"For a time, the hotel even had its own radio station, WSUN, which delighted patrons with lobby-side broadcasts." – Raymond Arsenault, St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream 1888-1950.
Walter P. Fuller, the developer who built the Jungle Hotel, writes about WJBB, St. Petersburg's first radio station.
"This hotel had the distinction of housing the first radio station to operate in the city, a station that now is known as WSUN...
Jack Dadswell acquired by trade a radio station, license and equipment that first operated in Savannah, was on the verge of failing. He operated it at the Fenway Hotel in Dunedin for a while, left a sinking ship by trading it to this writer for a lot, and some $2,000 in real money.
The radio station needed to be on the air only two hours a day to hold a license. This problem was met by dividing the Gangplank orchestra's work time between the Jungle Hotel and the [Gangplank at Jungle Prado] night club. The music was broadcast, to a very small listening audience, one can be sure.
The station ultimately was donated to the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce, eventually going to the City. It later was sold to private owners."
– Walter P. Fuller, St. Petersburg and Its People
WSUN slogan – "Why Stay Up North"
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| St. Petersburg Times, May 23, 1926 |
