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WMMO
Broadcast area	Orlando, Florida
Frequency	98.9 MHz
Branding	98-9 WMMO
Programming
Format	Adult Hits/ Rock A.C.
Ownership
Owner	Cox Communications
Sister stations	WCFB, WDBO, WHTQ, WMMO, WPYO, WWKA; part of Cox cluster with TV station WFTV
History
First air date	1990
Call sign meaning	May mean More Music for Orlando, though the station took similar call signs from WMMS in Cleveland
Technical information
Class	C2
ERP	50kW
Links
Website	www.wmmo.com

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WMMO is a Cox Radio station in Orlando, Florida, broadcasting at 98.9 FM with an Adult Hits format. The station signed on as WEZO in 1990 before taking its current callsign. Previous owners of this station include Infinity Broadcasting and Granum Communications.

History

WMMO signed on August 19, 1990 as one of only two radio stations in the world broadcasting from a fully-enclosed transmit antenna. The station broadcast from the top of Orlando's SunBank Center, a skyscraper with a pyramid-like spire atop the building. When Granum Communications (then owner of WHTQ) purchased WMMO, the station moved to WHTQ's former tower in Pine Hills for a better coverage area. The station derives its call letters from WMMS in Cleveland, Ohio. The founding programmer and chief engineer, Cary Pall, was reported to have been a fan of WMMS, and secured the call letters to honor the longtime Cleveland rock station.^[1] WMMS and WMMO, however, are owned by different companies, and have been owned by different companies throughout their histories despite several ownership changes for each station. The two stations also feature different radio formats.

References

^ WMMO page on Central Florida Radio. Accessed 24 February 2007.

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[1] WMMO page on Central Florida Radio. Accessed 24 February 2007.

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 ==History==
-WMMO signed on [[August 19]], [[1990]] as one of only two radio stations in the world broadcasting from a fully-enclosed transmit antenna.  The station broadcast from the top of Orlando's SunBank Center, a skyscraper with a pyramid-like spire atop the building.  The station derives its call letters from [[WMMS]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].  The founding programmer and chief engineer, Cary Pall, was reported to have been a fan of WMMS, and secured the call letters to honor the longtime Cleveland rock station.<ref>[http://www.cflradio.net/98.9_WMMO_FM.htm WMMO page] on Central Florida Radio.  Accessed [[24 February]] [[2007]].</ref>  WMMS and WMMO, however, are owned by different companies, and have been owned by different companies throughout their histories despite several ownership changes for each station.  The two stations also feature different radio formats.
+WMMO signed on [[August 19]], [[1990]] as one of only two radio stations in the world broadcasting from a fully-enclosed transmit antenna.  The station broadcast from the top of Orlando's SunBank Center, a skyscraper with a pyramid-like spire atop the building.  When Granum Communications (then owner of [[WHTQ]]) purchased WMMO, the station moved to WHTQ's former tower in [[Pine Hills, Florida|Pine Hills]] for a better coverage area. The station derives its call letters from [[WMMS]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].  The founding programmer and chief engineer, Cary Pall, was reported to have been a fan of WMMS, and secured the call letters to honor the longtime Cleveland rock station.<ref>[http://www.cflradio.net/98.9_WMMO_FM.htm WMMO page] on Central Florida Radio.  Accessed [[24 February]] [[2007]].</ref>  WMMS and WMMO, however, are owned by different companies, and have been owned by different companies throughout their histories despite several ownership changes for each station.  The two stations also feature different radio formats.
 ==References==