman
PD/MD: Bob Miller (From PD at WRIA)

WLFF-FM (Take 1)

GM: Bob Ford
GM: Nancy May (From GSM)
(Interim) GM: Sandy Zehr
Chief Engineer: Bob Henning
GSM: Russ Dodge
SM: Andrew Coulter
SM: Doug Kern
PD: Steve Clark
PD: Don Elliott (August 2003 - ?) (From weekends at WXCL in Peoria, Illinois) (Now PD at WKHG and WMTL and afternoons at WKHG in Leitchfield, Kentucky)
PD: Mike Warner (? - October 2001) (From MD)
PD: J.J. Davis (October 2001 - ?) (From OM at WARU and WHZR)
PD: Dave Michaels (April 2005 - August 2005) (Was Group PD of WBTU, then-WDDB and WLFF) (Now PD/MD/afternoons at WQHK)
PD: Justin Kaiser (Deceased 17 January 2010)
PD: Dan Baisden (August 2006 - December 2006) (From PD at WQHY in Prestonburg, Kentucky) (Now PD at WAJI)
Production Director: Kevin Murphy (? - April 2000) (Now Production Director/mornings at KKOR in Gallup, New Mexico)
Production Director: Mike Warner
Mornings: Justin Kaiser (5am - 12pm) (Deceased 17 January 2010)
Mornings: Don Elliott (August 2003 - ?) (From weekends at WXCL in Peoria, Illinois) (Now PD at WKHG and WMTL and afternoons at WKHG in Leitchfield, Kentucky)
Afternoons: Matt Ryan (2pm - 6pm)
Afternoons: Mike Warner (12pm - 7pm)
Nights: Dan Somers (7pm - 12am)

WSHP-FM

WLFF-FM (Take 2)

GM: Bob Ford
GM: Nancy May
(Interim) GM: Sandy Zehr
Chief Engineer: Bob Henning
GSM: Russ Dodge
SM: Andrew Coulter
SM: Doug Kern
PD: Steve Clark
PD: Don Elliott (August 2003 - ?) (From weekends at WXCL in Peoria, Illinois) (Now PD at WKHG and WMTL and afternoons at WKHG in Leitchfield, Kentucky)
PD: Mike Warner (? - October 2001)
PD: J.J. Davis (October 2001 - ?) (From OM at WARU and WHZR)
PD: Dave Michaels (April 2005 - August 2005) (Was also Group PD of WBTU, then-WDDB, and WLFF) (Now PD/MD/afternoons at WQHK)
PD: Justin Kaiser (Deceased 17 January 2010)
PD: Dan Baisden (August 2006 - December 2006) (From PD at WQHY in Prestonburg, Kentucky) (Now PD at WAJI)
Production Director: Kevin Murphy (? - April 2000) (Now Production Director/mornings at KKOR in Gallup, New Mexico)
Production Director: Mike Warner
Mornings: Justin Kaiser (5am - 12pm) (Deceased 17 January 2010)
Mornings: Don Elliott (August 2003 - ?) (From weekends at WXCL in Peoria, Illinois) (Now PD at WKHG and WMTL and afternoons at WKHG in Leitchfield, Kentucky)
Afternoons: Matt Ryan (2pm - 6pm)
Afternoons: Mike Warner (12pm - 7pm)
Nights: Dan Somers (7pm - 12am)

WBPE-FM

(Interim) GM: Sandy Zehr
GM: Bob Dakin
Director of Sales: Tom Morgenthal (July 2014 - December 2014) (From Director of Sales for the Oasis Radio Group/Fort Wayne radio stations)
SM: Doug Kern
PD: Steve Clark
Production Director: Mike Warner

Station History

95.3fm signed on April 16, 1967.

WVTL-FM

Licensed to Monticello. Owned by Fidelity Broadcasting Co. WVTL was an affiliate of both the ABC Entertainment Network and the Rural Radio Network. MOR format. WVTL's studios were alongside U.S. 24 in Monticello.

WWET-FM

Licensed to Monticello. Owned by Tippecanoe Broadcasting, Inc. MOR format. 95.3 briefly had these call letters in the 1980s.

WLZR-FM

As WLZR, 95.3fm was licensed to Monticello. Slogan was "95.3 The Lazer." 95.3 briefly had these call letters in the 1980s.

WKJM-FM

As WKJM, 95.3fm was licensed to Monticello.

WEZV-FM

Bomar Broadcasting Co. owned WEZV and aired a beautiful music format. WEZV's website address was http://www.qklink.com/wezv and they were affiliated with CNN Radio News. WEZV's studios were located at 2655 Yeager Road, West Lafayette, IN 47906-1337 (Telephone: 765.497.9530). WEZV-FM moved city of license from Monticello to Brookston in 1992. In July 1998, Bomar Broadcasting Co. sold WEZV for $1.8 million to Artistic Media Partners, Inc. WEZV flipped formats to country and call letters to WLFF both in September 1998.

WLFF-FM (Take 1)

WSHP-FM

Between March 2004 and August 6, 2005, 95.3fm was WSHP.

WLFF-FM (Take 2)

On December 6, 2007, WLFF switched formats from Country to Adult Hits.

WBPE-FM

The WBPE calls debuted on January 28, 2008. They stand for Bob Plays Everything. Sold by Artistic Media Partners, Inc. to Star City Broadcasting, LLC

For Further Reading

Horgan, Sean. "Local media firm buys Lafayette radio station." The Indianapolis Star 9 July 1998. Page C01. (WEZV)
Rumbles Part 2. Radio & Records. October 2, 1998. Page 30. (WEZV)

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