WWCN
WWCN is a commercial radio station located in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, broadcasting to the Fort Myers area on 99.3 FM. WWCN airs a sports talk format branded as "99.3 FM ESPN"; until 2012, it was an alternative rock radio station, although the active rock flip was confirmed following the flip of sister station WRXK-FM to talk radio. Every December, the station hosted a concert called the "99Xmas Ball".
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| City | Fort Myers Beach, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Fort Myers, Florida |
| Frequency | 99.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 99.3 FM ESPN |
| Slogan | Southwest Florida's Sports Leader |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio Boston Red Sox Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (Beasley Media Group Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WJBX, WJPT, WRXK-FM, WXKB |
| History | |
| First air date | October 12, 1983 (as WQEZ)[1] |
| Former call signs | WQEZ (1983-1990) WZCR (1990-1992) WJBX (1992-2013) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 74286 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 142 meters (466 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 26.488°N 81.929°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 993espn.com |
On June 20, 2013, the then-WJBX took over sister station WWCN's ESPN sports radio programming, with the rock format moving to sister station WRXK.[2]
References
- Averill, Roslyn (October 13, 1983). "Easy-listening radio station to broadcast from Beach". News-Press. p. 2B. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- Beasley Announces Multiple Format Changes At SW Florida Cluster
External links
- Official Website
- WWCN in the FCC's FM station database
- WWCN on Radio-Locator
- WWCN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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