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'''WBOP''' was a radio station in Pensacola that occupied the [[101.5 FM]] and [[980 AM]] positions. The station carried soul and R&B programming. Although not African-American owned, the station was popular with the black community. The station ceased broadcasting in [[1988]].<ref>[http://www.wbqp.com/ourhistory/details.html WBQP-TV History]</ref>
==History==
WBOP began broadcasting in the late 1950s. At some point in the 1980s WBOP moved its AM simulcast from 980 to 1230 KHz.
An advertisement for the station in the [[Polk's 1973 Pensacola City Directory]] is as follows:
