WONN

WONN

Lakeland, Florida
Broadcast area	Lakeland - Winter Haven
Frequency	1230 kHz
Branding	Fox Sports Lakeland
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio University of Florida Gators Football Tampa Bay Buccaneers Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Hall Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WLKF WPCV WWRZ
History
First air date	September 15, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-09-15)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	25868
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	28°2′23.00″N 81°57′39.00″W
Translator(s)	107.1 W296CS (Lakeland, relays WWRZ-HD2)
Repeater(s)	98.3-2 WWRZ-HD2 (Fort Meade)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	foxsportsradiolakeland.com

WONN (1230 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a sports radio format. Licensed to Lakeland, Florida, the station is owned by Hall Communications, Inc.[2] WONN carries the full schedule from Fox Sports Radio. It also airs live University of Florida Gators football and Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL football.

The transmitter is atop the office building where WONN has its studios and offices, on Lime Street at Sikes Boulevard in Lakeland.[3] WONN is powered at 1,000 watts, day and night, using a non-directional antenna. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W296CS at 107.1 MHz.[4]

History

The station first signed on the air on September 15, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-09-15).[5] In 1981, current owner Hall Communications bought WONN, along with FM sister station 97.5 WPCV in Winter Haven, for $2 million.

On August 5, 2024, WONN changed its format to sports radio from "America's Best Music" - soft oldies and adult standards. It uses programming from Fox Sports Radio and calls itself "Fox Sports Radio Lakeland." It is now the only sports talk station in the Lakeland-Winter Haven radio market.[6]

Previous logo

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WONN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "WONN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
3. "Radio-Locator.com/WONN". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
4. "Radio-Locator.com/W296CS". Archived from the original on 2016-12-17. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
5. "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-141" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
6. WONN Flips to Fox Sports Lakeland Radioinsight - August 5, 2024

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 25868 (WONN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WONN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 139198 (W296CS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W296CS at FCCdata.org