WONN

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WONN
Broadcast area
Frequency 1230 kHz
BrandingMAX at 107.1 & 95.9
Programming
Format Adult hits
Affiliations Seminole Sports Network
Ownership
Owner Hall Communications, Inc.
History
First air date
September 15, 1949 (1949-09-15)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 25868
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 28°2′23.00″N81°57′39.00″W / 28.0397222°N 81.9608333°W / 28.0397222; -81.9608333
Translators
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website mymaxmusic.com

WONN (1230 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Lakeland, Florida, United States, featuring an adult hits format. Owned by Hall Communications, Inc., [2] WONN is also heard over two low-power FM translators: W296CS (107.1 FM) in Lakeland and W240DB (95.9 FM) in the Auburndale-Winter Haven area; the translators comprise the station's branding, "MAX at 107.1 and 95.9".

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WONN's transmitter is located atop the office building where WONN has its studios and offices, on Lime Street at Sikes Boulevard in Lakeland.

History

The station first signed on the air on September 15, 1949. [3] From the late-1950s and into the mid-1970s, the station aired a Top 40 music format under the branding "The Best One", and is an original affiliate of the NBC Radio Network. In 1981, current owner Hall Communications bought WONN, along with FM sister station WPCV in Winter Haven, for $2 million.

On August 5, 2024, WONN changed its format to sports radio from "America's Best Music" - soft oldies and adult standards. It uses programming from Fox Sports Radio and calls itself "Fox Sports Radio Lakeland." It is now the only sports talk station in the Lakeland-Winter Haven radio market. [4]

On September 27, 2025, it was announced that sister station WWRZ will move its frequency and Adult Hits format from 98.3 FM to 1230 AM, alongside its translator 107.1 W296CS and a new 95.9 FM translator W240DB, on October 1, 2025. [5] On October 1, the station dropped its Fox Sports Radio programming and sports format altogether and flipped to Adult Hits, which used the "Max" branding and format from WWRZ, leaving Tampa's WDAE the only Fox Sports Radio station in the area. The first song played after its flip is "I Wanna Be Rich" by Calloway.

Previous logos

WONN AM1230-FM107.1 logo.png WONN-Fox-Sports-Lakeland-107.1 FM-1230 AM.png

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WONN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WONN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-141" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ WONN Flips to Fox Sports Lakeland Radioinsight - August 5, 2024
  5. ↑ [https://radioinsight.com/headlines/309201/max-on-the-move-in-lakeland/ Max On The Move In Lakeland ] Radioinsight - September 27, 2025
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