WIPC-AM 1280 Lake Wales

WIPC-AM 1280
Lake Wales

Original Call Letters: WIPC

Originally Licensed: 1951

Original City of License: Lake Wales

Original Frequency: 1280

Origin of Call Letters: Location; Imperial Polk County

Original Power: 1,000 watts daytime

Original Location: 630 Mountain Lake Cut-Off Road

Original Format: Block Programming

Network Affiliation(s):	Associated Press
	Keystone Broadcasting
	ABC Contemporary

Historical Note: In 1914, the county issued a $1.5 million bond to pave a number of roads. That bond issue was considerable for those days, and allowed for 9-foot-wide roads to start from Bartow to Mulberry, Lake Wales, Fort Meade, Winter Haven, Lakeland and Auburndale. According to historical reports, then-county commission clerk W.S. Wev had the idea of erecting an arch over every paved road at its entrance to Polk County, proclaiming that the motorist was about to enter "Imperial Polk County." The name has since remained.

Owner(s):	1951-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Corp.
	1956-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Company
	1962-Charles D. Bishop
	1970-Olivia Broadcasting
	1977-Salter Broadcasting
	1984-Seggi Broadcasting of Florida
	1996-Rama Communications, Inc.
	2002-Siber Media Group, Inc. ($73,000)
	2005-Super W Media Group

History Of Call Letters and Formats:	WIPC-1951-Block Programming
	WIPC-1970-Top 40
	WIPC-1974-Adult Contemporary
	WIPC-1977-Beautiful Music
	WIPC-2002-Spanish
	WKZJ-1989-
	WIPC-1990-Regional Mexican

Names In WIPC History

Sarkes Tarzian-1951-President-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Corp.

Steve Keen-1951-Vice President-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Corp.

Joan Galloway-1951-Program Director/Women's Director-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Corp.

G. Max Kimbrel-1951-General Manager/Chief Engineer/1955-Commercial Manager-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Corp.

Ted Linton-1952-Commertcial Manager-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Corp. Boone Tillet-1952-Treasurer-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Corp. Dick Marsh-1953-Commercial Manager-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Corp. John Haughee-1953-Program Director/News Director/Sports Director-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Corp. Shirley Tucker-1954-Program Director-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Corp.
Kenneth Berkeley-1956-President-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Corp.

Elizabeth Bishop-1955-Co-owner-Imperial Broadcasting Corporation

Chuck Bishop-1955-General Manager/Commercial Manager-Imperial Broadcasting Corporation/1962-President-Charles D. Bishop

George Friend1955-Co-owner-Imperial Broadcasting Corporation

Jim Sebesta-1955-Co-owner/General Manager/1955-Co-owner-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Corp./1962-1965-Sales Manager

William Van Steenburgh-1956-General Manager/Commercial Manager-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

Charles Bruce-1956-News Director-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

Arch Abernathy-"Ol’ Arch the Orange Picker"-1956-Sports Director/1965-News Director-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

Joan Kimbrel-1956-Women's Director-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

William Johnson-1956-Chief Engineer-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

Tom Bilbngton-1957-News Director-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

Eleanor Pryor-1957-Program Director/Women's Director-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

Elizabeth Ann Bishop-1958-Program Director-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

Charles Daly-1958-Chief Engineer-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co./1968-Chief Engineer-Charles D. Bishop

Hyman Wolfe-1960-Chief Engineer-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

John Gilman-1959-1962-Sales Manager

Penny Purcel-1965-Program Director/Promotions Manager-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

"The Country Boy" Larry Flegle-1967-Afternoons/Sales-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co. Biography

Chuck Elston-1967-Commercial Manager-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

Peg Welborn-1967-Program Director-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

Thomas Thornburg-1967-Promotions Manager-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co./1968-Promotions Director/News
Director-Charles D. Bishop/1970-General Manager/Commercial Manager-Oliva Broadcasting/1977-General
Manager/Commercial Manager-Salter Broadcasting/2002-Chief Engineer-Siber Media Group, Inc.

Lee Perry-1967-News Director-Imperial Polk Broadcasting Co.

Sue Thornburg-1969-Program Director-Charles D. Bishop

Terry Weld-1971-Program Director-Charles D. Bishop

Rick Lewis-1971-News Director-Charles D. Bishop

George Oliva. Jr.-1970-President-Oliva Broadcasting Frank Berry-1970-Chief Engineer-Oliva Broadcasting Robert Helmick-1970-Program Director-Oliva Broadcasting Kenneth Mays-1970-News Director-Oliva Broadcasting Dan O'Day-1974-Program Director/Music Director-Oliva Broadcasting Mitchell Stone-1974-News Director-Oliva Broadcasting Russell Salter-1977-President-Salter Broadcasting
Phil Adams-1979-Music Director/Program Director-Salter Broadcasting
Wes Belisle-1979-News Director-Salter Broadcasting
Howard Massey-1979-Chief Engineer-Salter Broadcasting
Dan Hogan-1980-1981-Weekends *Biography*