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| Broadcast area | Panama City, Florida |
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| Frequency | 92.5MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 92.5 WPAP |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Subchannels | HD2:News/talk "96.3 & 102.5 WFLA" |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WEBZ,WFLF-FM,WFSY | |
| History | |
First air date | March 7,1967 (as WDLP-FM) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "We're Panama City Proud" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 61252 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 280 meters (920 ft) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | |
| Website | |
WPAP (92.5MHz) is a commercialFMradio station located inPanama City, Florida. WPAP airs acountry music format.
WPAP began broadcast on March 7, 1967, as WDLP-FM, which was an FM translation of the popular AM stationWDLP, with an ERP of 39 kW.[2] On May 24, 1968, an application for assignment of the licences of both the FM and AM station were filed by a "Miracle Radio, Inc.". The station fell into their ownership later that year. In March 1969, the station was renamed WPAP-FM. To celebrate the new radio station, a concert was held at the City Auditorium on 4 April of that year, and featuredWilma Burgess,Archie Campbell,Lorene Mann, andRay Pillow. Along with the call sign change, WPAP also became the first stereo FM station in the Florida Panhandle, thanks to strengthened equipment. On January 10, 1975, at 6:21 p.m., WPAP switched transmitters, increasing their power to 100,000 watts.
From 1981 until 1984, it was marketed as "North Florida's Country Music Station" under the nickname "WPAP/FM 92". In March 1984, the station experimented with changing its branding to "92 WPAP". This lasted for barely under a year, when in early 1985 it became known as "WPAP 92.5". The current name, "92.5 WPAP", has been used since 1993.
In 1997, WPAP,WPBH,WDIZ, andWFSY were sold toiHeartMedia (then known as Clear Channel).
In August 2020, following the closure of WDIZ, the "96Rock" format used by the defunct station began broadcasting from WPAP-HD2.
WPAP broadcasts twoHD Radio channels:
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W242BF | 96.3 FM | Panama City, Florida | 140060 | 250 | 103 m (338 ft) | D | 30°11′4.7″N85°46′35.8″W / 30.184639°N 85.776611°W /30.184639; -85.776611 (W242BF) | LMS |
| W273DU | 102.5 FM | Panama City, Florida | 140153 | 250 | 0 m (0 ft) | D | 30°11′2.0″N85°46′33.0″W / 30.183889°N 85.775833°W /30.183889; -85.775833 (W242BF) | LMS |
30°30′43″N85°29′17″W / 30.511861°N 85.488028°W /30.511861; -85.488028
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