Technical Profile: WFWO

FM Technical Profile: WFWO

Station Name:: -
Frequency:: 106.9
Format:: Variety: Big Band, Standards, Jazz, Oldies
Transmitter Location:: [map] [street view] — Behind the Volkswagen dealer on Hollywood Boulevard in Fort Walton Beach, co-located with several other stations. (Note: Street View is from 2022 and predates the station's licensing to this tower site.)
Power (ERP):: 2.85 kW
Antenna:: Omnidirectional
Antenna HAAT:: 482 feet
Other Information:: 60 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.
More Information:: [FCC]
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Owner:: Fort Walton Beach Radio, LLC (Eugene Cella)
History:: This station dates back to an original Construction Permit issued to Eugene Cella for a new class A station on 106.9 MHz, licensed to Fort Walton Beach. When the permit was granted in October 2021, it set off a change at the translator for Pensacola-area AM station WRNE, who was on the same channel. That translator was granted a move to 93.7 MHz in June 2021 but was unable to move frequencies until this station filed a license to cover for 106.9 MHz.

In early September 2024 the license was transferred to Fort Walton Beach Radio, LLC, a wholly owned company by Cella. On 10 September 2024 the station applied for an initial call sign of WFWO. On 19 September 2024 the station filed a License to Cover but it wasn't until a week into November 2024 that anyone heard it on the air, with a mix of Oldies, Big Band, Standards, Jazz and other much, with no commercials or liners. Not long after this initial report, the station was reported to be airing a Christmas Music format.