WPYO

WPYO

City	Maitland, Florida
Broadcast area	Greater Orlando
Branding	"Power 95.3"
Frequency	95.3 MHz
First air date	September 1, 1968 (1968-09-01) (as WTLN-FM)
Format	Rhythmic Contemporary
ERP	12,000 watts
HAAT	74,447 metres (244,249 ft)
Class	C3
Facility ID	1186
Callsign meaning	W PartY Orlando (earlier format)
Former callsigns	WTLN-FM (1968-1999)
Owner	Cox Radio (Cox Radio, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	power953.com

WPYO (Power 95.3) is a Mainstream Urban-leaning Rhythmic Contemporary station serving the Orlando area. The Cox Radio outlet broadcasts at 95.3 MHz with an ERP of 12 kW and is licensed to Maitland, Florida, and studios are in Orlando. Its transmitter is located in Ocoee, Florida. On clear days, the station can be heard as far as Viera, overtaking the weaker 95.1 (WFKS) frequency.

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 product.^[1] By 2004, they would start phasing Dance product out for more Hip-Hop fare and relaunched itself as "Power 95.3", restoring the rhythmic contemporary in 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). WPYO is also one of three Top 40 stations in the market competing for listeners in the 12-17 and 18-34 age demo range. WQMP and Mainstream Top 40 WXXL are the other two.

WPYO is known for having three commercial-free stretches of music each day. From 4:30-6:05pm each weekday, and 8:30-10:05 on Sunday nights, the commercial-free period is mixed live by a disc jockey. The weekday "Power Mix" is typically mixed by DJ Nasty, while the Sunday night "Power MixTape" is mixed by DJ InfaRed and DJ Slique.

References

↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1999/RR-1999-01-22.pdf

External links

Station website

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Radio-Locator information on WPYO

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Radio stations in the Orlando market

By AM frequency	540 580 640 660 740 790 810 950 990 1030 1060 1080 1140 1170 1190 1240 1270 1340 1410 1440/1220/1400 1480 1520 1580 1600 1680

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.1 94.5 95.3 95.9 96.5 97.5 98.1 98.9 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.5 103.1 104.1 104.5 105.1 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.3 107.7

By NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

By callsign	KIH63 W226BT W273CA W283AN W297BB WAMT WBZW WCFB WDBO WDBO-FM WDYZ WFLF WHOO WIGW WIXC WJRR WKFL WKIQ WLAA WLAZ WLBE WMFE-FM WMGF WMMO WNTF WNUE-FM WOCL WOKB WOMX-FM WONQ WORL WOTW (FM) WPCV WPOZ WPRD/WOTS/WSDO WPRK WPYO WQBQ WQMP WRLZ WRMQ WRSO WRUM WTKS-FM WTLN WUCF-FM WUNA WVLG WWFL WWKA WXXL WYGM

Defunct	WRAP 833 AM

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Rhythmic Contemporary radio stations in the state of Florida

By frequency	94.1 95.3 96.5 101.3 105.5 107.9

By callsign	WBTT WLLD WPFM WPOW WPYO WTMG

By city	Lakeland Maitland Miami Beach Naples Park Panama City Williston

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Florida See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

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ABC affiliates	WFTV WSB-TV WSOC-TV

CBS affiliates	KIRO-TV WHIO-TV WJAX-TV ¹

Fox affiliates	KOKI-TV WFOX-TV WFXT WHBQ-TV

Independent stations	WAXN-TV WRDQ

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KMYT-TV WFOX-DT2 ²

NBC affiliate	WPXI

Cable channels	4SD Cox Sports Television The Cox Channel

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Other assets

¹ Cox Media Group operates this station under an LMA with Bayshore Television, LLC.
² This subchannel holds a secondary affiliation with Me-TV.

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

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