WVVO (1140 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. It is

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, and is owned by Florida Broadcasters. It addition to its AM signal, WVVO is heard on three

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s in the

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area: 99.5 W258DD in Orlando, 103.5 W278CN in

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, and 103.7 W279DI in

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. WVVO was originally licensed as a " daytime only" station.

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is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WRVA in

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, and WVVO had to

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at sunset to avoid interference. Now, WVVO broadcasts at night with an FCC approved power of only 8

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s. By day, WVVO is powered at 5,000 watts. On December 15, 2017, the station flipped from its

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programming to a reggaetón format. On January 3, 2018, it changed its call sign from WRMQ to WURF, then to WURB on June 19, 2019, and as of December 31, 2021, carries the callsign WVVO. It has since flipped to the salsa format previously carried by sister station

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. The reggaetón format moved back to WURB-LP.

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