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Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida. As of 2019, the population was estimated to be 52,975. Pensacola is the principal city of the Pensacola Metropolitan Area, which had an estimated 502,629 residents as of 2019. Pensacola is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the Gulf Coast region.
WEAR-TV, virtual channel 3, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Pensacola, Florida, United States and also serving Mobile, Alabama. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, it is part of a duopoly with Fort Walton Beach-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WFGX ; Sinclair also operates Mobile-licensed NBC affiliate WPMI-TV and Pensacola-licensed independent station WJTC under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with owner Deerfield Media.
WFGX, virtual channel 35, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station serving Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama, United States that is licensed to Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, it is part of a duopoly with Pensacola-licensed ABC affiliate WEAR-TV ; Sinclair also operates Mobile-licensed NBC affiliate WPMI-TV and Pensacola-licensed independent station WJTC under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with owner Deerfield Media.
WPMI-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 15, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Mobile, Alabama, United States and also serving Pensacola, Florida. Owned by Park City, Utah-based Deerfield Media, it is part of a duopoly with Pensacola-licensed independent station WJTC ; the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns Pensacola-licensed ABC affiliate WEAR-TV and Fort Walton Beach-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WFGX, operates WPMI-TV and WJTC under a local marketing agreement (LMA).
Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola, "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy base located next to Warrington, Florida, a community southwest of the Pensacola city limits. It is best known as the initial primary training base for all U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard officers pursuing designation as naval aviators and naval flight officers, the advanced training base for most naval flight officers, and as the home base for the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the precision-flying team known as the Blue Angels.
WSRE, virtual channel 23, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Pensacola, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Pensacola State College (PSC). WSRE's studios are located at the Kugelman Center for Telecommunications on the Pensacola State main campus, and its transmitter is located near Robertsdale, Alabama.
WJTC, virtual channel 44, is an independent television station licensed to Pensacola, Florida, United States and also serving Mobile, Alabama. Owned by Park City, Utah-based Deerfield Media, it is part of a duopoly with Mobile-licensed NBC affiliate WPMI-TV ; the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns Pensacola-licensed ABC affiliate WEAR-TV and Fort Walton Beach-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WFGX, operates WJTC and WPMI-TV under a local marketing agreement (LMA).
WALA-TV, virtual channel 10, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Mobile, Alabama, United States and also serving Pensacola, Florida. The station is owned by the Meredith Local Media subsidiary of Des Moines, Iowa-based Meredith Corporation. WALA-TV's studios are located on Satchel Paige Drive in Mobile, with an additional studio and news bureau on Executive Plaza Drive in Pensacola. The station's transmitter is located in Spanish Fort, Alabama.
WUWF Public Media consists of radio, television and internet services. WUWF FM is a public radio station licensed to the Board of Trustees of the University of West Florida, located in Pensacola, Florida. The station is a member of National Public Radio, Florida Public Media, Florida Public Radio Network, American Public Media and Public Radio International. The station's main signal is broadcast on 88.1 FM with a non-directional power output of 100,000 watts from a 1,000 feet (300 m) tower located in Midway, Florida. The primary antenna array is centered at 614 feet (187 m).
WHBR, virtual channel 33, is a CTN owned-and-operated television station licensed to Pensacola, Florida, United States and also serving Mobile, Alabama. The station is owned by the Christian Television Network. WHBR's studios are located on Pensacola Boulevard in Pensacola, and its transmitter is located in Robertsdale, Alabama.
The Pensacola Naval Air Station Historic District encompasses the early historic elements of Naval Air Station Pensacola in Warrington, Florida. Included in the historic district are surviving buildings of the Pensacola Navy Yard, which the air station took over, as well as buildings related to the early years of aviator training by the United States Navy. The district, roughly bounded by West Street, Saufley Avenue, and Pensacola Bay, was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark District in 1976.
WYCT is a radio station known as "Cat Country 98.7". The main studio is located on Plantation Road in Pensacola, Florida, and station caters to the Pensacola, Gulf Breeze, Pace and Milton markets as well as Baldwin County, Alabama. Its studios are in Pensacola and its transmitter is located west of Muscogee, Florida just inside Alabama.
WPCS is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Pensacola, Florida, United States, the station is currently owned by, and is a ministry of, Pensacola Christian College.
Saufley Field is a military airport and support facility located five nautical miles (9 km) west of the central business district of Pensacola, in Escambia County, Florida, United States.
WCOA is a commercial AM radio station in Pensacola, Florida, serving the Emerald Coast. It is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a Talk radio format. The radio studios and offices are on North W Street off Pensacola Boulevard.
WVTJ is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel format. Licensed to Pensacola, Florida, United States, the station serves the Pensacola area. The station is owned by Pensacola Radio Corporation and features programming from Salem Communications.
WDWR is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic radio format. Licensed to Pensacola, Florida, United States, the station serves the Pensacola area. The station is currently owned by La Promesa Foundation.
WEBY is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Milton, Florida, United States, the station serves the Pensacola area. The station is currently owned by David Hoxeng, through licensee ADX Communications of Milton, LLC, and features programming from ESPN Radio.
Naval Air Station Ellyson Field was a former U.S. Navy training base, established in Escambia County, Florida in 1940 at the outset of World War II as an auxiliary facility to Chevalier Field at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. It had three red brick hangars common to the various Navy airfields in the Pensacola area, and eight paved runways, the longest of which was 3,550 ft in length.
On the morning of December 6, 2019, a terrorist attack occurred at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida. The assailant killed three men and injured eight others. The shooter was killed by Escambia County sheriff deputies after they arrived at the scene. He was identified as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, an aviation student from Saudi Arabia.
