WIWA (1270

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) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to Eatonville, Florida, it serves the Greater Orlando radio market. The station is owned by Marc Radio Orlando, LLC. Some of its programs are

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with

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WTMN

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Gainesville. The two stations have their

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s and offices on NW 76th Drive in Gainesville. By day, WIWA is powered at 25,000

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s. But at night, to protect other stations on 1270 AM from interference, it reduces power to 5,000 watts. It uses a

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with a four-

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. The

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is on Brengle Avenue at West New Hampshire Street in Orlando.Radio-Locator.com/WIWA
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Programming

WIWA is a brokered programming station, where host pay for their time on the air and may use their shows to seek donations to their ministries. National religious leaders heard on WIWA and WTMN include Tony Evans, David Jeremiah,

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and

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. Some hours begin with a news update from SRN News. From the

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, the stations also carry The Eric Metaxas Show.

History

WHIY and WORL

The station signed on the air in . The original

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was WHIY. Its

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was Orlando and it used the slogan "Radio Hi Fi". In 1962, it transitioned to a

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format. From 1978 to 1986, the station switched call signs to WORL and adopted a full service,

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format. It spent a brief period in 1979 with a

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format as “Studio 13” before returning to AC the same year. By 1986, WORL 1270 was known as "Power Hits ORL".

WBZS and WHBS

In 1987, the station dropped AC for R&B. In late 1988, with FM on the rise, the station dropped music altogether. It began a business news format as WBZS. This lasted about one year before a switch to

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programming. WBZS, despite its call letters representing the word "Business," continued airing Spanish language programming and served the Orlando Hispanic community for the next six years. In 1991, the call letters changed to WHBS.

WRLZ and WIWA

The station ran into financial problems and went

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in 1995. In 1996, it was revived under new ownership as WRLZ. The station changed its call sign to WIWA on July 3, 2019. It began airing a

format, programmed along with

WTMN

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References

External links

WHIY music survey from August 26, 1967
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