WLAA

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WLAA
Broadcast area Greater Orlando
Frequency 1600 kHz
BrandingRadio Tempo International
Programming
Language(s) Haitian Creole
Format Haitian music, news, and culture
Ownership
Owner
  • Shanti Persaud
  • (Unity Broadcasting LLC)
WKIQ, WNTF, WOKB
History
First air date
January 1, 1958;66 years ago (1958-01-01)
Former call signs
  • WGOA (1957–1959)
  • WOKB (1959–1988)
  • WXXO (1988–1990)
  • WXTO (1990–1994)
  • WOKB (1994–2008)
  • WNTF (2017–2018)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 55006
Class D
Power
  • 2,200 watts (day)
  • 35 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 28°34′08″N81°31′08″W / 28.56889°N 81.51889°W / 28.56889; -81.51889
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website imediatempo.com

WLAA (1600 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting Haitian music, news, and culture. Licensed to Winter Garden, Florida, it serves the Greater Orlando area. The station is owned by Shanti Persaud, through licensee Unity Broadcasting LLC.

Contents

WLAA is a Class D station. By day, it is powered at 2,200 watts, and at night, to avoid interference to other stations on 1600 AM, it reduces power to 35 watts.

History

Early years

The station was first authorized, as WGOA, on April 24, 1957, [2] and debuted on January 1, 1958. [3] The station was a daytimer, licensed to E. V. Price, powered at 1,000 watts and required to go off the air at night. [4]

The call letters were changed to WOKB on May 25, 1959. It had an R&B format aimed at Orlando's African-American community. On April 4, 1988, it became WXXO. Then it switched to WXTO on January 22, 1990, and back to WOKB on January 31, 1994.

Expanded Band authorization

On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that 88 stations had been given permission to move to the newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz. WOKB was authorized to move from 1600 to 1680 kHz. [5]

A construction permit for the expanded band station was assigned the call letters WTIR (now WOKB) on April 12, 1999. [6] The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred. That could be the new assignment or the station could remain on the original frequency. [5] However, this deadline has been extended multiple times, and both stations have remained authorized.

One restriction is that the FCC has generally required paired original and expanded band stations to remain under common ownership. [7] [8]

Call sign exchange

On May 6, 2008, the two stations on 1600 and 1680 AM swapped call letters, with WOKB transferred to the expanded band station at 1680 AM, and WLAA moved to 1600 AM. 1600 AM's call letters later changed to WNTF on November 13, 2017, and back to WLAA on June 1, 2018.

As of 2018, the Regional Mexican "La Nueva Que Buena" format has moved to WKIQ 1240 AM in Eustis, Florida. [9] AM 1600 then took on a Haitian Creole-language format.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WLAA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ FCC History Cards for WLAA.
  3. ↑ "Facilities of Radio: Florida: Winter Garden", Broadcasting Yearbook (1975 edition), page C-43.
  4. ↑ License BL-6966, covering Construction Permit BP-10717, (issued July 2, 1958), FCC History Cards.
  5. 1 2 "Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations". HathiTrust. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Call Sign History". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  7. ↑ "In re: WHLY(AM), South Bend, IN Facility ID No. 67133 Times Communications Inc. File Nos. BAL-20061019ADO BAL-20121102ACN Applications for Assignment of License". HathiTrust. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Federal Communications Commission re: WDDD (AM) Johnson City, Illinois". August 23, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Privacy Error".
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