| Broadcast area | Fort Walton Beach, Florida |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 93.3MHz |
| Branding | Coast 93.3 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult contemporary |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WFTW,WKSM,WYZB,WZNS | |
| History | |
First air date | 1983 (as WEGN-FM at 93.5) |
Former call signs | WEGN-FM (1983–1988) WIJK-FM (1988–1992) WPGG (1992–2006) WRKN (7/06–8/06)[1] |
Former frequencies | 93.5 MHz (1983–1993) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73395 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 50,000watts |
| HAAT | 143 meters (469 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°24′38.7″N86°37′21.8″W / 30.410750°N 86.622722°W /30.410750; -86.622722 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wncv.com |
WNCV (93.3FM, "Coast 93.3") is aradio stationlicensed to serveShalimar, Florida, United States. The station is owned byCumulus Media and the license is held by Cumulus Licensing LLC.
WNCV broadcasts anadult contemporary music format to the greaterFort Walton Beach, Florida, area.[3] Notable syndicated programming on WNCV includes theJohn Tesh Radio Show hosted byJohn Tesh.
The station received its originalconstruction permit from theFederal Communications Commission on November 23,1981, for a new FM station inEvergreen, Alabama, broadcasting with 3,000watts ofeffective radiated power at 93.5MHz.[4] The new station was assigned the call lettersWEGN-FM by the FCC on January 31, 1983.[1]
In March 1982, Vogel Moody Corp. contracted to sell the permit for this still-under construction station to Stafford Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 6, 1982.[5] WEGN-FM received itslicense to cover from the FCC on December 20, 1983.[6]
In December 1983, less than a week before the station received its broadcast license, Stafford Broadcasting, Inc., made a deal to sell WEGN-FM to Davis Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 14, 1984, and the transaction was consummated on February 29, 1984.[7]
In October 1986, Davis Broadcasting encountered financial difficulties and the station's broadcast license was involuntarily transferred to Wayne Stafford acting as receiver.[8] Within two weeks, Stafford arranged to sell the station to Wolff Broadcasting Corp. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 10, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on December 31, 1986.[9] The new owners had the station's callsign changed toWIJK-FM on May 10, 1988.[1]
In May 1989, WIJK-FM received a construction permit authorizing the station to change to the current 93.3 MHz frequency, upgrade to class C2, and increaseeffective radiated power to 50,000watts.[10] On October 26, 1992, the station had its call letters changed toWPGG.[1] The station received its license to cover for these changes on February 8, 1993.[11]
In January 1995, WPGG received another construction permit, this time authorizing a move to class C1 and an increase in effective radiated power to 100,000 watts.[12] The station was given its license to cover at this power on June 14, 1996.[13]
In February 1999, Wolff Broadcasting Corp. agreed to sell this station and AM sister station WIJK to Gulf Coast Broadcasting Company, Inc. (R. Lee Hagan, president) for a reported combined sale price of $1.5 million.[14] The deal was approved by the FCC on April 13, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on May 10, 1999.[15]
In November 2003, Gulf Coast Broadcasting Company, Inc. (R. Lee Hagan, president) made a deal to sell this station and AM sister station WIJK to Star Broadcasting, Inc. (Ronald E. Hale, Jr., president) for a reported combined sale price of $2.75 million.[16] The deal was approved by the FCC on April 13, 2004, and the transaction was consummated on April 18, 2005.[17] This would prove short-lived as less than a month later, in May 2005, Star Broadcasting, Inc., applied to trade this station toCumulus Media holding company Cumulus Licensing LLC in exchange for WNCV (100.3 FM, nowWTKE-FM) inNiceville, Florida.[18] The deal was approved by the FCC on March 23, 2006, and the transaction was consummated on August 2, 2006.[19]
In June 2005, the station applied for aconstruction permit to change itscommunity of license toShalimar, Florida, just over 80 miles south-southeast of Evergreen, Alabama.[20] The permit, which would also see the station downgraded to class C2 and an effective radiated power of just 50,000 watts, was granted on June 20, 2006.[20] The station applied for and received new call lettersWRKN on July 18, 2006, then less than two week later applied for and received the currentWNCV call letters on August 1, 2006.[1] The FCC accepted the station's filing for alicense to cover for this new location and power on August 3, 2006, and the station has been operating from Shalimar under the construction permit since this date.[21]
The station made national headlines in November 1992 when theSupreme Court of Alabama ruled inHoward v. Wolff Broadcasting Corp. that Alabama state law permits employers to fire people solely because of theirgender.[22] Patricia Williams Howard sued after she was fired from her job asdisc jockey and advertising salesperson at WEGN-FM, then owned by Wolff Broadcasting Corp., on January 26, 1988.[23] The station manager told Howard she was being let go at the insistence of the station owner's wife, Karen Wolff, as she "did not want any females on the air".[23][24] The unanimous ruling stated that only theAlabama Legislature could pass a law prohibiting such firings, in light of Alabama'sat-will employment laws.[22][23]