City | Shalimar, Florida |
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Broadcast area | Fort Walton Beach, Florida |
Branding | Coast 93.3 |
Slogan | Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites |
Frequency | 93.3 MHz |
First air date | 1983 (as WEGN-FM at 93.5) |
Format |
Adult Contemporary Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.) |
ERP | 50,000 watts |
HAAT | 143 meters (469 feet) |
Class | C2 |
Facility ID | 73395 |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°24′38″N 86°37′22″W / 30.41056°N 86.62278°W |
Former callsigns | WEGN-FM (1983-1988) WIJK-FM (1988-1992) WPGG (1992-2006) WRKN (7/06-8/06) |
Former frequencies | 93.5 MHz (1983-1993) |
Owner |
Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing LLC) |
Sister stations | WFTW, WKSM, WYZB, WZNS |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wncv.com |
WNCV (93.3 FM, "Coast 93.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Shalimar, Florida, USA. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and the license is held by Cumulus Licensing LLC.
WNCV broadcasts an adult contemporary music format to the greater Fort Walton Beach, Florida, area. Notable syndicated programming on WNCV includes the John Tesh Radio Show hosted by John Tesh.
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on November 23, 1981, for a new FM station in Evergreen, Alabama, broadcasting with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power at 93.5 MHz. The new station was assigned the call letters WEGN-FM by the FCC on January 31, 1983.
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 . WEGN-FM received its license to cover from the FCC on December 20, 1983.
In December 1983, less than a week before the station would 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.
In October 1986, Davis Broadcasting encountered financial difficulties and the station's broadcast license was involuntarily transferred to Wayne Stafford acting as receiver. 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. The new owners had the station's callsign changed to WIJK-FM on May 10, 1988.