WPER-AM 1340 
Deland

Original call Letters: WPER
Origination of Call Letters: initials of owner Paul E. Raymond
Originally Licensed: Construction Permit granted Nov. 1940 
Original Frequency: 1310
Power: 250 watts
Original City of  License: Deland
Original location: 1050 Woodland Blvd 
Original Format:

Owner(s): 1940-Tropical Broadcasting

History Of  Call Letters and Formats: WPER-1940- 
                                                          WPER-1941-frequency moved to 1340

History of WPER
On November 26, 1940 a construction permit was granted by the FCC to the Tropical Broadcasting Company of DeLand. The company consisted of Paul E. Raymond, the Dean of the Law College of Stetson University, G. M. Peek, an architect, Charles K. Tribble, a physician, E. K. Jones, a building contractor, V. M. Fountain a clothing merchant, W. H. Acree, a local Ford dealer, R. B. Lipcome, bank cashier, and J. Phil Wahle, a local merchant.  WPER, which was yet to take to the air,  was required to change frequencies from 1310 to 1340 in 1941. The plan was to broadcast from 1050 Woodland Blvd. Due to the uncertainty of operating during war time, Tropical Broadcasting returned their construction permit to the FCC in 1942.

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