WSSP-FM
104.1
Cocoa
Beach
Original Call Letters: WRKT
Original City of License:
Cocoa
Beach
Originally Licensed: May
8, 1962
Power: 100,000
watts
Original Format: Jazz
Owner(s): 1962-C.
Sweet Smith
1981-Guy
Gannett Broadcasting Services, Inc.
1992-Paxson
Communications Corp ($18.6
Million with WWNZ-AM 740,
WINZ-AM 940, WZTA-FM 94.9 Miami)
1993-Press
Broadcasting
($5 million-Gannett Broadcasting)
1996-Paxson
Broadcasting ($25
million)
1997-Clear
Channel Communications, Inc.
History
Of Call Letters and Formats: WRKT-1962-Bonneville
Automated "KPE-FM"
WKPE-1970-Progressive
Rock "Cape
Radio"
WRKT-1977-Top
40 "Rocket
104"
WRKT-1980-Adult
Contemporary
"Rocket
104"
WSSP-1981-Country
"Brevard's Stereo Country
104"
WSSP-1985-Easy
listening
"WSSPer 104"
WZTU-1992-Adult
contemporary
"U-104.1"
WHVE-1992-Top
40
"The Wave"
WVRI-1992-Talk-simulcast
of WWNZ-AM
740
WWNZ-1993-Talk
"Real Radio"
WTKS-1993-Talk
"Real Radio
104.1"
WTKS-1997-Talk,
Modern
Rock on weekends "Real
Radio 104.1"
History
Of WSSP-FM
From
Marc
Tyll;
In 1981, WRKT-FM became WSSP when Guy Gannett
purchased the station with plans to upgrade the 30,000 watt Space Coast FM to a
100,000 watt station with a new 1,600 foot tower at Bithlo. The plan from the
start was to move the new WSSP to Orlando as a Beautiful Music
station to become "WSSPer 104". In the meantime, while
awaiting the completion of the new Bithlo tower, WSSP became a country
station serving the Space and Treasure Coast with its blend of modern and
classic country favorites, known as "Brevard's Stereo Country 104".
WSSP was short lived, only lasting a few years.
From Rich Kennedy; "Easy
Listening "WSSPer 104" was the #1 station 12+ in a number of
Arbitron books between 1985-1990. Several books between 12 and 14 shares, with
middays and overnights exceeding 17 shares! (WSSP) moved from the
Rockledge studios to West Colonial Drive circa 1988, when WSSP became the
sister station of WKIS-AM 740."
WSSP
Personalities
Rich
Kennedy-1986-1992-Overnights
Chuck Bennett and Reagan Smith-1985-1992-Mornings
Dave
Edwards-1988-Afternoons Biography
Mike
Kaye-1989-Mid Days
Tom
Brooks-1989-Evenings
Bobby Knight-Afternoons
Other
Names In WSSP History
Bob
Clark-General
manager
Alan Wilkerson-Program Director
Bob
Carson-Program Consultant
Allen
Dempsey-Production Director
Reagan Smith-News director
Alan Jackson-Program
director
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