WDIZ
| City of license | Panama City, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Panama City, Florida |
| Branding | ESPN 590 |
| Slogan | Panama City's Sports Radio Station |
| Frequency | 590 kHz |
| First air date | 1987-01-01 (as WGNE) |
| Format | Sports |
| Power |
1,700 watts day 2,500 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 66666 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°10′20.00″N 85°36′49.00″W / 30.1722222°N 85.6136111°W |
| Callsign meaning | no local meaning; originally used for Orlando sister station WRUM |
| Former callsigns | WGNE (1987–1996) |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Owner |
Clear Channel Communications (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WEBZ, WFLF-FM, WFSY, WPAP-FM |
| Website | espn590.com |
WDIZ (590 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format provided from ESPN Radio. Licensed to Panama City, Florida, USA, the station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications.[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 01/01/1987 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 Nighty 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 1996-11-08, the station changed its call sign to the current WDIZ.[2]
Previous logo
References
- ↑ "WDIZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "WDIZ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WDIZ
- Radio-Locator Information on WDIZ
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WDIZ
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