WWKO-AM 860  Silent in 2000
Cocoa Beach    

Original call Letters:
WKKO
Originally Licensed: Jan 1952
Origination of Call Letters: (Sounds like) KKO=Cocoa 
Original Power:
Original City of  License:
Cocoa 
Original Format:
Pop

Owner(s): 1959-
Marvin Rothschild 
         
       1970-Theodore Eiland
                1975
-Emcom Associates
                1984
-
Fox Radio Inc
               
1985-
Capitol Broadcasting Co. (Raleigh, N.C.)
                1992-
Walker Broadcasting
                1993
-
Brevard Broadcasting, Inc. ($90,000)                                                         
                1998
-
Carl Marcocci 
               
 
      -Walker Info & Ed Institute Inc
                2005-
Bible Broadcasting Network ($250,000) (President Lowell Davey)       
                      
    
History Of  Call Letters and Formats:
WKKO-1981-MOR                                                   
                                                         
WJZX-1984-Urban  "Fox 86"
                                                          WCKS
-1987-Top 40
                                                         
WWKO-1989-Urban Contemporary "KO 860 Knockin' Out The Hits"
                                                         
WWKO-1991-
Urban Contemporary  "RHYTHM 86" 
                                                          WRFB
-1993-News/Talk 
                                                                     
                                                          WRFB-1998-Nostalgia                                              
                                                         
WRFB-2000-Silent                                         

Names in WWKO History

Michael W. Lowe Biography
Les Roberson
-General Manager
Jay Waggoner-Engineer



"Cap'n" Chris Hill-1991-1992-Morning Drive (co-host "Chris-Kross Morning Show")/Evening Drive Biography



Marty "Cross" True-1991-Morning Drive (co-host Chris-Kross Morning Show)
Johnny "Scorpio" Jackson1991-Middays
Rory Thomas-1991-Afternoon Drive
JT Feret-1991-6PM-9PM
Bishop LT Weaver-1991-9PM-Midnight-"Songs in the Night" (Gospel)
Mixmaster Ben-1991-Midnight-6AM 
Jimmy C-1991
Dan "Tall Tan Superman" Gibson-1991
Howard "Mr DJ" Armstead-1991-General Manager
Phillip Benson-1991-General sales Manager
Heike Clarke-1991-Sales
Mr. Z-Saturday afternoon Blues show
Bill Trammel
Spyder D aka The Wild Child
Easy Ed


   WWKO_Service Truck2.jpg (56452 bytes)                    Rhythm 86 WWKO Cocoa FL.jpg (36308 bytes)
       WWKO service truck 
courtesy of Jay Waggoner                                      Bumper sticker (1991) courtesy of  Jimmy C
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            WWKO 860 AM Cocoa Chris Hill & daughter.jpg (740520 bytes)                        Chris Hill, Johnny Scorpio Jackson - former PD of Rhythm 86 Robert Kool Belle 2008.jpg (529305 bytes)
Chris Hill and his daughter outside of WWKO studios in 1990        Chris Hill, Johnny "Scorpio" Jackson Robert "Kool" Belle 2008

   
                     
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