WWKO-AM 860
Silent in 2000
Cocoa Beach
Original call Letters: WKKO
Originally Licensed: Jan 1952
Origination of Call Letters: (Sounds like) KKO=Cocoa
Original Power:
Original City of License: Cocoa
Original Format: Pop
Owner(s): 1959-Marvin Rothschild
1970-Theodore Eiland
1975-Emcom Associates
1984-Fox Radio Inc
1985-Capitol Broadcasting Co. (Raleigh, N.C.)
1992-Walker Broadcasting
1993-Brevard Broadcasting, Inc. ($90,000)
1998-Carl Marcocci
-Walker Info & Ed Institute Inc
2005-Bible Broadcasting Network ($250,000) (President Lowell Davey)
History Of Call Letters and Formats: WKKO-1981-MOR
WJZX-1984-Urban "Fox 86"
WCKS-1987-Top 40
WWKO-1989-Urban Contemporary "KO
860 Knockin' Out The Hits"
WWKO-1991-Urban Contemporary
"RHYTHM 86"
WRFB-1993-News/Talk
WRFB-1998-Nostalgia
WRFB-2000-Silent
Names in WWKO History
Michael W. Lowe
Biography
Les Roberson-General Manager
Jay Waggoner-Engineer

"Cap'n"
Chris Hill-1991-1992-Morning
Drive (co-host "Chris-Kross Morning Show")/Evening Drive Biography
Marty
"Cross" True-1991-Morning
Drive (co-host Chris-Kross Morning Show)
Johnny
"Scorpio" Jackson1991-Middays
Rory Thomas-1991-Afternoon
Drive
JT Feret-1991-6PM-9PM
Bishop LT Weaver-1991-9PM-Midnight-"Songs
in the Night" (Gospel)
Mixmaster Ben-1991-Midnight-6AM
Jimmy C-1991
Dan
"Tall Tan Superman" Gibson-1991
Howard "Mr
DJ" Armstead-1991-General Manager
Phillip Benson-1991-General
sales Manager
Heike Clarke-1991-Sales
Mr. Z-Saturday
afternoon Blues show
Bill Trammel
Spyder D aka The Wild
Child
Easy Ed

WWKO service truck courtesy of Jay Waggoner Bumper sticker (1991) courtesy of Jimmy C
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Chris Hill and his daughter outside of WWKO studios in
1990 Chris Hill, Johnny
"Scorpio" Jackson Robert "Kool" Belle 2008
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