WBOY - A History
WBOY-AM 1470 Tarpon Springs – WBOY was a 5-kilowatt daytimer licensed to Tarpon Springs in 1953 that operated from studios in Clearwater. It was owned by WBOY, Inc. (A. H. Turner president and GM). In 1956 the station was sold to Freede-Miller Broadcasting (Hal M. Freede, president) and became WDCL.
Other names in WBOY history include Roe P. Turner (sales manager-1953), Gail D. Griner (chief engineer-1953), Ken Scott (1953), Eric Parker (news director-1953), Harry J. Pisapia (news director-1954), Frank Sims (PD-1954), Signe Carlson (women’s director-1954), Clarence. C. Gosey (religious director-1954), Nelson Boyce (sales manager-1955), Clair Linn (PD-1955), Vinnie Heiser (news director1955), Ted Turner (sports director-1955), Dr. Ben Gittings (farm director-1955), and Cora Woolverton (women’s director-1955).
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Station History
1953 - 1956 Other Tampa Bay Area Stations (History)
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