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]
[FCCdata]; [Radio-Locator]; [Wikipedia]

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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 never build out that facility and the permit expired.

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.