WOEX (96.5 FM "Hits 96.5") is a commercial radio station in Orlando, Florida, United States.

[5] WHOO-FM was originally powered at 59,000 watts, using a tower at 1,000 feet, with a signal that extensively covered Central Florida, from Tampa Bay to Daytona Beach.

The AM station remained country, but on March 1, at midnight, WHOO-FM began stunting with non-stop songs from The Beatles.

[7] In turn, Granum was acquired by Infinity Broadcasting (which was later renamed CBS Radio, now part of Entercom).

Just 6 months after the launch of "96 Rock", on August 19, 2011, at 5 a.m., after playing "Sad but True" by Metallica, WHTQ flipped to a simulcast of co-owned news/talk-formatted WDBO.

[8] The change followed a decrease in WHTQ's ratings, and a decision to give WDBO's talk format a wider audience by putting it on the powerful 100,000 watt FM signal, which switched its call sign to WDBO-FM.

The rock format at first continued on the station's HD Radio signal, 96.5-HD2, for a few months after the switch before being discontinued altogether.

Programming changes occurred in October 2012, when Clark Howard rejoined the station's lineup after an absence of several years.

[10] WDBO became the flagship station for the Orlando Magic Radio Network, with WDBO-FM also simulcasting the games.

In addition, Orlando Magic games were heard on the AM station only, and news hours were added at noon and 6 p.m.