WORJ-AM 1270 Eatonville

WORJ-AM 1270
Eatonville

Original Call Letters: WHIY

Originally Licensed: 1957

Original City of License: Eatonville

Original Frequency: 1270

Origin of Call Letters:

Original Power: 5,000 Day time

Original Location: #1 North Orange Building

Original Format: Rhythm and Blues

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.)
	1994-Ibero-American Broadcasting
	1996-Radio Luz ($378,500)

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"

WORJ-AM History
WORJ-AM studios were located on the fourth floor at the corner of Orange Ave and Central Blvd

From Brian Douglas; "...This station went on the air in 1957. I think it was originally WHIY. I first became aware of it as Country station (by 1962, I'd guess). Country may well have been its original format. WHIY was a day timer, 5,000 watts, licensed to Orlando. Based on what I know, I think it pre-dated WABR(-AM 1440) as a Country station. WHIY stayed in the format until some time after WHOO(-AM 990)'s flip to Country in 1968. At that point, WHIY became Adult Contemporary WORJ..."

From Greg Galloway;
WORJ AM 1270 and WORJ-FM 107.7 would broadcast as a simulcast between the hours of 6AM and 6PM when the AM station would go off the air and the FM would start broadcasting hard rock music until 1 AM. We called it “UNDERGROUND ROCK.” This was just before the Woodstock event. WORJ-FM 107.7 went full time in 1969. I started working full time at the FM station after the AM station went on it’s own as well with “Middle Of the Road “ music.

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