WPBR

WPBR

City of license	Lantana, Florida
Broadcast area	West Palm Beach area
Frequency	1340 kHz
Translator(s)	W241AX 96.1 FM Boca Raton, Florida
Format	Haitian French talk
Power	810 watts unlimited
Class	C
Facility ID	50333
Transmitter coordinates
Callsign meaning	W Palm Beach Radio
Owner	Palm Beach Radio Group LLC
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Sakpase.FM

WPBR (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Haitian French talk format. Licensed to Lantana, Florida, USA, the station serves the West Palm Beach area. The station is currently owned by Palm Beach Radio Group LLC.

The 1340 Frequency was first licensed in the 1940's as WWPG ("World's Winter Playground"),

Then later changed to WQXT. WQXT had various MOR formats and in 1970 turned to "chicken rock" under program director Don Kelley.

In '72 / '73 Everett and Valerie Aspinwall bought the radio station from Knight Quality Stations and changed the call letters to WPBR ("Wonderful Palm Beach Radio") Adopting a middle of the road music/talk block programming format the station featured the Aspinwall's doing a New York Style mid day talk format, Initially, Joe Vogel was afternoon drive dj, w/Frank Chester nights and Gene Tognacci weekends / swing. NBC network affiliated, WPBR ran NBC Monitor on the weekends and a locally produced classical music show on the weekends

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External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for WPBR
• Radio-Locator Information on WPBR
• Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WPBR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W241AX
• Radio-Locator information on W241AX
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for W241AX