WOCL
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| Broadcast area | Greater Orlando - Central Florida |
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| Frequency | 105.9 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 105-9 Sunny FM |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Classic hits[1] |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | July 10, 1967 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Orlando's Class" (former format) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 10138 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 484 meters (1,588 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 28°55′12″N 81°19′08″W / 28.920°N 81.319°W |
| Translator(s) | HD3: 93.5 W228DF (Orlando) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
| Website | audacy |
WOCL (105.9
WOCL has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for non-grandfathered FM stations. The transmitter is on Miller Road in Orange City, Florida.[4] WOCL can be heard as far away as the Space Coast in Brevard County, and the eastern shores of Central Florida. To the North, the station can be heard up to Jacksonville. Sunny can also be heard as far west as the Nature Coast of Citrus and Hernando Counties. Sunny FM is also one of the few Orlando stations to cover Ocala and parts of Gainesville with a decent signal.
History
Country (1967-1986)
On July 10, 1967, the station
Oldies (1986-1999)
In 1986, the format was shifted to oldies and the call sign changed to WOCL.[9] Initially called "Class 105.9", it was renamed "Cool 105.9" in February 1988.[10][11]
Rhythmic oldies (1999-2000)
On April 8, 1999, the oldies format was moved to WSHE at 100.3 and called Cool 100. (That station has since been reformatted to Latin pop and become Rumba 100.3 with new call letters WRUM.) 105.9, meanwhile, was changed to Jammin' Oldies, a fad format at the time, and re-branded Power 105.9.[12][13][14][15]
In 2000, as part of AMFM Media's merger with
Alternative rock (2000-2008)
Between October 31, 2000, and January 4, 2008, the station played alternative rock, known as O-Rock 105.9.[16] Following Clear Channel dropping The Howard Stern Show from its stations across the country (including WTKS-FM in Orlando, WOCL began airing the show in morning drive. [17][18][19]
Two talk shows, The Morning After Show and The Jody & Scott Show were turned into music-only shows in mid-2007.[20]
Classic hits (2008-present)
Without warning, at 9:00 a.m. on January 4, 2008, after playing
At 12:40 p.m. on January 10, 2008, the station began playing a year-by-year
The shift left
In February 2010, WOCL modified its moniker to 105-9 Sunny FM, focusing on music from 1970 (with a few songs per day from the 1960s) to 1989, with the core being the late 1970s and 1980s, with even some 1990s.
Entercom/Audacy ownership
On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with
In 2018, the station changed its slogan to "We Own the 80s", and also updated its logo. The station tweaked its format, dropping all 1960s music, and most music before 1975. The station's playlist is mostly 1980s music with some 1970s and 1990s songs. In 2020, WOCL adopted the slogan "Nobody Plays More 80s".
On March 30, 2021, Entercom rebranded as Audacy, Inc.
Sometime in the fall of 2022, the station increased its 70s and 90s output and added some early 2000s music, which was very limited back in the 2010s. By that time, the station quietly tweaked its slogan from "Your Home of the 80s" to "Your Home of the 70s, 80s, and 90s".
Ratings would severely take a downturn quickly with the new "expanded playlist of the 70s, 80s and 90s". As a result, in late spring or the early summer of 2023, the station reorganized and tweaked its playlist once more to heavily feature 1980s hits, but still included some 1990s and 2000s hits while phasing out all 1970s hits, with a new slogan, "Orlando's Hottest Classic Hits". This bolstered the station's Nielsen ratings and landed it back in the top two stations in Orlando.
WOCL-HD2
WOCL's former
WOCL-HD3
WOCL is the current originating station of
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT |
Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W228DF | 93.5 FM | Orlando, Florida | 156373 | 240 | 121 m (397 ft) | D | 28°32′29″N 81°30′39″W / 28.54139°N 81.51083°W | LMS |
References
- ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Arbitron.com. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WOCL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Contact Us | 1059 SUNNY FM Orlando". www.audacy.com.
- ^ "WOCL-FM 105.9 MHz - Deland, FL". radio-locator.com.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-133. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ "WOOO-FM 105.9 Deland". Cflradio.net. July 10, 1965. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "WDLF-FM 105.9 Deland". Cflradio.net. July 10, 1967. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "WELE-FM 105.9 Deland". Cflradio.net. July 10, 1967. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Archives: OrlandoSentinel.com - WELE CHANGING OWNERS AND NAME". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. January 13, 1986. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Archives: OrlandoSentinel.com - COOL RULES AT WOCL". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. February 16, 1988. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "WOCL-FM 105.9 Deland". Cflradio.net. February 14, 1988. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Archives: OrlandoSentinel.com - OLDIES STATION WOCL HAS LOST ITS 'COOL' MANAGEMENT CHANGES ITS TUNE, DUMPS THE ELVIS CROWD IN FAVOR OF DISCO, '70S SOUL AND MOTOWN". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. April 14, 1999. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ American Radio History [dead link]
- ^ "R&R" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. April 23, 1999. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "WOCL-FM 105.9 Power 105.9". Cflradio.net. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Rhythmic Oldies "Power 105.9" WOCL becomes "O-Rock 105-9" - Format Change Archive". Formatchange.com. October 31, 2000. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Archives: OrlandoSentinel.com - ALTERNATIVE ROCK FORMAT HITS AIRWAVES". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. November 1, 2000. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Archives: OrlandoSentinel.com - O-ROCK ROLLS INTO TOWN AS JAMMIN' OLDIES SHUFFLES OFF POWER 105.9 LAUNCHES AN ALTERNATIVE ROCK FORMAT WITH A NEW SENSE OF OPTIMISM". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. November 3, 2000. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "R&R" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. November 3, 2000. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "WOCL-FM 105.9 Deland". Cflradio.net. July 10, 1967. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "WOCL-FM 105.9 Deland". Cflradio.net. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ ""O-Rock" 105.9 WOCL Orlando Becomes "Sunny 105.9" - Format Change Archive". Formatchange.com. January 10, 2008. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "CBS Radio To Merge With Entercom - RadioInsight". February 2, 2017.
- ^ "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio". Entercom. November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Venta, Lance (November 17, 2017). "Entercom Completes CBS Radio Merger". Radio Insight. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
External links
- Official website
- WOCL in the FCC FM station database
- WOCL in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- W228DF in the FCC FM station database
- W228DF at FCCdata.org