In 1979, Wells became program director of WCLF-TV channel 22, a Christian television station located in Largo, Florida and serving the Tampa Bay area. WCLF went on the air in October 1979 as the flagship station for the newly founded Christian Television Network, which aired programming such as The PTL Club and The 700 Club. Wells and his wife also co-hosted an evening 90-minute Christian-themed interview, music and news program on WCLF called Horizons 22.Pugh, Jeanne, "Nation's Newest Christian TV Station Begins Operations", St. Petersburg Times, Oct. 27, 1979, Crossroads magazine section p.1, 4-5. According to Wells, after a board member of WCLF objected to them on the show as lacking in spirituality (saying, "They look good, they sound good, but I just don't feel The Spirit moving there"), Wells and his wife were let go from WCLF after only three months. Later, John Wesley Fletcher, a founding member of the board of WCLF (and the one who objected to the Wells),"Gospel Television Coming to Suncoast", Evening Independent, Apr. 28, 1979, p. 6A. was implicated in sex scandals involving PTL Club co-host Jim Bakker."Fletcher Says Bakker Bisexual", The Gadsden Times, Dec. 5, 1988, p. A5. Wells has expressed relief that he and his wife were no longer involved with the station by that time. Following WCLF, Wells would continue to work for other Tampa Bay stations for short periods, including WFLA-TV (as local host of The Baxters in 1981), WTOG (as weatherman and station personality), and Group W Cable (as spokesperson).
