WPLA-AM 1570
Plant City
Original Call Letters: WPLA
Year of License: 1949
Origin of Call Letters: Location: Plant City
Original Power: 1,000 Watts
Original Format: Block Format
Original Location: 1507 South Collins Street
Owner(s): 1949-W.A. Smith
History Of Call Letters and Formats: WPLA-1949-Block Format "Your Community Station"
History of WPLA
In 1949, Plant City business man, W.A. Smith purchased a broadcast tower from an Orlando radio station and had it reassembled on the property on South Collins Street where Smith built WPLA as a daytime only station. By 1956, Mr. Smith filed an application with the FCC for what he considered a better dial position and was granted approval to move the signal to WPLA-AM 910.
Names In WPLA History
W.A. Smith-1949-Owner