WPCF

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WPCF
WFRF Faith Radio logo.png
Broadcast area Panama City area
Frequency 1290 kHz
Programming
Format Christian radio
Ownership
OwnerFaith Radio Network, Inc.
History
First air date
September 23, 1958
Former call signs
WSCM (1958-1979), WDLP (1994-2000)
Call sign meaning
Panama City, Florida
Technical information
Facility ID 13012
Class D
Power 270 watts day
55 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
30°10′44.00″N85°46′55.00″W / 30.1788889°N 85.7819444°W / 30.1788889; -85.7819444
Translator(s) 93.1 MHz (W226CJ Panama City)

WPCF (1290 AM) is a Christian radio station licensed to Panama City Beach, Florida, USA. The station is owned by Faith Radio Network, Inc. [1]

Contents

As a dance station, WPCF played talk-free Mainstream Dance Music each day, and then wide spectrum of EDM (electronic dance music). During the weekends the station also aired≈ a number of syndicated shows including "Future Sound of Egypt with Aly & Fila", "UMF Radio", "Kryteria Radio with Kryder", "The Remix Top 30 with Hollywood Hamilton", Drumcode Radio with Adam Beyer, and a number of weekly guest mixes.

On September 8, 2017, WPCF's FM translator changed frequencies from 93.9 to 92.9 MHz & increased power from 90 watts to 250 watts. On March 1, 2018, WPCF's translator switched frequencies again from 92.9 to 93.1 MHz due to interference from WBLX-FM out of Mobile, Alabama on the same frequency.

History

The station first signed on as WSCM on September 23, 1958, its callsign standing for "We Serve Country Music". Like WPAP would almost a decade later, they broadcast live sermons every Sunday. The station was assigned the callsign WPCF on April 1, 1979, after the original WPCF left the 1430 spot. On June 6, 1994, the station changed its call sign to WDLP then again on March 10, 2000, to the current WPCF. [2]

Final logo as PLAY-FM WPCF 93.1PLAY-FM logo.png
Final logo as PLAY-FM

On January 6, 2014, WPCF dropped its Trop-Rock format for all Dance and Electronic music, becoming "93.9 PLAY-FM" which is now on 93.1 as of March 1, 2018 under the operations of Patrick Pfeffer, owner of Club La Vela, a dance club in Panama City Beach that bills itself as "the largest nightclub in the USA". [3]

On December 3, 2020, due to financial problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the station temporarily ceased broadcast. In June 2021, it was announced that the station had been sold by Evolution Broadcasting to Faith Radio Network, Inc. [4] The sale, which included translator W226CJ, was consummated on August 26, 2021, at a price of $135,000.

In late 2021, the station began airing a Christian music format and is now branded as Faith Radio.

Translator

Broadcast translators of WPCF
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license Facility
ID
ERP
(W)
Height
(m (ft))
Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W226CJ93.1 Panama City, Florida 141653200130 m (430 ft)D30º10'44"N, 86º46'55"W FCC LMS

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References

  1. "WPCF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WPCF Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. Dance Plays In Panama City from Radio Insight (January 6, 2014)
  4. Radio Insight, “Station Sales for the week of 6/11; retrieved June 17, 2021.