WPLA

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Planet Radio 107-3
Broadcast area Jacksonville, Florida
Branding Planet Radio 107-3
Frequency 107.3 (MHz)
First air date 1995 as modern rock on 93.3
Format Modern Rock
ERP 95kW
Class C1
Callsign meaning PLAnet Rado
Owner Clear Channel Communications
Sister stations WFKS, WFXJ, WJBT,WQIK, WROO, WSOL
Website Offical Site

WPLA Planet Radio 107.3 FM (formerly 93.3 FM) is a modern-rock radio station located in Jacksonville, Florida. The station is owned by Clear Channel. The WPLA call letters were used by an AM radio station in Plant City Florida from the 1940s until 1980s.

A long running afternoon rush-hour feature on the station is a segment called "Road Rage" where listeners from around the Jacksonville, Florida area call in and rant and vent about the traffic conditions on the local roads, an idea of vet afternoon host Klinger. He and Chumley (mid-day host) have been at the station since August of 1998.

In December 2005, the station switched frequencies with another Clear Channel station in Jacksonville, country station WROO (currently at 93.3).

On February 1, 2006, Lex and Terry joined the station as their new morning show.

WPLA Radio 910 AM was a Top 40 format radio station located in Plant City, Florida in the 1960's.

[edit] Criticism

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The station has come under fire for self imposed "censoring" of certain songs. Songs and bands that are popular and played regularly on other stations, such as Slipknot, My Chemical Romance, Coldplay,and others are not played on the station. In addition, even with popular bands such as the 90s Grunge bands of Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam, their song selection is often limited.[1]

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