WOEX

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.

Former logo of the radio station, used from August 19, 2011 through December 2011
Former logo from 2012 to 2013. Another logo was used from 2013 to 2020.
Former logo from 2020 to 2024