WYSE-AM 1330
Lakeland

Original Call Letters: WYSE 

Originally Licensed: Sep 1957
Original City of  License: Lakeland
Original Frequency: 1330

Origin of Call Letters:

Original Power: 1,000 watts
Original Format: MOR 

Original Location: 207½ East Main Street


Network Affiliation(s): 


Mutual Broadcasting System


Owner(s):


1957-Polk Radio, Inc. 
1964-Radio Station WWAB, Inc. 

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-1973-Black Talk
WWAB-1975-R&B/Talk/Gospel 
WWAB-1987-Urban Contemporary  ."Super Hit 13"
WWAB-2019-Variety


Names In WYSE History

William H. Martin-1957-President-Polk Radio, Inc. 

Tom Barber-1957-General Manager/Chief Engineer-Polk Radio, Inc. 

George Hayward-1958-1960-Program Director-Polk Radio, Inc. 
Delores Hayward-1957-Woman's Director-Polk Radio, Inc.
Tom Barber-1958-General Manager/Chief Engineer-Polk Radio, Inc.
Tom Wade-1958-Commercial Manager-Polk Radio, Inc.

Mark Wheeler-1958-Program Director-Polk Radio, Inc.

Al Allen aka Alan G (Alan Huckleberry)-1960-1963-Operations Manager-Polk Radio, Inc. 

Mark Wheelor-1959-Program Director-Polk Radio, Inc.



Buddy Lee (Harold Wallace Lee aka Bob Collins)-1960-Polk Radio, Inc.
Jay Kuppers-1960-Part-time/Weekends/News Director-Polk Radio, Inc.
Richard Smith-1961-General Manager-Polk Radio, Inc.



Woody Wooden-1961-Program Director-Polk Radio, Inc.

Truman Morris-1964-President-Radio Station WWAB, Inc.

Joe Asher-1965-Mornings-Radio Station WWAB, Inc.   

Jim West

Dick Stevens

Dean Kane

Phil Wayne-Sales

Larry Devore-Sales

Mike Helminski

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