WDIZ

WDIZ
City of license	Panama City, Florida
Broadcast area	Panama City, Florida
Branding	96.3 Real Fun Beach Radio
Frequency	590 kHz
Translator(s)	96.3 W242BF (Panama City)
First air date	1987-01-01 (as WGNE)
Format	Variety Hits
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 / 30.1722222; -85.6136111
Callsign meaning	no local meaning; originally used for Orlando sister station WRUM
Former callsigns	WGNE (1987–1996)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	WEBZ, WFLF-FM, WFSY, WPAP
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 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 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

Query the FCC's AM station database for WDIZ

Radio-Locator Information on WDIZ

Radio stations in the Panama City, Florida market

By AM frequency	590 1000 1290 1430 1480

By FM frequency	88.5 89.1 89.9 90.7 91.7 92.5 93.5 93.9 94.5 95.1 95.9 96.3 97.7 98.5 99.3 100.1 100.5 101.1 102.7 103.5 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.9 107.9

By callsign	WASJ WBPC WBYW WDBW-LP WDIZ WEBZ WFCT WFFL WFLF-FM WFSW WFSY WILN WJTF WKGC WKGC-FM WKNK WLTG WOYS WPAP WPCF WPCU-LP WPFM WPHK WRBA WTKP WVVE WYBT WYOO WYYX W230CA W242BF

Florida radio markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers–Naples–Marco Island Ft. Pierce–Stuart–Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville–Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne–Titusville–Cocoa Miami–Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota–Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa–St.Petersburg–Clearwater West Palm Beach–Boca Raton Other Florida radio regions Florida Keys Lake City Sebring See also List of radio stations in Florida Dothan Radio

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

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