Original Call Letters: WQXQ 

Originally Licensed: Aug 1, 1957  

Original City of License: Ormond Beach    

Original Frequency: 1380 

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Original Power:  1,000 watts

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Original Format: Top 40

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WDAT History
From Don Williamson "...WDAT and WQXQ both broadcast from time to time from the Riviera Country Club..." I recall that WDAT was originally licensed to South Daytona...and I believe it went on the air in 1957 as the first black programmed station in the Daytona Beach area.  There was a fellow who did an air shift and, I believe, was also an engineer.  His last name was Bennett.  First name, I think, was  either Bill or Bob (Memory does funny things over the years.)  His brother, Boyd, was semi-famous at the time for having a very early rock and roll hit record. The group was Boyd Bennett and the Rockets, and the song was "Seventeen," which was in the style of the Bill Haley hits of that era.   I recall the early studios were in a concrete block building with very little, if any, soundproofing, and the audio had its own distinctive echo when the mic was on.