WWKA
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| City | Orlando, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Central Florida |
| Branding | K92-3 |
| Slogan | Orlando's #1 For New Country |
| Frequency | 92.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | April 24, 1952 (as WDBO-FM) |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 454 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 48716 |
| Former callsigns | WDBO-FM (1952-1983) |
| Owner |
Cox Communications (Cox Radio, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WCFB, WDBO, WDBO-FM, WMMO, WPYO, part of Cox cluster with TV station WFTV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | k923Orlando.com |
WWKA (92.3 FM) is a country radio station in Orlando, Florida. The station is owned by Cox Radio and has had a country format since 1982. Previous owners include The Outlet Company and New City Communications. Its studios are located in Orlando and the transmitter tower is in Bithlo.
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The station was originally WDBO-FM, affiliated with WDBO and CBS-affiliated WDBO-TV, at the time owned by The Outlet Company. In 1983, WDBO-FM and WDBO were sold to Katz Broadcasting when Outlet decided to leave radio. WDBO gradually moved to talk radio over the remainder of the 1980s, while WDBO-FM changed its call letters and re-formatted from middle-of-the-road to country music, becoming K92FM. There was some initial resistance to the shift; three broadcasters locked themselves in the studio on December 21, 1982, in protest. The situation was resolved peacefully within a few hours.[1]
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WWKA is now owned by Cox Enterprises, the company that owns channel 6's competitor, ABC-affiliated WFTV. The WDBO-FM callsigns returned to the radio in August 2011 when WDBO moved to FM on the 96.5 MHz frequency, supplanting what was WHTQ, a rock station. In 2012, WWKA tweaked its branding, dropping the FM from its brand name.
References
- ↑ http://www.cflradio.net/92.3_WDBO_FM.htm
- ↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=39 HD Radio Guide for Orlando