WWCN

For the North Fort Myers, Florida radio station that held the call sign WWCN at 770 AM from 1991 to 2013, see WBCN (AM).

WWCN (99.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Myers Beach, Florida, airing a classic tropical 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.

WWCN

Fort Myers Beach, Florida
Broadcast area	Southwest Florida
Frequency	99.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Playa 99.3
Programming
Format	Classic tropical
Ownership
Owner	Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (Beasley Media Group Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WBCN, WJPT, WRXK-FM, WXKB
History
First air date	October 12, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-10-12)
Former call signs	WQEZ (1983–1990) WZCR (1990–1992) WJBX (1992–2013)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	74286
Class	C2
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	142 meters (466 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	26.488°N 81.929°W / 26.488; -81.929
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	playa993.com

WWCN is a Class C2 FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts.

History

The station signed on the air on October 12, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-10-12).^[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.)

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