WKPE-FM 104.1
Cocoa Beach
Original Call Letters: WRKT
Original City of License: Cocoa Beach
Originally Licensed: May 8, 1962
Origin of Call Letters: Sounds like; KPE=Cape (Cape Canaveral)
Power: 100,000 watts
Original Format: Jazz
WKPE-FM
104.1
Cocoa
Beach
Original Call Letters: WRKT
Original City of License:
Cocoa
Beach
Originally Licensed: May
8, 1962
Origin
of Call Letters: Sounds like; KPE=Cape
(Cape Canaveral)
Power: 100,000
watts
Original Format: Jazz
Owner(s): 1962-C.
Sweet Smith
1968-Bucks County
Radio News
1981-Guy
Gannett Broadcasting Services, Inc.
1992-Paxson
Communications Corp ($18.6
Million with WWNZ-AM
740, WINZ-AM 940, WZTA-FM 94.9 Miami)
1993-Press
Broadcasting
($5 million-Gannett Broadcasting)
1996-Paxson
Broadcasting ($25
million)
1997-Clear
Channel Communications, Inc.
2007-Aloha Station Trust, LLC, as Trustee
History
Of Call Letters and Formats: WRKT-1962-Bonneville
Automated "Kape-FM"
WRKT-1968-Simulcast
of WRKT-AM 1300
WKPE-1970-Progressive
Rock "Cape
Radio"
WRKT-1977-Top
40 "Rocket
104"
WRKT-1980-Adult
Contemporary
"Rocket
104"
WSSP-1981-Country
"Brevard's Stereo Country
104"
WSSP-1985-Easy
Listening
"WSSPer 104"
WZTU-1992-Adult
contemporary
"U-104.1"
WHVE-1992-Top
40
"The Wave"
WVRI-1992-Talk-simulcast
of WWNZ-AM
740
WWNZ-1993-Talk
"Real Radio"
WTKS-1993-Talk
"Real Radio
104.1"
WTKS-1997-Talk,
Modern
Rock on weekends "Real
Radio 104.1"
History
of WKPE
From
Brian Douglas; "...104.1
was a Progressive Rock station from maybe 1967 through 1970(?). It was
called 'KPE-FM and was automated (in stereo). By 1969, they added a live,
local morning show. I "think" it was originally on 104.3,
but moved to 104.1 in some frequency switch in the
late 60s."
From Marc
Tyll;
After WKPE dropped its AOR format, the calls went back to WRKT-FM
and the format became Top 40 as "Rocket 104".
Names
In WKPE History
Lee Arnold-1970
Rick Morton
Bill Baker
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