WPOZ (Z88.3) recently celebrated its 30th anniversary on August 14.

The station’s journey began in the summer of 1987, when Founder and President Jim Hoge and Dean O’Neal (now VP/Director of Operations) first dreamed of launching a full-time CCM station in Orlando.

After discovering one remaining FM frequency at 88.3, they faced a major hurdle: interference with local TV station Channel 6. But by working together with the TV station, they engineered a solution by combining both signals into one antenna. That breakthrough cleared the way for WPOZ to sign on the air on August 14, 1995.

Thirty years later, “The Z” remains a staple in the Orlando community.