WPYO

WPYO (95.3 FM, "Power 95.3") is a radio station licensed to Maitland, Florida. Owned by CXR Radio, a divestiture trust for Cox Media Group, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format serving the Greater Orlando area. It shares studios with Cox Media Group's Orlando radio stations on North John Young Parkway in Orlando.

History[]

Prior to Cox Enterprises buying the station in 1999, the station was WTLN-FM, a contemporary Christian outlet. But after the sale that same year, on January 15, it flipped to Dance Top 40 as 95.3 Party, and became a success in the market with its mix of dance and hip-hop music.^[1] By 2004, the station had shifted to a hip-hop-driven direction, and rebranded as rhythmic contemporary Power 95.3, restoring the format to Orlando since the flip of WJHM (now WQMP) to urban contemporary in the 1990s (WJHM returned to Rhythmic in 2012, but changed to CHR in 2014).

On April 27, 2018, WPYO flipped to CHR, maintaining the Power branding and some of its airstaff. The change came in response to WQMP's recent flip to alternative rock, which briefly gave WXXL a monopoly in the format within the Orlando market.^[2]

In 2019, Cox Media Group transferred WPYO, along with Tampa Bay-market WSUN, to CXR Radio, LLC, a divestiture trust run by Elliot B. Evers.^[3] The transfer followed the sale of the remainder of Cox Media Group from Cox Enterprises to Apollo Global Management;^[4] Cox had owned five FM stations in Orlando, one over the FCC limit of four, and the sale eliminated this grandfathered status.^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• WPYO in the FCC FM station database
• WPYO on Radio-Locator
• WPYO in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Coordinates: 26°53′08″N 80°05′17″W / 26.8856036°N 80.0879376°W / 26.8856036; -80.0879376

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