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WWAB-AM
1330
Lakeland
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Original Call Letters: WYSE |
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Originally Licensed: Sep 1957 |
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Original City of License: Lakeland |
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Origin of Call Letters: |
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Original Power: 1,000 watts |
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Original Format: Country/Western/Gospel 4 hrs weekly |
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Original Location: 207½ East Main Street |
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West Central Florida |
| Mutual Broadcasting System | |
| Mutual Black |
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1957-Polk Radio, Inc. |
| 1964-WWAB, Inc. | |
| 1973-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
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History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WYSE-1957-Top 40 |
| WYSE-1963-MOR "The Sound of Light-Hearted Listening" | |
| WWAB-1965-Country/Western/Gospel 4 hrs weekly | |
| WWAB-1967-Country/Western | |
| WWAB-1974-R&B/Talk/Gospel "The Station That Loves U Back" |
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| “Lonesome” Buddy Penn-1963-General Manager/Mornings-Polk Radio, Inc./1964-Commercial Manager/1965-Sales Manager/Mornings-WWAB, Inc. |
| Mark Wheeler-1963-Program Director/Mid-days-Polk Radio, Inc. |
| Tom Dell-1963-General Manager/Afternoon Drive-Polk Radio, Inc. |
| Alan G (Alan Huckleberry)-1963-Sales Manager/Chief Engineer/Afternoons/Host-“What’s On Your Mind?”-Polk Radio, Inc. |
| Herb Roller-1963-Polk Radio, Inc. |
| Bob Collins (Buddy Lee)-1963-Afternoons/1964-News Director-Polk Radio, Inc. |
| Howard Ellis-1963-Weekends-Polk Radio, Inc. |
| Roger Todd (Jim Maloy)-1963-Weekends-Polk Radio, Inc. |
| Bob "Buddy" Collins-1963-1964-Polk Radio, Inc. |
| Don W. Hughes-1964-General Manager-Polk Radio, Inc. |
| Al Allen aka Allan G (Alan Huckleberry)-1963-Chief Engineer-Polk Radio, Inc. |
| Truman Morris-1964-President-WWAB, Inc. |
| Don Hughes-1964-General Manager-WWAB, Inc. |
| Claude Williams-1964-Commercial Manager/1971-Promotions Manager/1972-Sales Manager/1973-News Director-WWAB, Inc. |
| Michael Brown-1964-Program Manager-WWAB, Inc. |
| Caleb Boyd, III-1964-News Director- WWAB, Inc. |
| Carl Pugh-1965-Chief Engineer-WWAB, Inc. |
| Ben G. Silver-1966-Commercial Manager/1967-Promotions Manager-WWAB, Inc. |
| James Turner-1966-News Director- WWAB, Inc. |
| Dwight Cowden-1966-Chief Engineer-WWAB, Inc. |
| Marie Bingham-1967-Program Director-WWAB, Inc. |
| “Good Neighbor" Ben Silver-1967-Sales Manager-WWAB, Inc. |
| Tom Chapman-1967-Commercial Manager- WWAB, Inc. |
| Barbara Hughes-1967-Promotions Director-WWAB, Inc. |
| Johnny Reb (Joe Asher)-1967-Mornings- WWAB, Inc. |
| “Big" Jim Turner-1967-News Director-WWAB, Inc. |
| Dwight L. Cowden-1967-Chief Engineer-WWAB, Inc. |
| John Haughee-1968-News Director- WWAB, Inc. |
| William H. Crowe-1968-Promotions Manager-WWAB, Inc. |
| John Milton-1968-Station Manager/Commercial Manager-WWAB, Inc. |
| Jim Fisher-1968-Program Director- WWAB, Inc. |
| Hugh Warner-1968-Promotions Manager- WWAB, Inc. |
| Donald Gordan-1968-News Director- WWAB, Inc. |
| C.D. McKechnie-1968-Chief Engineer-WWAB, Inc. |
| “Little" Bill Crow-1969-Promotions Manager-WWAB, Inc. |
| Ralph Sanders-1969-Chief Engineer- WWAB, Inc. |
| James Usher-1971-Commercial Manager-WWAB, Inc. |
| Michael L. Brown-1971-Promotions Manager- WWAB, Inc. |
| Caleb A. Boyd III (Joe Boyd)-1972-News Director-WWAB, Inc. |
| Mike Brown-1972-Promotions/Sales |
| Vicki Hill-1973-Program Director/Music Director-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
| Hugh Hughes-1973-President/General Manager-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
| Sam Martin-1973-Program Director/Music Director-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
| Frank Clark-1973-News Director-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
| Dee Van Pelt-1979-General Manager-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
 Jerry Hughes1973-Commercial Manager/1979-Program Director/Music Director/News Director/1991-Host of “Straight Talk” syndicated by WWAB via satellite to the Accent Radio Network-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. In Memory |
| Robert Lux-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
| Paul Hershey-News-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
| “Cactus" Ken Barfield-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
| Terry Alan (Terry Roberts)-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
| June Pastore-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
| Nick Scott (Nick Shutak)-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
| Lulabelle Hickerson-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
| Frank Clarke-Station Manager/Program Director-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
| Frankie Grover-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. |
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