![]() ![]() "I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL," Limbaugh said at the time. Limbaugh resigned from his short-lived stint as co-host of ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown" show in 2013 after his controversial comments about then-Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.ĭuring the NFL pregame show, Limbaugh claimed that McNabb, who is Black, wasn't as good as the media perceived him to be, leading to much backlash and criticism. Gay Gaines, a friend and fellow Palm Beach resident, told the New York Times in 2011 that Limbaugh fell in love with the town after visiting her during Memorial Day weekend in 1995. News Talk 1370 WCOA AM continues to do what it has always done best for the past 90 years – provide local and national programming along with news, sports, weather and traffic information to the Pensacola community.Andrew Harnik/AP President Donald Trump shakes hands with radio personality Rush Limbaugh as he takes the stage at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, Saturday, Dec. ![]() Start your mornings with Don Parker, Jim Sanborn, Alex Gavin, and Bryan Newkirk on Good Morning Pensacola. WCOA also continues to program and produces local shows as well, including Pensacola Speaks, originally hosted by the late Luke McCoy, now with Rick Outzen in the afternoon drive. News Talk 1370 WCOA is proud to carry syndicated, nationally-known radio personalities Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Phil Valentine, Michael Savage, and Mark Levin. Davey Willhoit serves as Vice President and Market Manager The current broadcast team is Jim Sanborn, Don Parker and Bryan Newkirk (Program Director). One of the best known broadcasters was the late Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch on the Adams Family TV show. Other broadcasters who worked with WCOA over the years were Luke McCoy, Don Griffith, Sally Henderson, Gordon Towne, John Teelin, Dave Pavlock, Arlene Sadrow, John Richardson, Marty White, Steve Remel, Don Redfield, Pappy Lynn, John Waite, Dan Lucas, Ellis Davis, Jim Young, Laura Lunsford and Bern Benicks. Known for his excellent work as a newsman he also was deeply involved in local sports broadcasting high school football games for many years. Hired away from a radio station in Sarasota by owner Mack Miller, Priest worked with WCOA longer than any other employee. Don Priest was news director for 41 years until his retirement in 2001. ![]() Many well-known people have been associated with WCOA over the years. As the designated Emergency Alert System radio station in this area, WCOA is still ready to respond when necessary. When Erin and Opal struck Pensacola in 1995, WCOA provided round-the-clock coverage. WCOA has always been the station to whom people have turned during times of emergency, especially hurricanes. He obtained the proper permits, figured out how to operate the equipment and came up with the call letters of WCOA, which stood for “Wonderful City Of Advantages: Owned by the City of Pensacola for a time, City Clerk John E. Depending on whom you talk to WCOA is the second, third or fourth oldest radio station in the state. Precisely at 8:30pm, WCOA went on the air and except for occasional interruptions from a few hurricanes over the years it has been on the air ever since. On February 3, 1926, excited people began gathering outside city hall for a historic event – the inaugural broadcast of WCOA Radio. ![]()
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