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Following a series of test transmissions, the station made its formal debut broadcast as "The Voice of
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in Boca Raton, so in the opinion of one reviewer it might have been Berlin's "modern adaptations" that were contemplated). It was later announced that the
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16:Radio station in Boca Raton, Florida (1927)
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473:Gates, Harley D. (October 1981).
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21:For the Tampa radio station, see
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302:Architectural History Foundation
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179:Mizner Development Corporation
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538:"Alterations and corrections"
60:The Voice of Tropical America
380:, November 13, 1925, page 1.
88:Boca Raton Radio Corporation
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450:"W.F.L.A. Goes on the Air"
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103:February 5, 1927
51:Palm Beach County, Florida
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296:Curl, Donald W. (1992).
259:Federal Radio Commission
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542:Radio Service Bulletin
510:Radio Service Bulletin
438:Radio Service Bulletin
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494:First published 1967?
320:First published 1984.
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482:Spanish River Papers
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175:Boca Raton, Florida
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65:Programming
1533:Categories
1491:Vero Beach
1481:Fort Myers
512:, page 11.
488:January 4,
315:0262530686
277:References
107:1927-02-05
1066:call sign
394:Radio Age
306:MIT Press
208:nightclub
80:Ownership
23:WFLA (AM)
1514:See also
304:and the
247:palmetto
214:and the
200:Seminole
57:Branding
1508:Bahamas
1425:Defunct
1347:WPBV-LP
1337:WPBE-LP
1312:WLML-FM
1295:WLLY-FM
1273:WJUP-LP
1209:WDZP-LP
1055:103.1-3
1050:103.1-2
1045:103.1-1
816:WPBV-LP
811:WPBE-LP
599:Florida
185:History
124:1927-08
122: (
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93:History
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1179:W296DN
1174:W296AW
1169:W295BJ
1164:W284CR
1159:W281CJ
1154:W280DU
1149:W279DG
1144:W270AD
1139:W269DS
1134:W266DP
1129:W248CK
1124:W245AY
1119:W242CI
1114:W241AX
1109:W240CI
1104:W237BD
1099:W236CV
1094:W234DA
1089:W227CX
1084:W223CJ
1079:W218CW
1074:W212CG
1040:99.5-3
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