WLBF-AM 1240
Leesburg
Original Call Letters: WLBF
Originally Licensed: 1947
Original City of License: Leesburg
Original Power:
Original Format: Pop
Owner(s): 1947-Wilbur Harkness
1949-Paul and Eleanor Hunter
History Of Call Letters and Formats: WLBF-1947
WLBF-1949-station purchased and shut down
WLBF History
In 1947 Leesburg City Manager, Wilbur Harkness, put 1240 on the air from Leesburg with the calls WLBF-AM. In 1949, the Chicago owners of Liberty Magazine, Paul and Eleanor Hunter, sold their magazine and came to Central Florida and purchased both WLBF and WEUS-AM 790. They shut down WLBF-AM, but maintained ownership of WEUS and combined the call letters which became WLBE-AM 790; Leesburg/Eustis.