WWKA

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WWKA
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City of license Orlando, Florida
Broadcast area Central Florida
Slogan K92-3
Frequency 92.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date April 24, 1952 (as WDBO-FM)
Format Country
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 454 meters
Class C
Facility ID 48716
Former callsigns WDBO-FM (1952-1983)
Owner Cox Communications
(Cox Radio, Inc.)
Sister stations WCFB, WDBO, WDBO-FM, WMMO, WPYO
part of Cox cluster with TV station WFTV
Webcast Listen Live
Website k923Orlando.com

WWKA (92.3 FM) is the callsign of K92-3, a country radio station in Orlando, Florida. The station is owned by Cox Radio and has had a country format since 1982. Previous owners include The Outlet Company and New City Communications. Its studios are located in Orlando and the transmitter tower is in Bithlo.

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Former logo used until 1997

The station was originally WDBO-FM, affiliated with WDBO AM 580 and CBS-affiliated WDBO-TV channel 6, at the time owned by The Outlet Company. In 1983, WDBO-FM and WDBO-AM were sold to Katz Broadcasting when Outlet decided to leave radio. WDBO-AM gradually moved to talk radio over the remainder of the 1980s, while WDBO-FM changed its call letters and re-formatted from middle-of-the-road to country music, becoming K92FM. There was some initial resistance to the shift; three broadcasters locked themselves in the studio on December 21, 1982, in protest. The situation was resolved peacefully within a few hours.[1]

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Former logo used from 1997 through December 2011

WWKA is now owned by Cox Enterprises, the company that owns channel 6's competitor, ABC-affiliated WFTV channel 39, (virtual channel 9). The WDBO-FM callsigns returned to the radio in August 2011 when WDBO-AM moved to FM on the 96.5 MHz frequency, supplanting what was WHTQ, a rock station. In 2012, WWKA tweaked its branding, dropping the FM from its brand name.

WWKA also broadcasts in HD radio.

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  1. http://www.cflradio.net/92.3_WDBO_FM.htm