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WDBO-FM

Orlando, Florida
Broadcast area	Central Florida
Frequency	96.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	FM 96.5, News Talk WDBO
Programming
Format	News/Talk
Affiliations	ABC News
Ownership
Owner	Cox Communications
Sister stations	WCFB, WDBO, WMMO, WPYO, WWKA part of Cox cluster with TV station WFTV
History
First air date	1952 (as WHOO-FM)
Former call signs	WHOO-FM (1952-1987) WHTQ (1987-2011)
Technical information
Facility ID	23443
Class	C
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	454 meters
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wdbo.com

This is for the current FM talk radio station with the callsign WDBO-FM. For the original WDBO-FM broadcasting in Greater Orlando, see WWKA.

WDBO-FM is a radio station in Orlando, Florida, broadcasting at 96.5 FM with a news-talk format.

History

The callsign WDBO-FM was originally used at the 92.3 MHz frequency, as a sister station to WDBO and WDBO-TV. When Katz Broadcasting bought the radio stations (Katz owned WDBO-TV competitor WFTV, now owned by Cox Communications), WDBO-FM re-formatted as a country music station, and changed its callsign to WWKA. WDBO-TV changed its callsign to WCPX, and later to WKMG.

96.5 in Orlando was previously WHOO-FM, sister to WHOO 990 AM. The station was originally owned by T.K. Communications and sold to Granum Communications in 1994. It was acquired by Infinity Broadcasting (now CBS Radio) before it was traded to Cox, along with WMMO and WHOO so Infinity could acquire WCKG in Chicago. It is referenced in the popular Disney ride Rock 'n' Roller Coaster.

The station had a 23-year classic rock format. On February 18, 2011, at 5 P.M., after playing Pride (In The Name Of Love) by U2 and after a commercial set, it announced that it would tweak its classic rock format to add new songs, and modify its moniker to "96 Rock", kicking off the tweaked classic rock format with Alive by Pearl Jam. In addition for WHTQ tweaking their classic rock format, WJRR switched formats back to active rock from alternative rock.

On August 19, 2011 at 5 A.M., WHTQ discarded its classic rock format and began simulcasting News/Talk/Information station WDBO AM 580. The change was due to a decrease in WHTQ's ratings and an effort to move AM stations to FM. The last song played as a rock station was "Sad But True" by Metallica. The rock format had continued on the station's HD Radio signal, 96.5-HD2, for a few months after the switch; however, it has since been removed. Currently, WDBO-FM broadcasts in HD on 96.5 HD1, and has no other HD subchannels.

On November 12, 2012, the news/talk format became FM-only, as WDBO relaunched as a sports radio station affiliated with ESPN Radio. WDBO retained the station's status as the flagship for the Orlando Magic Radio Network, but WDBO-FM simulcasts the Magic games.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID WDBO ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database