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Mailing Address: | WWBF-AM Radio
1130 Radio Road
Bartow, Florida 33830-7600 |
Business Office Hours: | 8:30a to 4:30p - Monday through Friday - Answering Service available after hours. |
Business Office Telephone: | 863.533.0744 |
WBF Shopper Telephone: | 863.533.0745 |
Request and Contest Telephone: | 800.765.TUNE (8863) |
Fax Number: | 863.533.8546 |
Sales Information: | For sales information, please e-mail our sales manager, Tom Thornburg. |
Office/Traffic/Radio Store Information: | If you have any comments or questions regarding the operation of our business office, or need scheduling/traffic information, please contact our office manager, Susan Thornburg. |
Website Information: | If you have any comments or suggestions regarding our website, please send an e-mail to our webmaster, Jeff Thornburg. |
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A five minute top of the hour newscast offering our listeners critical updates on events happening around the U.S., and the world. It includes the most up-to-the-minute details on compelling stories featuring many of the same trusted and respected reporters you see on Fox News, plus a staff of seasoned FOX News Radio reporters gathering news specifically for the Fox News Radio division.
Along with Fox News Radio, Oldies 1130 WBF features local news, sports, weather and traffic updates, throughout the weekday.
Canadians travelling to Polk County have been tuning in Canadian News on Oldies 1130 WBF each winter season since 1984. "Canada Calling", with Prior Smith, is heard Monday thru Saturday at 8:50am. Canadian News can be heard beginning Monday, November 3, 2008 through Saturday, March 28th, 2009.
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Oldies 1130 WBF, is a fun up-tempo, hit-oriented format. Musically, Oldies 1130 WBF is focused on the Beatles era (1964-1969), with a dose of late 50's and 70's rounding out the mix. Oldies 1130 WBF primarily appeals to adults who grew-up listening to AM radio in the ’60s and ’70s reflecting the tastes of America’s largest demographic.
Personality-driven programming. That’s what makes Oldies 1130 WBF stand above the rest. Each on-air personality has developed a distinctive way of communicating with our listeners. Good Time Oldies personalities entertain, inform and connect with our audience, making listening to Oldies 1130 WBF an integral part of their day. All of our music is researched on an on-going basis to insure maximum response from our audience.
Our goal is to offer a contemporary on-air sound featuring the music that our audience listened to in their youth – not to re-create the ’60s. We keep it fresh and fun with daily features, weekend specials and on-air contests and giveaways!
For requests and contests call toll-free 800-765-TUNE (8863)
Dave Sanders Morning Show
Weekdays 6 to 11am, Dave features Local News/Sports Headlines, the Juvenile Moment, Daily Contest, Beatles Bagel, Breakfast Birthday Club, Dave’s Dish (in 8am Breakfast Buffet Hour), Entertainment News, Artist Update, Express Yourself and the greatest hits to start your day!
Midday Request Party Hour
Weekdays at Noon, JJ McKay plays an hour of listener requests!
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JJ’s Nearly Impossible Gourmet Trivia
Weekdays at 1pm, JJ asks a tough food-related question.
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My Three Songs
Weekdays in the 3pm hour, Dennis Harrington plays three great oldies back-to-back with a common theme. Listeners can even call-in their suggestions and win prizes, too!
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Happy Hour
Monday through Friday at 5pm, Dennis winds-down the workday with an hour of upbeat "feel good" oldies. A listener favorite!
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Sixty Minutes of the Sixties
Weeknights at 6pm, Dennis plays an hour of music from Rock & Roll's greatest decade... the '60's, along with great "stories straight from the artists themselves"!
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Nightime Love Songs
Monday through Friday in the 2am hour Gary Outlaw goes down Lovers Lane remembering when parking wasn't just another driving lesson with great love songs, requests and dedications.
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Collector's Cabinet
At 1:30am and 3:30am ET Gary Outlaw opens the door of our vault of oldies and "blows the dust" off of a "Lost 45" and plays 'em! Gary has some great behind the scenes music info, too.
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Saturday Night Hits Live
America's Coast-To-Coast
Request Oldies Show
Good Time Oldies stations hook-up for a coast-to-coast oldies party every Saturday night. It’s Saturday Night Hits Live, the request show with your host Bill Lyall from 7pm to 12am every weekend.
Brother Bill (as he often refers to himself) takes listener requests and dedications to fill the airwaves along with playing the best oldies! You’ll think you're at the drive-in, cruisin' the strip or at the submarine races all over again.
There’s a special theme every week too, whether it's "Ladies Choice", "Motown", "British Invasion" or whatever! Special production elements are used to make the show sound unique, too. And there's a special nationwide toll-free request line number, 800-941-2-RNR and email bill@theoldies.net, too!
Listeners from all across America link up for Saturday Night Hits Live every weekend!
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60s on Sunday Night
The 60s on Sunday Night is a great feature that runs on Good Time Oldies Sunday evenings Coast to Coast. It’s a showcase for music of 60’s.
60s on Sunday Night is hosted by former WCBS-FM personality GARY CLARK and airs Sunday evenings from 7pm-12am.
60s on Sunday Night features all of the great stars from Rock ‘n Roll’s best decade including The Four Seasons, Beatles, Beach Boys, CCR and many more! Enjoy all of Rock ‘n Roll’s great artists and all of the great songs!
60s on Sunday Night features audience interaction with contests and prizes, too.
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This daily feature covers pet news, celebrity pet tidbits, medical updates and advice for living with pets. Hosted by award-winning broadcaster, Steve Dale of WGN, this lively show not only talks about cats and dogs, but birds, iguanas, ferrets and other quirky companions. Daily nuggets have included pieces on how to entertain an iguana, to a treatment for feline diabetes.
The Pet News can be heard weekday mornings at 8:55,
just before the WBF Shopper.
Steve Dale is a nationally recognized pet expert, an award winning journalist and broadcaster. Steve delivers lively anecdotes daily with, "The Pet Minute."
Guests are leading experts on topics like pet behavior, nutrition and veterinary medicine. Steve is proud that he delivers the most qualified specialists in the nation to answer listener questions and discuss newsworthy topics.
His television appearances include “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “National Geographic Explorer,” “Pets, Part of the Family,” “Petsburgh USA” and “The Pet Project” on Animal Planet. He was twice featured in Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story,” and his radio guest appearances number over 100 on stations large and small across the U.S and Canada.
The Pet Minute is sponsored by the Bartow Animal Clinic, a full service animal hospital on US Highway 17 South in Bartow. Dr. Tim Brooks and his friendly staff are committed to provide optimum pet health care through campassion and knowledge.
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These maps are drawn using engineering data from the FCC. The coverage pattern for WWBF is based on the standard horizontal field strength pattern, the frequency of the station, and the ground conductivity of the local area.
- Local Coverage: Within this area, you should be able to receive WWBF on almost any radio with moderately good to very good reception.
- Distant Coverage: Within this area, the signal of WWBF may be weak unless you have a good car radio or a good stereo with a good antenna. You may not be able to receive WWBF at all on walkmans or other portable radios.
- Fringe Coverage: Within this area, WWBF's signal will be very weak. You may be able to receive WWBF if you have a very good radio with a good antenna, but it's possible that interference from other stations may prevent you from picking up WWBF at all.
The local, distant and fringe lines on the WWBF coverage maps corresponds to the predicted 2.5, 0.5, and 0.15 mV/m contours respectively (of the horizontal groundwave propogation only).
To a large degree, AM radio signals travel through the ground. This means that the electrical conductivity of the ground greatly affects how far the radio signal will travel. The geology of the United States varies greatly from one area to another, and this affects the conductivity of the earth. Sea water, however, has a much higher conductivity than the ground, so AM radio signals will always travel much farther over sea water than over land. You can learn more about ground conductivity at the FCC's website.
However, there are many factors that contribute to radio reception. One of the biggest factors is your radio -- some radios will perform much better than others in trying to pick up distant radio stations. Other factors include interference from radio signals bouncing off nearby buildings (multipath interference), interference from other stations on adjacent frequencies. Very mountainous terrain, or very non-typical geology can also affect radio signals. At night, AM signals can bounce off the ionosphere and travel great distances. Click here for more information from the FCC regarding the issue: Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night
Maps courtesy of Radio-Locator.com
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Directions from Lakeland:
Travel South on US Highway 98, turn left at the second traffic light (Van Fleet/US Highway 60), travel East on Van Fleet Drive, turn left at the third traffic light (US Highway 17), WBF Radio Station is located on the right side of US Highway 17 North, about two-tenths of a mile north of the Van Fleet/US Highway 17 Intersection. |
Directions from Winter Haven:
Travel South on US Highway 17, WBF Radio Station is located on the left side of US Highway 17 North. |
Directions from Lake Wales:
Travel West on US Highway 60, take the 60 By-Pass, turn right at the first traffic light (US Highway 60/Van Fleet), travel East on Van Fleet Drive, turn left at the first traffic light (US Highway 17), WBF Radio Station is located on the right side of US Highway 17 North, about two-tenths of a mile north of the Van Fleet/US Highway 17 Intersection. |
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 Calls made to 863-533-0745 or 800-765-8863 for participation in WWBF contests and requests may be aired live or recorded for future use. When placing the call, callers thereby grant permission for such uses of the call...as well as use in subsequent WWBF radio promotions without further notice or compensation.
Upon receipt of a "busy" signal or recorded message when calling to participate, hang up and redial. WWBF is not responsible for telephone problems or technical problems which either inhibit or increase the caller's chance of winning. WWBF makes every effort to insure accuracy when requiring listeners to answer questions. However should a disagreement arise, the decision of WWBF personnel is final.
Unless otherwise stated during the contest, only one prize will be awarded per household in a two calendar month period. For example, a winner in January will not be eligible again until March. Winners may be required to produce photo identification. All contestants must be 18 years of age or older. No purchase is necessary to enter WWBF contests. Prizes are not exchangeable. Any taxes, gratuities, or other expenses incurred in connection with prizes awarded by WWBF are the responsibility of the winner.
Prizes must be picked up at the WWBF Studios at 1130 Radio Road, Bartow, Florida during regular business hours...Monday through Friday between 8:30am and 5pm...within 14 calendar days of winning. WWBF is not responsible for prizes not claimed within that time period.
Employees of WWBF and it's parent company Thomburg Communications, Inc. or of respective affiliates, client sponsors, and other Polk County radio stations are ineligible to participate in WWBF contests. Members of the immediate families of the above stated ineligible participants are also ineligible. Immediate family is defined as...parents, children, spouse and those in spouse-like relationships, and siblings including those in step and half relationships when living in the same household.
Additional rules may apply to certain WWBF contests.
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