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WPCV
WPCV (97.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station, licensed to Winter Haven and serving Central Florida. It has a country music radio format and is owned and operated by Hall Communications. The radio studios and offices are in Lakeland. While the station predominantly covers Polk County, WPCV‘s signal also blankets the Greater Orlando area (where it competes with WWKA) and can be heard clearly in the eastern part of the Tampa Bay area and south to Sebring. with its transmitter on Cypress Parkway in Haines City. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for non- grandfathered FM stations. The tower has a height above average terrain (HAAT) of , making WPCV one of few radio stations in Central Florida to reach both Atlantic and Gulf coasts. History On , the station signed on the air. Its first call sign was WINT-FM. In 1967, the station became WXKL, with a beautiful music format. It played quarter hour sweeps of mostly instrumental c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WONN
WONN (1230 Hertz, kHz) is a commercial radio, commercial AM broadcasting, AM radio station broadcasting a sports radio, sports radio format. City of license, Licensed to Lakeland, Florida, the station is owned by Hall Communications, Inc. WONN carries the full schedule from Fox Sports Radio. It also airs live University of Florida Florida Gators football, Gators football and Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL football. The transmitter is atop the office building where WONN has its studios and offices, on Lime Street at Sikes Boulevard in Lakeland. WONN is powered at 1,000 watts, day and night, using a omnidirectional antenna, non-directional antenna. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W296CS at 107.1 Hertz, MHz. History The station first Sign-on, signed on the air on . In 1981, current owner Hall Communications bought WONN, along with FM sister station 97.5 WPCV in Winter Haven, Florida, Winter Haven, for $2 million. On August 5, 2024, WONN changed its format to spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWRZ
WWRZ (98.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Fort Meade, Florida, broadcasting to the Lakeland- Winter Haven area of Central Florida. It broadcasts an adult hits variety radio format and is owned by Hall Communications. Programming Prior to January 2, 2006, the station was dubbed "98.3 The Rose" and had an Adult Contemporary format. The station uses the slogan "Playin' it All!" with a playlist that includes new wave, pop, rock, and dance hits. Songs from the 1970s through the 2010s are included. The station's schedule is automated Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machine ..., as is typical of most adult hits stations. The station's longtime morning show, the "Big Max Morning Show," was hosted by co-sidekicks Eric Michaels and Mike Lee. The show concluded on J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. Located along Interstate 4, I-4 east of Tampa and southwest of Orlando, Florida, Orlando, it is the List of municipalities in Florida, most populous city in Polk County. As of the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau release, the city had a population of 112,641. Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland–Winter Haven metropolitan area, Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lakeland is situated among several lakes including Lake Morton downtown and is sometimes locally referred to by the nickname "Swan City" due to its sizeable population of swans, all of whom are descendants of two mute swans given to Lakeland by Queen Elizabeth II in 1957. Lakeland is home to several colleges and universities. Lakeland Linder International Airport is in Lakeland as is the corporate headquarters of Publix, a supermarket chain. European-American settlers arrived in Lakeland from Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and South Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hall Communications
Hall Communications, Inc. is a broadcasting company based in Lakeland, Florida. The company currently owns 17 radio stations in Polk County, Florida; eastern Connecticut; New Bedford, Massachusetts; and Burlington, Vermont. History The company was founded in 1964 when Robert M. Hall, founder of The Hall Syndicate (a major newspaper syndicate), purchased WICH, his first radio station in Connecticut. In 1967, Hall would sell off his syndication company to Field Enterprises, in order to concentrate more on broadcasting. By 1971, Hall Communications, Inc. had grown to include WICH and WICH-FM in Norwich, Connecticut; WNBH and WNBH-FM in New Bedford, Massachusetts; WMMW in Meriden, Connecticut; WETE in Knoxville, Tennessee; WUSJ in Lockport, New York; and WBVP and WBVP-FM, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. WMMW was sold at some point in the early 1970s. WETE was sold in 1976 to Basic Media, Inc. That same year, Hall purchased WGAL and WGAL-FM, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Hall resig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLKF
WLKF (1430 AM broadcasting, AM "Talk Radio 96.7") is a commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Lakeland, Florida, and serving Central Florida. It broadcasts a talk radio radio format, format and is owned by Hall Communications, Hall Communications, Inc. By day, WLKF transmits with 5,000 watts, but to avoid interference with other stations on 1430 AM, at night it reduces power to 1,000 watts. It uses a omnidirectional antenna, non-directional antenna at all times. Programming is also heard on FM translator W244BJ at 96.7 Hertz, MHz in Lakeland. Programming Weekdays on WLKF begin with a local news and information show, "Polk County Live with Len Erickson." The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of radio syndication, nationally syndicated conservative talk shows: Brian Kilmeade, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Dave Ramsey, Eric Metaxas, "Coast to Coast AM with George Noory" and "America in the Morning." Weekends feature shows on money, health, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polk County, Florida
Polk County () is a County (United States), county located in the Central Florida, central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. The county population was 725,046, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, and estimated to be 818,330, as of July 1, 2023. Its county seat is Bartow, Florida, Bartow, and its largest city is Lakeland, Florida, Lakeland. Polk County comprises the Lakeland–Winter Haven metropolitan statistical area (MSA). This MSA is the List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 77th-most populous one and the List of United States primary statistical areas, 89th-most populous United States primary statistical area, primary statistical area of the United States as of July 1, 2012. The center of population of Florida is located in Polk County, near the city of Lake Wales, Florida, Lake Wales. Polk County is home to one public university, one state college, and four private universities. History Early history The first people to inhabit the area now called Polk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haines City
Haines City is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. Its population was 26,669 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lakeland– Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Haines City was platted in 1885, shortly after the South Florida Railroad reached the area. The city was first known as "''Clay Cut''", but there was no railroad station. It is said that the inhabitants persuaded the railroad company to build a station by agreeing to rename their city Haines City, to honor a senior railroad official, former Confederate States Army Colonel Henry Haines. Haines City was originally incorporated under the General Statutes of Florida as the "''Town of Haines City''" on February 23, 1914. The first state legislative act affecting it was enacted on May 20, 1919, and, by Chapter 8272, it was reincorporated as the "''City of Haines City''" on January 5, 1925, under a Mayor-Council form of government. The present charter was adopted as Chapter 12790 on July 1, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWKA
WWKA (92.3 FM, "K92-3") is a commercial radio station in Orlando, Florida. It is owned by Cox Media Group and broadcasts a country music radio format. The studios and offices are located in Orlando on North John Young Parkway (Route 423). The transmitter tower is in Bithlo, off Fort Christmas Road (Route 420). The station has an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts with beam tilt. It covers much of Central Florida from Daytona Beach to Palm Bay to Lakeland. WWKA broadcasts in the HD radio format. History WDBO-FM The station signed on in 1949, as WDBO-FM. It was a sister station to AM station WDBO and was owned by the Orlando Broadcasting Company. The two stations simulcast and were network affiliates of the CBS Radio Network, airing its schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas and game shows during the "Golden Age of Radio". An advertisement in the 1950 edition of ''Broadcasting Yearbook'' said that in the competitive Orlando radio market, WDBO-AM-FM h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and shallow estuary connected to the Gulf of Mexico on the west-central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay. The largest freshwater inflow into the bay is the Hillsborough River, which flows into Hillsborough Bay in downtown Tampa. Many other smaller rivers and streams also flow into Tampa Bay, resulting in a large watershed area. The shores of Tampa Bay were home to the Weeden Island Culture and then the Safety Harbor culture for thousands of years. These cultures relied heavily on Tampa Bay for food, and the waters were rich enough that they were one of the few Native American cultures that did not have to farm. The Tocobaga was likely the dominant chiefdom in the area when Spanish explorers arrived in the early 1500s, but there were likely smaller chiefdoms on the eastern side of the bay which were not well documented. The indigenous population had been decimat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebring, Florida
Sebring ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Highlands County, Florida, United States. It is nicknamed "The City on the Circle", in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Sebring Downtown Historic District. It is the principal city of the Sebring, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2022 United States Census estimates, the population is 11,379, up from 10,729 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The broader Sebring Florida statistical areas, metropolitan area had a population estimate of 105,618 in 2022; the disparity in population between the city proper and the metropolitan area is due to the relatively small size of the annexed area of the city, with most all of the landmass west of Lake Jackson technically in unincorporated Highlands County. Sebring is centered around Lake Jackson (Sebring, Florida), Lake Jackson, with the Downtown Historic District directly on the waterfront. Due to its Florida scrub terrain, Lake Jackson has natural white sand bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna with the purpose of signal transmission to a radio receiver. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the Antenna (radio), antenna. When excited by this alternating current, the antenna Electromagnetic radiation, radiates radio waves. Transmitters are necessary component parts of all electronic devices that communicate by radio communication, radio, such as radio broadcasting, radio (audio) and television broadcasting stations, cell phones, walkie-talkies, Wireless LAN, wireless computer networks, Bluetooth enabled devices, garage door openers, two-way radios in aircraft, ships, spacecraft, radar sets and navigational beacons. The term ''transmitter'' is usually limited to equipment that generates radio waves fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is located about east of Tampa, Florida, Tampa and about southwest of Orlando, Florida, Orlando, with neighboring Lakeland, Florida, Lakeland located to its west. The city's population was 49,219 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the second most populous city in Polk County after Lakeland. It is a principal city of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Pre-history The Timucua and the Calusa were the earliest known inhabitants of the Winter Haven area. Both of these groups were deeply affected by war and disease from the Spanish conquest of Florida in the early 1500s. The Timucua were particularly affected by the expedition of Hernando de Soto. By the 19th century, both these groups no longer existed. During these expeditions the Spanish explorers claimed the entire peninsula of Florida for the Spanish monarchy. In the 19th century the Muscogee (Creek), Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
