WPLK-AM
800Palatka
Original Call Letters: WWPF
Originally Licensed: 1947
Original Power: 1,000 watts daytime only
Original City of License: Palatka
Call Letter Origin: Location: PaLatKa Florida
Original Format: Adult Standards
Network Affiliation(s): Jones
Associated Press
ABC News
Owner(s): 1978-
1997-Janice J. Register
1997-Wayne Bullock, Barbara Bullock, James Hester, Gail Hester
1998-Radio Palatka, Inc. (Wayne and Barbara Bullock)
2007-Florida Radio, LLC ($400,000)
2007-Flagler County Broadcasting, LLC.
2007-WPLK, Radio Palatka, Inc.
History Of Call Letters and Formats: WWPF-1947-MOR
WSUZ-1957-Country Western
WPLK-1990-Adult Standards "Music Of Your Life"
WPLK History
Thanks to Marc Tyll for this history of WPLK.
WPLK-AM 800 signed on the air on February 14, 1947 as WWPF (now WIYD) with 1,000 watts daytime only. The original format was MOR. In 1957, WWPF-AM 800 moved frequency to its current dial position of 1260khz with 1,000 watts day and 500 watts night. On May 1, 1957 the 800khz frequency returned to the air under the call letters WSUZ.. The WSUZ tower was erected in East Palatka, just across the Saint Johns river at the corner of Highway 100 and old Saint Augustine Road. The original WSUZ format was C&W (known as Country and Western). After a series of station ownership changes, the call letters switched to WPLK (originally the WPLK call letters were assigned to WZOT-AM 1220 Rockmart, Georgia) on July 13Th, 1990, followed by a few MOR format adjustments until the format eventually became "Music of Your Life" which it continues to program throughout Palatka and Putnum County .
Names In WPLK History
Melton Tucker
Gene Deckerhoff
Janice J. Register-1997-Owner
The Deacon (Wayne Bullock)-1998-Owner/General Manager/Morning co-host
BB (Barbara Bullock)-1998-Co-owner/Customer Support/Morning co-host
Radio Red (Susan Player)-Office Manager/Traffic Manager/Public Service Director
James Martin
Gary Wick
William Brown
Clifton Moor
Patricia Woods
George Duck-1989-2005-Host of "Swap Shop" In Memory
James E. Martin-2007-Florida Radio,
LLC Gary S.
Smithwick-2007-Florida Radio,
LLC William G.
Brown-2007-Florida Radio,
LLC Clifton G.
Moor-2007-Florida Radio,
LLC Other Programming In WPLK History
Martha, Music & More
Motor Racing Network
Performance Racing Network
