WOKB-AM 1600 Winter Garden

Original Call Letters: WOKB

Originally Licensed: Jan. 1, 1958

Original City of License: Winter Garden

Original Frequency: 1600

Origin of Call Letters:

Original Power: 5,000 Watts

Original Location: 1011 S. Division St.

Original Format: Urban Contemporary

WOKB Personalities

Eddie Lockwood

Bob Andrews Biography

"Cap'n" Chris Hill-1985-1988-Mid-days also host of "Friday Night Fresh Party" Biography

Jeff Allen (Cassell)-1986-1989 Biography

Brother Steve January-Mornings, PD/OM

"The Deacon"-Melvin Grace, Sr.-10AM-3PM In Memory

Brother 'J'-3PM-8PM

James Robinson- "Jay Baby"-"Tiger In The Morning" & "Live and In Color" In Memory

Joe Bullard

Marvin Zanders

Nick Mickels

Guy Rozier

Spider Wilson-1984

Kevin Gardner-1986-morning-drive

Leo Taylor Jr.

John B. Cook-1959-President

Edward T. Martin-1959-General Manager-John Cook Ownership

Milton Sutton-1959-Chief Engineer/News Director-John Cook Ownership

Pat Spencer-1959-Women's Director-John Cook Ownership

J. H. Everbach-1962-President/General Manager-Everbach Broadcasting Co.

Bruce Webb-1962-Station Manager/1979-Vice President/Station Manager-Everbach Broadcasting Co.

Al Setzer-1962-Assistant Manager-Everbach Broadcasting Co.

Bob Mundy-1962-Chief Engineer-Everbach Broadcasting Co.

Jay Robinson-1973-Program Director-Everbach Broadcasting Co.

Lee Sharp-1979-Program Director-Everbach Broadcasting Co.

Finest Cherry-1979-Music Director-Everbach Broadcasting Co.

Ken Mathison-1979-Chief Engineer-Everbach Broadcasting Co.

Dena Whitebirch-1986-Sales

Sabita Persuad-1993-President-Rama Communications

Steve Curry (Steve January)-1993-General Manager/Operations Manager/Program Director-Rama Communications

Joe Gettys-2005-Sales Manager-Rama Communications

Steven Delay-2005-Chief Engineer In Memory

Billie Love (deceased)

Bad Butchie Brown (Curt Creel, at WOCL)

Roger Clark

Mario Cuomo-Syndicated

     WOKB studio and towers courtesy of Paul Walker

                                                   Photos from the Kool Jazz Festival
                                                                                courtesy of Chris Hill
                                                                                                    click photos for full sized view

L to R Jeff Allen, unknown female, Willie Clark and Chris Hall Standing L to R: Willie Clark, Chris Hall, Jeff Allen and Max Johnson
Jean Carne is the woman in red

Owner(s):	1958-E.V. Price
	1959-John Cook, Jr.
	1962-Everbach Broadcasting Co.
	1979-Lesli Broadcasting Co
	1990-Champion Broadcasting of Florida Inc.
	1993-Rama Communications (Kris Persaud) ($950,000 Purchased with WXXU-AM 1300 Cocoa Beach)

History Of Call Letters and Formats:	WGOA-1958-Full Service MOR
	WOKB-1959-Urban Contemporary "Tiger Radio"
	WXXO-1988-Black Gospel
	WXTO-1990-Spanish
	WXTO-1993-Talk
	WOKB-1994-Ethnic (Gospel, Caribbean and Haitian music)
	WOKB-1996-Spanish "Radio Selecta"
	WOKB-1996-Black Gospel
	WOKB-2008-Call letters and programming moved up the dial to 1680 AM