WMOP

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WMOP
City of license Ocala, Florida
Broadcast area Gainesville-Ocala, Florida
Branding ESPN Sports Radio
Frequency 900 kHz
Translator(s) 100.1 W261BA (Ocala)
Format Sports
Power 2,700 watts day
23 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 73278
Owner Florida Sportstalk
Website espngo1.com

WMOP is a commercial radio station in Ocala, Florida, broadcasting to the Gainesville-Ocala, Florida area on 900 AM. WMOP is the ESPN affiliate for Ocala; additionally, it produces local content which is also broadcast on Gainesville station WGGG, owned by the same company and co-marketed together with WMOP as "ESPN Sports Radio". WMOP originally signed on in 1953. The current sports format began in 1996.

WMOP is the Ocala affiliate for the Florida Gators radio network, broadcasting football, men's basketball, and baseball games.

From 1961 to 1985, WMOP(AM) had an FM sister station at 93.7 FM, which is now known as WOGK. WMOP currently simulcasts at 100.1 FM in Ocala.

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Coordinates: 30°20′44″N 97°32′46″W / 30.34556°N 97.54611°W / 30.34556; -97.54611