radio station . for the fm station which currently carries its previous news talk format see wdbo fm . wdbo city orlando florida broadcast area greater orlando branding espn 580 orlando frequency 580 khz first air date 1924 format sports power 5 000 watts day 5 000 watts night class b facility id 48726 transmitter coordinates 28 37 11.00 n 81 24 35.00 w 28.6197222 n 81.4097222 w 28.6197222 ; 81.4097222 callsign meaning way down by orlando affiliations espn radio orlando magic florida state seminoles tampa bay lightning miami dolphins jacksonville jaguars . owner cox communications cox radio inc. sister stations wcfb wdbo fm wmmo wpyo wwka part of cox cluster with tv station wftv webcast listen live listen live via tunein website espn orlando wdbo 580 am is a radio station broadcasting a sports radio format . licensed to orlando florida usa the station is owned by cox radio . its studios are located in orlando and the transmitter tower is in lockhart . history edit former logo used from 1997 through december 2001 former logo used until 2012 wdbo was originally part of a cluster of am fm and tv stations all with the same callsign . in 1982 the company that owned all three at the time the outlet company sold the radio stations to katz broadcasting . the tv station eventually became wkmg tv . when the stations were sold wdbo fm was re formatted as a country music station k92fm with the callsign wwka . wdbo at the time 58 wdbo strayed from its original middle of the road music format joining abc news radio and slowly adding more and more talk radio programs . by the 1990s it had become newstalk 580 wdbo which for years has been greater orlando s highest rated am news talk station . in august 2011 cox communications took down its rock station whtq and gave it the callsign wdbo fm and became a simulcast of wdbo . wdbo was initially simulcast on that station s hd2 channel beginning in late february 2008 . the news talk station eventually re branded with the fm frequency newstalk 96 5 wdbo . on november 12 2012 wdbo ceased airing what had become the wdbo fm feed and re launched as a sports talk radio station affiliated with espn radio . that network had been dropped previously by whoo which chose to affiliate with nbc sports radio . it carries the full espn radio schedule save for a local program weekdays from 4 6pm hosted by scott anez . 1 wdbo has remained the radio home of the orlando magic even with the format change . references edit http www.coxmediagroup.com news cmg press releases espn radio returns orlando debuts nov 12 nsybh external links edit espn orlando wdbo history query the fcc s am station database for wdbo radio locator information on wdbo query nielsen audio s am station database for wdbo fcc history cards for wdbo v t e 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 satellite radio local traffic weather xm channel 229 sirius channel 158 florida radio markets daytona beach fort myers naples marco island ft. pierce stuart vero beach ft. walton beach gainesville ocala jacksonville lakeland winter haven melbourne titusville cocoa miami ft. lauderdale orlando panama city pensacola sarasota bradenton tallahassee tampa st.petersburg clearwater west palm beach boca raton other florida radio regions florida keys lake city sebring see also list of radio stations in florida v t e sports radio stations in the state of florida stations waoc saint augustine waxy south miami wbsr pensacola wdae saint petersburg wdbo orlando wefl tequesta wfwn fort myers wfxj jacksonville wggg gainesville whbo pinellas park whoo kissimmee winz miami wjcm sebring wjxl am & fm jacksonville beach wkii solana wkwf key west wlzr melbourne wmen royal palm beach wmop ocala wnog naples wnwf destin wocy carrabelle wqam miami wruf gainesville wtke milton wtke fm niceville wtsm tallahassee wuub jupiter wwcn fort myers beach wygm orlando wyke inglis 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 espn radio espn deportes radio fox sports radio cbs sports radio nbc sports radio yahoo sports radio sports byline usa v t e espn radio stations in the state of florida full time affiliates fort myers beach wwcn gainesville wruf orlando wdbo pensacola wbsr tallahassee wtsm tampa bay wdae west palm beach wefl part time affiliates ormond beach wele panama city wyyx venice sarasota wamr sarasota wsdv winter haven wsir brooksville wwjb stuart wstu port st. lucie wpsl jacksonville wjxl see also list of espn radio affiliates 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 espn radio espn deportes radio fox sports radio cbs sports radio nbc sports radio yahoo sports radio sports byline usa v t e cox enterprises daily newspapers the atlanta journal constitution austin american statesman dayton daily news journal news the palm beach daily news the palm beach post the springfield news sun weekly newspapers active dayton today s pulse cox radio kcyy kglk khpt kiss fm kjsr kkbq kkyx kono kono fm krav fm krmg krmg fm ksmg ktht ktkx kwen walr fm wape fm wbab wbli wcfb wdbo wdbo fm wduv wedr wezi wfez wflc wgau wgmg whfm whio whio fm whko whpt whqt wjgl wmmo wngc wokv wokv fm wpoi wpup wpyo wrfc wsb wsb fm wsbb fm wsrv wsun wwka wwrm wxgl wxkt wxxj wzlr cox television 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 cox target media savings.com valpak cox automotive alliance inspection management autost autotrader.com 98 % kelley blue book bitauto central dispatch dealer auction.com dealer.com dealertrack deal shield home net automotive incadea jingzhengu mahindra s first choice manheim auctions motors.co.uk nextgear capital ready logistics rms automotive vauto vinsolutions xtime other assets cox communications kudzu.com 1 cox media group operates this station under an lma with bayshore television llc . 2 this subchannel holds a secondary affiliation with me tv . this article about a radio station in florida is a stub . you can 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