Original Call Letters: WHIY |
Originally Licensed: Feb. 3, 1958 |
Original City of License: Eatonville |
Original Frequency: 1270 |
Origin of Call Letters: |
Original Power: 5,000 Watts |
Original Location: 1011 N. Wymore Rd Winter Park |
Original Format: Spanish Language |
Network Affiliation(s): |
Owner(s): |
1957-Orlando Radio & Television Broadcasting Corp. |
1969-Orlando Radio & Television Corp. | |
1978-Sudbrink Broadcasting | |
1986-Metcom Associates Limited Partnership | |
1987-Metropolex Communications of Orlando Inc. | |
1987-WORL Radio Inc ($1.65 million) | |
1992-Rumbault & Associates (Receiver for S.E. Broadcasting, Inc.) | |
1996-Radio Luz, Inc. ($378,500) | |
2019-MARC Radio Orlando, LLC ($800,000) |
History Of Call Letters and Formats: |
WHIY-1957-Country Western "Radio Hi Fi" "Personality Radio" |
WHIY-1962-Country | |
WORJ-1968-Easy Listening "Big Orange Radio" | |
WORL-1971-Top 40 | |
WORL-1987-R & B | |
WBZS-1988-Business News | |
WHBS-1991-News/Talk/Spanish Music | |
WHBS-1995-Silent/Licensed | |
WRLZ-1996-Silent/Licensed | |
WRLZ-1996-Spanish "Radio Luz Tu La Conoces" | |
WRLZ-1999-Christian/Spanish | |
WRLZ-2010-Spanish Contemporary | |
WRLZ-2012-Spanish Language News "Noticias 1270" | |
WRLZ-2014-Spanish Language News/Talk "La Estacion Del Pueblo" | |
WIWA-2019-Christian Talk "The Shepherd" |
History of WIWA 1270 On April 4, 2019 MARC Radio Group purchased Spanish-language WRLZ-AM 1270 form Radio Luz. The station changed its call sign to WIWA on July 3, 2019. |
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