WDIZ (Panama City, Florida)
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| Broadcast area | Panama City, Florida |
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| Frequency | 590 kHz |
| Branding | 96.3 Real Fun Beach Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Variety Hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WEBZ, WFLF-FM, WFSY, WPAP | |
| History | |
First air date | 1987-01-01 (as WGNE) |
Former call signs | WGNE (1987–1996) |
Call sign meaning | no local meaning; originally used for Orlando sister station WRUM |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 66666 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 1,700 watts day 2,500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°10′20.00″N 85°36′49.00″W / 30.1722222°N 85.6136111°W |
| Translator(s) | 96.3 W242BF (Panama City) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 963realfunbeachradio.com |
WDIZ (590 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a variety hits format. Licensed to Panama City, Florida, USA, the station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..[1]
History
The station went on the air as WDLP in 1939, and in the 1960s was a top 40 station. For a time in the 1980s the station had a broadcasting studio on Panama City Beach. On New Year's Day 1987 the then-adult contemporary/oldies format was largely transported to 98.5 to become "Sunny FM" WFSY, with the Beautiful Music format at 98.5 moving to the AM (WGNE stood for "Genie Ninety Eight") and the new Beautiful Music station was "Genie Five Ninety". At some point after this, the station tried a vacation radio format running infomercials for various Bay County tourist attractions. After this 590 moved to easy listening and later adult standards with "The Breeze" branding. On November 8, 1996, the station changed its call sign to the current WDIZ.[2]
On June 5, 2015 WDIZ changed their format to a variety hits, branded as "96.3 Real Fun Beach Radio" (simulcast on FM translator W242BF/96.3.[3]
Previous logo
References
- ^ "WDIZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WDIZ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Real Fun Beach Radio Debuts in Panama City
WDIZ call letters were originally assigned to an FM station (100.3) covering the greater Orlando, Florida area in the early 1970s with Oldies and in the 1980s with Album Oriented Rock formats.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID WDIZ ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Template:FMQ
- Radio Locator Information for W242BF
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