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WNCV

WNCV
WNCV-FM logo.png
City Shalimar, Florida
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 / 30.41056; -86.62278
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.


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