| Broadcast area | Pensacola and Vicinity |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 790kHz |
| Branding | Pensacola's Information Station 103.7 FM/790AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk |
| Affiliations | CBS News Radio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Radio America Salem Radio Network New Orleans Pelicans New Orleans Saints |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WBSR | |
| History | |
First air date | October 1956; 69 years ago (1956-10) |
Former call signs | WPFA (1955–1990) WSWL (1990–2002) |
Call sign meaning | PeNsacola'sNews orPensacola'sCNN (formerly carriedCNN Headline News) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 43135 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000watts day 66 watts night |
| Translator | 103.7 W279CY (Pensacola) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | talk103fm.com |
WPNN (790AM) is acommercialradio station inPensacola, Florida. It broadcasts atalkradio format and is owned by Miracle Radio. It calls itself "Pensacola's Talk and Local Sports Leader." Theradio studios andtransmitter are on North Pace Boulevard at Kelly Avenue in Pensacola.
By day, WPNN transmits with 1,000watts using anon-directional antenna, but at night, to avoid interference with other stations on790 AM, it reduces power to only 66 watts.[2] Programming is also heard on 250-wattFM translatorW279CY at 103.7MHz.
Most of WPNN's schedule is fromnationally syndicated programs. Weekdays on WPNN begin with "This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal." That's followed byGlenn Beck,Dana Loesch,Sebastian Gorka,Joe Pags,Jesse Kelly,Michael Berry and "Coast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory." Weekends feature specialty shows on money, health, religion, travel, veterans, guns and real estate. Weekend shows include "Bill Handel on the Law" and "Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb." Most hours begin withCBS Radio News. WPNN also carriesNew Orleans Pelicansbasketball games and some local high school sports.
The originalcall sign wasWPFA, standing forPensacola,FloridA. Owner J. William O'Connor received aconstruction permit from theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1955 for a new station at 790kilocycles. O'Connor also had a construction permit to construct television station WPFA-TV.[3]
WPFAsigned on the air in October 1956; 69 years ago (1956-10). It was adaytimer, powered at 1,000 watts but required to go off the air at sunset.[4] WPFA was a rare radio station in that era to have a female program director, Barbara Holt. O'Connor sold the station in 1958 to Edwin H. Estes but remained as the general manager.
For most of the 1960s, 70s and 80s, WPNN had acountry music format. In 1990, the station switched its call letters toWSWL. As music listening moved to the FM dial, WSWL tried anall news radio format, largely provided byCNN Headline News, though it also wouldsimulcast newscasts fromWEAR-TV on weeknights. In 2002, it changed its call sign toWPNN and later switched to an all-talk format.
In February 2016 the station acquired a move-inFM translator fromCarrabelle, Florida, as part of the AM Revitalization project approved by the FCC. It began transmitting on 103.7 MHz (W279CY) in early April 2016. (Taken from Alabama Broadcast Media Page)
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