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| Broadcast area | Southwest Florida |
| Frequency | 99.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Playa 99.3 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Tropical music |
| Ownership | |
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| WBCN, WJPT, WRXK-FM, WXKB | |
| History | |
First air date | October 12, 1983 |
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| Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 74286 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 142 meters (466 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 26°29′17″N81°55′44″W / 26.488°N 81.929°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | playa993.com |
WWCN (99.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Myers Beach, Florida, United States, airing a Tropical music format branded as "Playa 99.3". It is owned by the Beasley Broadcast Group with studios on South Tamiami Trail (U.S. Route 41) in Estero.
The station signed on the air on October 12, 1983. [2] Its original call sign was WOEZ. As the call letters imply, it had an easy listening sound. [3] It was powered at 3,000 watts, a fraction of its current output.
From the early 2000s until 2012, it was alternative rock station WJBX, although it flipped later to active rock after its sister station WRXK-FM switched to hot talk. Every December, WJBX hosted a concert called the "99Xmas Ball".
On June 20, 2013, WJBX took over sister station 770 WWCN's ESPN sports radio programming, with the rock format moving back to sister station WRXK-FM. [4] [5]
On May 28, 2021, the ESPN Radio format returned to 770 AM. At that point, WWCN changed its format to tropical music, branded as "Playa 99.3". [6] (Playa is Spanish for Beach.)