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WXXO-AM
1600
Winter Garden
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Original Call Letters: WGOA |
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Originally Licensed: Jan 1958 |
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Original City of License: Winter Garden |
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Original Frequency: 1600 |
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Original Power: 5,000 watts |
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Original Format: Full Service MOR |
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| 1959-John B. Cook, Jr. | |
| 1962-Everbach Broadcasting Co. | |
| 1979-Lesli Broadcasting Co. | |
| 1990-Champion Broadcasting of Florida Inc. | |
| 1993-Rama Communications ($950,000 Purchased with WXXU-AM 1300 Cocoa Beach) |
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WGOA-1958-Full Service MOR |
| WOKB-1959-Negro (Urban Contemporary) "Tiger Radio" | |
| WOKB-1979-Disco "Disco 16" | |
| WOKB-1979-Black Gospel | |
| WXXO-1988-Black Gospel | |
| WXTO-1990-Spanish | |
| WXTO-1993-CNN Headline News/Talk | |
| WOKB-1994-Ethnic (Gospel, Caribbean and Haitian music) | |
| WOKB-1996-Spanish "Radio Selecta" | |
| WOKB-1996-Black Gospel | |
| WOKB-2008-Calls/programming moved to 1680 AM |
| History Of WXXO In May of 1988, rather than compete against WORL-AM 1270 and the new WJHM-FM 101.9 for urban-contemporary fans the station became WXXO with a full-time "gospel explosion" format. Since then, WXXO has made a small but notable dent in the Arbitron ratings. It plans to simulcast its signal next year on sister station WXXU-AM 1300 in Cocoa. Preacher-announcers like Ray Crume say you can't separate gospel music. Station Manager Willie Clark acknowledges that WXXO is in the "business of gospel" and aims for a more general audience. The morning show, hosted by longtime gospel announcer Joe Flores with newsman Max Johnson, has the informational style of any larger station while stressing news of the black community. |
Names In WXXO History |
 Jeff Allen (Cassell)-1986-1989-Program Supervisor-Lesli Broadcasting Co. Biography |
 Willie Clark-1987-1989-Station Manager/General Sales Manager-Lesli Broadcasting Co |
| Ray Crume-1988-Host "Crume's Sunday Morning Spirituals"-Lesli Broadcasting Co |
 Max Johnson-1988-News Director/Public Affairs-Lesli Broadcasting Co |
| Joe Flores-Mornings-1988-Lesli Broadcasting Co |
 George Hampton |
| Kevin G (Gardner) |
| Charles Morse |
 Chris Hill Biography |
| Stacey Freeman |
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