WHWY

WHWY
City	Holt, Florida
Broadcast area	Fort Walton Beach area
Branding	Highway 98
Frequency	98.1 MHz
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	147 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	56374
Transmitter coordinates	30°24′38.00″N 86°37′22.00″W / 30.4105556°N 86.6227778°W / 30.4105556; -86.6227778
Former callsigns	WWSF (1989-1989) WWSF-FM (1989-1994) WXCR (1994-1989) WWSF (1989-1989) WTKE (1999-2006) WTKE-FM (2006-2009)
Owner	Apex
Sister stations	WECQ, WMXZ, WTKE-FM, WWAV
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	highway98country.com

WHWY (98.1 FM, "Highway 98") is a radio station with a country music format. Licensed to Holt, Florida, USA, the station serves the Fort Walton Beach area. The station is currently owned by Apex and the station's broadcast license is held by Ft. Walton Beach License Company, LLC.^[1]

Call sign history

The station was granted call sign WWSF on January 1, 1989. On August 4, 1989, the station changed its call sign to WWSF-FM, again on October 24, 1994 to WXCR, on October 2, 1995 to WWSF, on March 1, 1999 to WTKE, and on November 16, 2009 to WRKN. The station became WHWY in November 2009.^[2]

Station history

The station switched to an all-sports format in February 1998 while owned by Capstar Broadcasting. Ownership changed to AMFM, Inc. and Chancellor Media. When the merger between AM/FM and Clear Channel was completed, WTKE-FM remained with Clear Channel while the other stations in the AM/FM group were spun off first into a trust, then to Pamal Broadcasting, Ltd.

In 2002, Clear Channel agreed to a swap with Star Broadcasting, Inc. which resulted in WTKE-FM going to Star in exchange for WQYZ-FM in Biloxi, Mississippi. Star Broadcasting took ownership in 2003, before agreeing to sell the station to Qantum Communications in 2004. A later deal between Star and Cumulus Broadcasting was not executed. The sale to Qantum was completed in November 2009.

logo as WTKE

The original lineup consisted of JT The Brick overnight, John and Johnny in the Mornings, The Fabulous Sports Babe in the mid-morning, The Jim Rome Show in mid-day, a re-broadcast of The Fabulous Sports Babe in the afternoon, Conference Call in the afternoon drive followed by ESPN Gamenight in the evening. In 2006, 1400 AM changed their call sign to WTKE and started simulcasting "98.1 The Ticket", this lasted until November 2008 when the station changed their call sign to WZFN and started broadcasting separate Sports programming as "1400 Z Fan".

On Monday, November 9, 2009, Qantum Communications took ownership of WTKE. On November 11, 2009, the station began stunting with a 24-hour Christmas music format. On January 1, 2010, WTKE played the song "New Year's Day" by U2 all day. After the stunt, the station became "Highway 98" with a country music format. As of December 21, 2011, the station has been bought out by Apex which includes the sale of all sister stations in the Ft Walton Beach market.

References

↑ "WHWY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WHWY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WHWY

Radio-Locator information on WHWY

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WHWY

Radio stations in the Ft Walton Beach, Florida market

By AM frequency	1050 1140 1260 1280 1400 1460

By FM frequency	90.1 91.1 91.3 92.1 93.3 95.3 96.5 98.1 99.5 100.3 102.1 103.1 103.9 104.7 105.5 106.3

By callsign	WAAZ WAKJ WDSP WECQ WFDM WFTW WHWY WJSB WKSM WNCV WNWF WPSM WSBZ WTJT WTKE-FM WWAV WWEO-LP WXEI-LP WYZB WZEP WZLB WZNS

Defunct	WFSH (1340 AM) WTHA-LP (107.1 FM)

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

Country radio stations in the state of Florida

By callsign:	WAAZ-FM WAKX WAVW WCKT WCNK WCTH WCTQ WDSR WDVH-FM WEAG-FM WFDZ WFUS WGNE-FM WHKR WHWY WIKX WIMR-LP WIRK WIYD WJAQ WJSB WKIS WKNK WKRO-FM WMAF WMYR WOGK WOKC WOTW WPAP WPCV WPHR-FM WQHL-FM WQIK-FM WQLC WQYK-FM WRUF-FM WTNT-FM WTOT-FM WTRS WTYS WWGR WWKA WWOF WWOJ WXBM-FM WYCT WYZB WZZS

By frequency:	1050 1230 1260 1340 1340 1410 1480 1570 1660 92.1 92.3 92.5 92.7 92.9 93.1 93.5 93.7 94.7 94.9 96.5 97.5 98.1 98.1 98.7 98.7 98.7 99.1 99.1 99.5 99.9 99.9 100.3 100.9 101.7 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.3 102.7 102.7 103.1 103.1 103.1 103.5 103.5 103.7 104.7 105.5 106.3 106.9 107.1

By community of license:	Avon Park Boca Raton Callaway Charlotte Harbor Crestview Crestview Dunnellon Fort Myers Fort Myers Gainesville Gifford Graceville Gulfport Holt Indiantown Jacksonville Key West Lake City Lehigh Acres Live Oak Madison Marianna Marianna Mary Esther McIntosh Middleburg Milton Ocala Okeechobee Orlando Palatka Palm Coast Panama City Pensacola Perry Plantation Key Port Orange Rockledge Starke Stuart Tallahassee Tallahassee Tampa Trenton Venice Watertown Windermere Winter Haven Zolfo Springs

Defunct:	WEAG/1490: Starke

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Florida

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