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WGTO 540 AM

CYPRESS GARDENS, FLORIDA

Format: T40

WGTO signed on from Haines City, Florida in 1955. The 10,000-watt daytime-only station aired a Top 40 music format. Owner KWK, Inc., sold the station to Hubbard Broadcasting in 1958. WGTO moved to Cypress Gardens and boosted its power to 50,000 watts. This signal could be heard throughout all of central Florida including Lakeland, Orlando, and Tampa. They were on the air until 1994.

WGTO operated at 540 kHz with a daytime power of 50,000 watts and a nighttime power of 1,000 watts from studios at Cypress Gardens, Florida, just south of Lakeland/Winter Haven. Their transmitters were located ten miles north of Cypress Gardens between Lakeland/Winter Haven and Haines City, Florida. ~Geno Rice 5/27/2026

OUR SURVEYS FOR WGTO
Includes Scanned Image of SurveyWEEK#1 THIS WEEK
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-01-31B.J. Thomas / Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-02-07Elvis Presley / Don't Cry Daddy
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-02-14The 5th Dimension / Blowing Away
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-02-21Mark Lindsay / Arizona
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-02-28Creedence Clearwater Revival / Who'll Stop The Rain
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-03-07Creedence Clearwater Revival / Who'll Stop The Rain
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-03-14Creedence Clearwater Revival / Who'll Stop The Rain
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-03-28Simon & Garfunkel / Bridge Over Troubled Water
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-04-04The Jaggerz / The Rapper
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-04-18The Beatles / Let It Be
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-05-02Edison Lighthouse / Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-05-16Norman Greenbaum / Spirit In The Sky
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-05-23Norman Greenbaum / Spirit In The Sky
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-06-06The Guess Who / No Sugar Tonight
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-06-27The Beatles / The Long And Winding Road
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-06-27The Beatles / For You Blue
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-07-04The Beatles / The Long And Winding Road
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-07-04The Beatles / For You Blue
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-07-18The Poppy Family (Featuring Susan Jacks) / Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-07-25Blues Image / Ride Captain Ride
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-08-01Three Dog Night / Mama Told Me (Not To Come)
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-08-08Carpenters / (They Long To Be) Close To You
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-08-22Bread / Make It With You
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-09-05Alive 'N Kickin' / Tighter, Tighter
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-09-12Clarence Carter / Patches
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-09-26Gene Chandler / Groovy Situation
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-10-03Bobby Sherman / Julie, Do Ya Love Me
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-10-24Dawn / Candida
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1970-10-31Dawn / Candida
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1971-11-27Cher / Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1971-12-25The Chi-Lites / Have You Seen Her
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1972-01-01The Chi-Lites / Have You Seen Her
1972-06-10The Jimmy Castor Bunch / Troglodyte (Cave Man)
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1972-07-01Bill Withers / Lean On Me
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1972-07-15Bill Withers / Lean On Me
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1972-07-22Nilsson / Coconut
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1972-07-29Nilsson / Coconut
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1972-08-05Nilsson / Coconut
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1972-08-12Gilbert O'Sullivan / Alone Again (Naturally)
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1972-08-19Alice Cooper / School's Out
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1972-08-26Alice Cooper / School's Out
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1972-10-21Bill Withers / Use Me
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1972-12-09Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / If You Don't Know Me By Now
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1973-03-24Elton John / Crocodile Rock
Includes Scanned Image of Survey1973-07-01Carpenters / Yesterday Once More

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2009-04-04 @ 21:49I was really struck by how different the tunes on the WGTO survey were from the…Rob Price

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