Your Home Town Team of the White Squirrel Radio Station, WSQL! Carrying the Voice of Transylvania County!
Don DeBiase:
Don DeBiase was born and raised in Englewood, NJ. He grew up listening to the iconic New York City Top 40 radio stations like WABC, WMCA, and WINS. This influenced his decision to major in communications at Graham College in Boston, MA.
Don has worked at radio stations in VA, FL, KY and NC. He and his family moved to Brevard in 1991 where he currently resides. Don has served as the president of the Brevard Board of Realtors in 2001 and 2005. Today he serves on the Board of Directors of the Care Coalition, the local Salvation Army and is the President of the Community Relations Council of the Schenck Job Corps. Don is the beloved Morning Show Host of Q102 FM and with Ea Dossey weekdays from 7AM to 9AM. He is currently our Sales Manager, too!
Contact Don via email at ddebiase@wsqlradio.com
Ea Dossey:
Ea, a graduate of Brevard High School, has a BS in Comm./Public Relations from WCU.
Ea married her high school sweetheart, Roy, and moved away while Roy served in the USAF. They spent three years in England and have lived in many parts of the US. After Roy was discharged, he and Ea moved back to Brevard to raise their two children, Madi and Brayden.
Ea has served on the Brevard Board of REALTORS as President for 2008 and 2009, SAFE, and the Heart of Brevard. Ea joined WSQL in 2011 as News Director and joined Don DeBiase on his morning show. In 2012, Ea and family moved to Steamboat Springs, CO. Although the Rocky Mountains are beautiful, nothing compares to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Ea couldn’t stay away from Brevard. In 2013, they returned to Brevard to stay. Listen to Ea and Don on the Morning Show, weekdays 7am to 9am.
Terina Plyler:
Terina Plyler was born in NC and moved to WNC with her family at age 10. She grew up in a musically talented family, learning a lot about radio and music from her mother, Wanda Lu, former News Director at WNCW, and a former member of the WSQL family. Terina spent over a decade as a performing singer-songwriter, joining WSQL when it moved to W. Main street in Brevard, acting as our Traffic Manager and PSA coordinator. After a short break from radio during which she acquired a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Indigenous studies at UNCA, Terina returned to our airwaves in August of 2019. She is now our Operations Manager, the host of Midday Brevard, and is spinning the greatest Classic Hits every weekday afternoon from 1 til 6.
Contact Terina at: tplyler@wsqlradio.com
Bill Kelly:
Bill was born and raised in Tryon, NC. Bill started in radio in the mid ’70s and worked in the Carolina’s, Louisiana, and St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. Bill is very active in Amateur (HAM) radio. He is our Program Director and always enjoys hearing from our listeners. Bill is now back in Tryon, but can direct our programs thanks to the magic of technology!
Contact Bill at: Q95oldies@gmail.com
Bart Shore:
According to an article in the Transylvania Times written by Ann Sharpsteen, Bart Shore is one of WSQL’s ‘best kept secrets’. For more than 10 years, while Bart was residing in Chicago, he has also been giving our local weather reports. The long-time radio personality and helicopter TV traffic reporter retired to Brevard in late 2021 with his wife, Vicki. He continues to read our afternoon weather, and produces several world-wide syndicated radio shows from his home studio.
You may hear these programs by Bart Shore on WSQL:
Time Warp Song of the Day
Time Warp Radio
Zecom Radio
Contact Bart Shore at: BartShore@gmail.com
Michael Collins:
Michael Collins was born in Rosman, North Carolina. He grew up travelling the world with his family, as his father set up satellite and cell phone towers throughout South East Asia and Africa. In High School, Michael learned lighting production, eventually studying Technical Design at the University of Maryland after which he would tour nationally as a lighting designer and production coordinator. Eventually, Michael would relocate to Brevard, take business classes at Brevard College, and open a downtown coffee shop called ‘The Essence of Thyme’ which he ran for 11 years.
An active community figure, “Community participation is the way to change the world” is Michael’s favorite quote, w/ volunteerism meaning a lot to him. He has volunteered at the Free Medical Clinic, has been a mediator w/ the Center for Dialog, and volunteered at the Bread of Life community kitchen before becoming the director in 2007 until his retirement in 2024, and even had a hand in establishing The Haven Shelter. On top of all that, Michael has been the host of Jazzylvania on WSQL for the past 16 years. You can hear him on our airwaves every Wednesday night from 7 to 9, and Sundays Noon til 3.
The world is a better place with Michael Collins in it.
Michael’s email: whitesquirrels1111@gmail.com
Frank Pearsall:
Frank first heard bluegrass music in 1960. He’s been listening to and collecting it since then. He’s the host of WSQL 1240AM’s “Bluegrass Review” every Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5PM. He plays traditional bluegrass from the 1940s through the present day.
Contact Frank at: bluegrassreview@gmail.com
Jim Grodnik:
Jim Grodnik is a former newspaper editor, columnist and national champion runner. But that’s all in the past. Now he’s the host of Swingtime, where he gets to share his love of big band music, swing, and classic jazz every Saturday morning from 10 a.m. until noon.
Email Jim at: jgrodnik@comporium.net
Daniel Mcintyre:
Daniel Mcintyre is originally from eastern North Carolina, but has since lived all over the country. He is a multi-instrumentalist and has travelled all over the world, collecting music from everywhere he’s been. He now shares that music with you every Monday night on his show Sonic Safari from 7-9pm.