Tampa-St. Petersburg Radio
Call Letter History
The following is a history of radio call letters in the Tampa-St.
Petersburg, Florida, area. The information I have prior to 1950 is
extensive, and the charts are probably complete; however, after 1950
there are probably some missing calls. A hyphen between calls
indicates stations shared time on the same frequency (such as
WFLA-WSUN). If you find missing or inaccurate information I would
appreciate hearing from you via e-mail. Thanks to Richard
Marino, Gavin Burt, Paul Smith, Stan Grams, Steve Alexsy, Don
Kimberlin, Frank Berry, Tony Simon, Bob Crews, Jim Maloy, Ed Ripley, and Mike Weber,
who helped with this page,
This page was last revised on Nov. 18, 2018.
May 1922 - May 1924
833 WDAE
833 WEAT
833 WHAW
1130 WCBK
1230 WSAG
June 1924 - Feb. 1925
833 WDAE
1130 WCBK, WSAG
1330 WDBI
[Additionally, WGBP, Tampa (M. L. Price Music Company), was a
temporary license during part of 1925.]
Mar. 1925 - Dec. 1925
1100 WDAE
1130 WSAG, WGHB
1160 WHBN
1350 WIBC
1450 WJBB
Jan. 1926 - Jan. 8, 1927
1070 WKBJ
1100 WDAE
1130 WGHB
1180 WJBB
1260 WHBN
Jan. 9, 1927 - May 1927
850 WGHB, WFHH
1100 WDAE
1180 WJBB
1260 WHBN
1310 WMBL
June 1927 - Oct. 1927
820 WFHH, WFLA
870 WJBB
1010 WHBN
1120 WDAE
1190 WMBR
1310 WMBL
Nov. 1927 - Dec. 1928
590 WFLA-WSUN
1120 WDAE
1190 WMBR
1260 WJBB-WQBA
1310 WMBL
Jan. 1, 1928 - Nov. 10, 1928
580 WFLA-WSUN
1120 WDAE
1190 WMBR
1260 WJBB-WQBA
1310 WMBL
Nov. 11, 1928 - Nov. 14, 1929
620 WDAE
900 WFLA-WSUN
1010 WJBB, WSIS
1120 WDAE
1210 WMBR
1310 WMBL
Nov. 15, 1929 - Jan. 22, 1941
620 WFLA-WSUN
1220 WDAE
1310 WMBL
1370 WMBR (moved to Jacksonville), silent, WTSP
Jan. 23, 1941 - Mar. 28, 1941
620 WSUN
940 WFLA
1220 WDAE
1370 WTSP
Mar. 29, 1941 -
570 WFSO, WPLP, WTKN, WHNZ, WTBN
620 WSUN, WSAA, WDAE
680 WCLE, WPIN, WWBA, WWLF, WLFW, WLFF, WRMD, WGES
720 WRZN
760 WEND, WBDN, WLCC
820 WSST, WRFA, WYTA, WNZE, WZTM, WMGG, WWBA (was 800)
860 WAZE, WAMA, WGUL
910 (from 1570) WPLA, WFNS, WSUN, WTWD
930 WKXY, WUGL, WLSS
970 WFLA
1010 WINQ, WCBF, WQYK, WBZZ, WQYK, WHFS
1040 (from 1050) WHBO, WMTX, WWBA, WHBO
1050 WHBO (to 1040)
1110 WALT, WQYK, WTIS (silent Dec. 2016)
1130 WPUL, WWBF
1150 WIOK, WTAM, WTMP
1220 WSAF, WQSA, WIBQ, WSRQ
1230 WONN
1250 WDAE, WHNZ
1280 WYND, WWZZ, WSGX, WTMY
1300 WEBK, WWTB, WSOL, WTYM, WQBN
1330 WYSE, WWAB
1340 WTAN
1350 WDCF
1380 WTSP, WLCY, WNSI, WRBQ, WWMI
1400 WZRH, WPAS, WZHR
1420 WBRD
1430 WLAK, WQPD, WLKF
1450 WSPB, WSRZ, WSPB, WSRQ, WSDV
1450 WKTS, WWJB
1460 WBAR, WQXM
1470 WBOY, WDCL, WRBB, WCWR, WWQT, WFNN, WVTY, WLVU, WTBL, WLVU, WHBO, WMGG
1490 WDHL, WTRL, WOFN, WTRL again (?), WKLV, WJRB, WWPR
1500 WGUL, WPSO
1520 WGNP, WGNB, WXYB
1540 WKXY, silent
1550 WZST, WYOU, WAMA
1560 WYSE, WKIQ, WINV, silent, WINV, silent
1570 WPLA (to 910)
1590 WEBK, WILZ, WRXB, silent
88.1 WJIS
88.3 WLMS
88.5 WMNF
88.9 WTUN, silent, WFCE, WYFE
89.1 WAYG, WSMR
89.7 WUSF
90.5 WBVM
91.1 (from 91.3) WCIE-FM, WKES
91.3 WCIE-FM (to 91.1)
91.5 WLPJ, WCIE
91.7 WFTI-FM
91.9 WYFO
92.1 WAMR-FM, WRAV, WCTQ, WDDV, WLTQ
92.5 WXCR, WYUU (was 92.1)
93.3 WFLA-FM, WOJC, WFLA-FM, WPDS, WFLZ
94.1 WVFM, WEZY-FM, WSJT, WLLD
94.9 WEMI, WLCY-FM, WYNF, WWRM
95.7 WTAN-FM, WOKF, WCKX, WMGG, WNLT, WMTX-FM, WSSR, WBTP
96.1 WBSB, WGUL-FM, WBDN-FM, WMGG, WTMP-FM
96.7 WRCP-LP, WZPH-LP
97.1 WXOF, WLVU-FM, WSUN-FM
97.5 WINT-FM, WXKL, WHFL, WPCV
97.9 WMLD, silent, WQXM, WZNE, WKRL, WXTB
98.3 WOKD, WKGF-FM, WWRZ
98.5 WRYO, WKTK
98.7 WAYP, WISP, WLLD, WSJT, WHFS-FM, WBRN-FM, WPBB
99.5 WTCX, WQYK-FM
100.7 WDAE-FM, WAVV, WATL-FM, WJYW, WJQY, WIQI, WUSA-FM, WUKS, WAKS, WMTX
101.5 WGNB, WKES, WILV-FM, WFJO, WPOI
102.5 WTSP-FM, silent, WYAK, WSAF-FM, WQSR, WSRZ, WAVE-FM, WHVE, WHPT
103.3 WBRD-FM, WDUV (to 103.5)
103.5 (from 103.3) WDUV, WTBT, WFUS
104.3 (from 105.5) WKZM
104.7 WPKM, WEZX, WRBQ, WRBQ-FM
105.5 WGUL-FM, WPSO, WGUL-FM, WTBT, WDUV
105.5 WKZM (to 104.3)
105.7 WDAE-FM (to 100.7)
106.3 WHBS, WVTY, WVTY-FM, WLVU-FM, WXOF, WGUL-FM, WJQB, WGHR
106.3 WSPB-FM, WMLO, WSRZ-FM (to 106.5)
106.5 (from 106.3) WSRZ-FM, WCTQ
107.3 WPIN-FM, WWBA-FM, WWBA, WWRM, WYNF, WCOF, WBBY, WXGL
107.9 WYNF, WSRZ
Notes: The station which went on the air on 107.9 was originally
given the call WVFE but it was changed to WYNF before it went on the
air.
According to Tony Simon, the frequency 940 originally had the calls WKGA before going on air.
The Tampa Tribune, which originally had the construction permit for WKGA/940,
acquired the intellectual
and programming property of WFLA, and merged the two entities together, thereby creating WFLA/940 and ultimately putting that
station on the air.
I recently added WMLD as the first call for 97.9, since White's Radio Log of Winter 1951 shows it. There is no station
on 97.9 in the 1950 and 1956 Broadcasting Yearbooks, so this call apparently was in use only a short time or
perhaps the station never actually went on the air.
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