WOEX
WOEX (96.5 MHz "Éxitos 96.5") is a commercial radio station in Orlando, Florida. It is owned by Cox Radio and airs a Spanish-language Contemporary Hits radio format. WOEX's studios and offices are located in Orlando on North John Young Parkway (Route 423). WOEX has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 99,000 watts (100,000 watts with beam tilt). The transmitter tower is in Bithlo, off Fort Christmas Road (Route 420). WOEX broadcasts in the HD Radio format; the HD2 subchannel carries the news/talk format found on co-owned WDBO. History Early years The station first signed on in 1952 as WHOO-FM, the FM counterpart to WHOO (now WTLN). The stations were owned by WHOO, Inc., and had their studios in the Fort Gatlin Hotel. WHOO-AM-FM simulcast their programming and were network affiliates of ABC Radio. Beautiful music By the 1960s, WHOO-FM was airing a beautiful music format, no longer simulcast with its parent AM station. WHOO-FM also carried a commercial-free background music ...
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WDBO (AM)
WDBO (580 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a news/talk radio format. Licensed to Orlando, Florida, the station is owned by Cox Media Group. The studios and offices are located on North John Young Parkway in Orlando. WDBO’s transmitter power is 5,000 watts. At night, it uses a directional antenna to protect other stations on AM 580. The transmitter tower is off West Kennedy Boulevard in Maitland. Programming is also heard on FM translator W297BB at 107.3 MHz. History Early years WDBO is Orlando's oldest radio station, signing on the air on . It was first licensed to Rollins College in Winter Park. In its early years, it used a number of frequencies, but by 1933, it settled on 580 kilocycles. In 1935, it got a boost in power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts. It was owned by the Orlando Broadcasting Company, and was a network affiliate of CBS Radio. WDBO carried the CBS line up of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts dur ...
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