Jeff Whittaker and Pat Salois were popular personalities on the station, voicing several original characters on Salois' evening show in the early 1980s and later hosting the morning drive and afternoon drive shows. One of their characters—the Lake Welmer Swamp Monster—developed a following throughout the community. The mythic creature allegedly lived in "Lake Welmer," their nickname (which has stuck) for a swampy area between Lake Street and Grand Central Avenue near the station's three towers. They referred to the creature often in bits, and sometimes produced "news reports" in which an intrepid reporter would try to interview the monster. The responses typically were clips of lyrics from popular songs (clearly influenced by
Buchanan and Goodman's "Flying Saucer") Whittaker and Salois later hosted the morning show until late 1995, when they were released and the station format was changed to
sports. Both were in poor health at the time—about which they often joked on the air—and died within a few years. At Whittaker's viewing, Salois came in—oxygen tank in tow—and said, "I win," in reference to a bet over who would die first. ==Previous sports programming==