WWLY
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| Broadcast area | Panama City area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 100.1 MHz |
| Branding | Wild Willie 100.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic Country |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Magic Broadcasting II |
| WILN, WYOO, WYYX | |
| History | |
First air date | 1989 (as WPCF-FM) |
Former call signs | WPCF-FM (1987-2000) WQJM (2000-2002) WVVE (2002-2016) WWYX (2016-2017) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 72956 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 12,000 watts |
| HAAT | 123.1 meters (404 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°19′41.00″N 85°41′22.00″W / 30.3280556°N 85.6894444°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wildwillie100.com |
WWLY (100.1 FM, "Wild Willie 100.1"), is a radio station airing a classic country format. Licensed to Panama City Beach, Florida, United States, the station serves the Panama City area. The station is currently owned by Magic Broadcasting II, and features programming from Westwood One.[1]
History
The founders/owners of WPCF-FM 100.1 were Charles K. and Carlie B. Winstanley. Charles K. Winstanley & Carlie Winstanley also owned WYLA-FM 94.7 and WYLK-FM 104.7 New Orleans North Shore. In 1965, Winstanley was the founder/owner of WQXY-FM 100.7 Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He sold WQXY-FM to Allison Kolb of Gulf Union Corporation and moved his headquarters to Florida. Charles Winstanley also had ownership interest in KJIN A.M. & KCIL-FM Houma, Louisiana. The station was assigned the call letters WPCF-FM on December 3, 1987. On March 10, 2000, the station changed its call sign to WQJM and again on 2002-06-25 to WVVE.[2]
On April 15, 2014, at 10 AM, WVVE dropped its Hot AC format and began stunting with a loop of the song "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire. The station and its website were promoting that on the 17th, at 10am, "Panama City will find its groove". The station flipped at that time to Rhythmic Oldies as Groove 100.1". The first song on Groove 100.1 was "Fantastic Voyage" by Lakeside. The new Facebook page for the station promotes Groove 100.1 as "Feel good old school from the 70s, 80s, and 90s".
On August 8, 2016, WVVE changed their format from rhythmic oldies to active rock, branded as "97X", as WYYX's 97.7 FM frequency went silent.
In November 2, 2016, WVVE changed their call letters to WYYX.
On March 17, 2017, WYYX dropped the "97X" active rock format (the WYYX calls and format moved back to 97.7 FM Bonifay) and began stunting with Christmas music as "100.1 Santa FM" under new WWLY calls.[3]
As of 8am on March 23, 2017, this station is now playing classic country, under the "Wild Willie 100.1" branding.[4]
Former logos
References
- ^ "WWLY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WWLY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Santa Lands in Panama City For Spring Break Radioinsight - March 20, 2017
- ^ Wild Willie Brings Classic Country to Panama City
External links
- WWLY in the FCC FM station database
- WWLY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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