WHBO
| City | Pinellas Park, Florida |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida |
| Branding | Sports Talk 1040 The Team |
| Frequency | 1040 kHz |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 3,600 watts (day) 420 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 41383 |
| Callsign meaning |
W HillsBOrough (the original station with these calls was based in Tampa) |
| Former callsigns | WHBO (1948-1991) WMTX (1991-1997) WWBA (1997-2009) |
| Affiliations |
NBC Sports Radio The Weather Channel Seminole ISP Sports Network |
| Owner | Genesis Communications (Genesis Communications of Tampa Bay, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WMGG, WWBA |
| Website | sportstalkflorida.com |
WHBO (1040 AM, "1040 the Team") is a sports radio station licensed to Pinellas Park, Florida, USA, serving the Tampa Bay area. The station is currently owned by Genesis Communications.
Weekday programming includes The Fabulous Sports Babe, Prime Time with Ronnie (Night Train) Lane and Tampa Bay Buccaneers all pro Mark Carrier (wide receiver) and various NBC Sports Radio programming on nights.
WHBO is the Tampa Bay affiliate of the Florida State University football and men's basketball radio networks. The station also airs University of Miami football games when FSU is not playing. When WDAE airs Indy Racing League, Tampa Bay Lightning hockey or non- Motor Racing Network affiliated races. WHBO airs select races, starting with the Coca-Cola 600. At Lowes Motor Speedway. WHBO is an affiliate with the Performance Racing Network
During the 2006 NFL season, the station preempted Mike & Mike to air a local "Monday Morning Quarterback" show on Mondays from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM with John Kaleo, which focused on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NCAA football around the state of Florida, and local high school football games of interest.
AM 1040 was previously a long-time oldies station, WHBO, which changed to a talk-radio format in the late-1990s, as WWBA. WWBA was a Tampa Bay area talk radio station that aired conservative and libertarian talk shows such as those hosted by Mark Larsen, Dro Silva, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, Laura Ingraham and Kim Komando.
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