• Call Letters “WLOQ” began with “Beautiful Music/Light Classical” format (1972)
• Gross Family buys station and broadcasts from Langford Hotel (1977)
• WLOQ moves from Langford Hotel to Comstock (1977)
• “Smooth Jazz” format debuts on WLOQ in Orlando (1980)
• Monday Night Cheek to Cheek concert series debuts (1980
• WLOQ and Hyatt Orlando present Weekend of Jazz hosted by Bill Frangus (Oct. 1981)
• Orlando Jazz Festival downtown (April 1981)
• Jazz Jams concert series in Winter Park launches (August 1981)
• Kool Jazz and Heritage Fair featuring Spyro Gyra (June 1982)
• WLOQ moves from Comstock to Fairbanks (1985)
• Al Santana debuts night show “Suncoast Jazz Affair” on WAVE in Sarasota/Tampa (1985)
• JazzFest86 featuring Spyro Gyra, Buddy Rich, BB King (Sept 1986)
• WLOQ presents Orlando Jazz Festival at Lake Eola (1986)
• Montreux Jazz Festival Tours (1986-1990)
• “Smooth Jazz” format debuts at KTWV- “The Wave” in Los Angeles, KIFM in San Diego, and
other cities (1987)
• WLOQ presents "Orlando Jazz Festival" downtown with Taj Mahal and Alexander Zonjic (1987)
• Sunset Serenades concerts debut at Peabody Hotel (1989)
• Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival concerts begin (1990)
• WLOQ launches Pure Music Magazine (1994)
• WLOQ increases its signal from 3,000 watts to 25,000 watts, strengthening its reach into the outlying
areas of metro Orlando (1994)
• Smooth Jazz Under The Stars concert debuts in Heathrow (1995)
• Gavin Award for Station of the Year and Program Director of the Year- Steve Huntington (1995)
• Pure Music Magazine changes to Smooth Jazz & Leisure (1998)
• Smooth Jazz & Leisure changes to Orlando Leisure (1999)
• Warren Hill headlines at Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival (1996)
• WLOQ named #1 Smooth Jazz radio station in America by industry leaders (1996)
• 20th Anniversary Event at Atlantic Dance (1997)
• WLOQ 20th anniversary CD out (1997)
• WLOQ receives Marconi Award for Jazz Station of the Year presented by The National Association
of Broadcasters (1997)
• Best of WLOQ debuts to support Olympic effort (1998)
• Australia Bicentenary Listener Trip (1998)
• Fall Fore Jazz concert debuts (2003)
• First Friday concert series at Mall at Millenia debuts (2004)
• WLOQ moves from Fairbanks to Lucien Way in Maitland (2004)
• Jazz Jams moves to Cranes Roost (2006)
• Orlando Leisure publishes Orlando CEO Magazine (2006)
• WLOQ awarded “Smooth Jazz Station of the Year” by Radio and Records (2006)
• Orlando Leisure magazine changes to Orlando Home & Leisure magazine (2007)
• Smooth Jazz 103.1 WLOQ presents the 30th Anniversary Concert (2007)
• Smooth Jazz Under The Stars concert moves to Baldwin Park (2008)
• WLOQ hosts first ever "Orlando Food and Wine Fest" in downtown Orlando (2008)
• WLOQ increases signal from 25,000 watts to 50,000 watts (2009)
• Smooth Jazz 103.1 WLOQ changes its name to Smooth 103.1 WLOQ (2009)
• WLOQ is now one of the only remaining independently owned Smooth Jazz Stations in the country and
has been owned by the Gross family for over 31 years!