WLAA

WLAA
City	Winter Garden, Florida
Broadcast area	Orlando, Florida
Frequency	1600 kHz
Branding	La Nueva Que Buena
Programming
Format	Regional Mexican
Ownership
Owner	Shanti Persaud ; (Unity Broadcasting LLC)
History
Former call signs	WGOA (1957-1959); WOKB (1959-1988); WXXO (1988-1990); WXTO (1990-1994); WOKB (1994-2008); WLAA (2008-2017); WNTF (2017-2018)
Technical information
Facility ID	55006
Class	D
Power	2,200 watts day; 35 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	28°34′08″N 81°31′08″W / 28.56889°N 81.51889°WCoordinates: 28°34′08″N 81°31′08″W / 28.56889°N 81.51889°W

WLAA (1600 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Winter Garden, Florida, United States, it serves the Orlando area. The station is currently owned by Shanti Persaud, through licensee Unity Broadcasting LLC.

History[]

WLAA was first licensed, as WGOA, in 1957, to E. V. Price in Winter Garden, for 1,000 watts daytime-only on 1600 kHz. The call letters were changed to WOKB on May 25, 1959, to WXXO on April 4, 1988, to WXTO on January 22, 1990, and back to WOKB on January 31, 1994.

Expanded Band assignment[]

On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with WOKB authorized to move from 1600 to 1680 kHz.^[1]

A Construction Permit for the expanded band station was assigned the call letters WTIR (now WOKB) on April 12, 1999.^[2] The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency.^[1] However, this deadline has been extended multiple times, and both stations have remained authorized.

Later history[]

On May 6, 2008, the two stations on 1600 and 1680 AM swapped call letters, with WOKB transferred to the expanded band station on 1680 AM, and WLAA moved to 1600 AM. 1600 AM's call letters later changed to WNTF on November 13, 2017, and back to WLAA on June 1, 2018.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations" (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997. Notice lists the station under its earlier call sign of WXTO.
^ FCC Call Sign History (Facility ID: 87164)

External links[]

WLAA in the FCC AM station database
WLAA on Radio-Locator
WLAA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

FCC History Cards for WLAA (covering 1956-1979 as WGOA / WOKB)

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[five-1] "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations" (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997. Notice lists the station under its earlier call sign of WXTO.

[2] FCC Call Sign History (Facility ID: 87164)

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