New Radio Station WNZF 1550 Am

[moonshadow]

So, anyone know anything about a DUI recently at 1550?

[preferprivacy]

Is there more than one AM in Niceville?

I worked at WFSH-AM (1360 I think) twenty-five years ago, and it was the longest year of my life.

it was my first FT job in radio, in a very small southern town. 

It was a real education in the south, living on $600 a month, locals vs. Air Force, not to mention
small town radio at it's worst (a  very poor technical facility, bad management, bad "block" programming)

-PP

[Tibbs2]

How times seem to have not changed in 25 years...

[kirk00100]

Exactly WHERE is this station actually located?

[redneckriviera]

Google is a wonderful thing. 30 seconds of intense internet research tells us that The Mighty 1550 (& 106.3) is in lovely, picturesque and historic Bunnell, Florida--suburban Palm Coast, if you will. Their website proclaims three fun-filled, fact-packed and entertaining hours of live & local broadcasting each and every weekday. That's three (3).

8700 watts on 1550 kHz is like a killowatt on 1230 kHz, so it should cover most of Flagler County pretty well. Not sure exactly where 106.3 fits in, but I'm guessing it's one of them there newfangled FM translators intended to complement daytime-only AM sticks. FWIW, radio-locator.com lists neither one yet.

[cflamfm]

One of the morning guys got canned because of a previous DUI, formerly from New Orleans
The 106.3 FM will be like 10 watts at around a 900 foot tower owned by Renda
All in all a 1 out of 10 rating

[jmtillery]

Is there more than one AM in Niceville?

I worked at WFSH-AM (1360 I think) twenty-five years ago, and it was the longest year of my life.

it was my first FT job in radio, in a very small southern town. 

It was a real education in the south, living on $600 a month, locals vs. Air Force, not to mention
small town radio at it's worst (a  very poor technical facility, bad management, bad "block" programming)

-PP

WFSH licensed to Niceville operates on 1340khz with 1kw-unlimited. The Destin station is 1120 and operates with 1kw-Daytime only. Both stations were owned by the same entity for a short period, but have recently been sold off seperately. Most recently, AM 1120 was, and may still be, a Fox Rado affiliate with a News-Talk format, while AM 1340 was programming ESPN Sports.

Mark Tillery,
Ocala, Florida

[radioguybroadcasting]

Is there more than one AM in Niceville?

I worked at WFSH-AM (1360 I think) twenty-five years ago, and it was the longest year of my life.

it was my first FT job in radio, in a very small southern town. 

It was a real education in the south, living on $600 a month, locals vs. Air Force, not to mention
small town radio at it's worst (a  very poor technical facility, bad management, bad "block" programming)

-PP

WFSH licensed to Niceville operates on 1340khz with 1kw-unlimited. The Destin station is 1120 and operates with 1kw-Daytime only. Both stations were owned by the same entity for a short period, but have recently been sold off seperately. Most recently, AM 1120 was, and may still be, a Fox Rado affiliate with a News-Talk format, while AM 1340 was programming ESPN Sports.

Mark Tillery,
Ocala, Florida

1340 is actually licensed to Valparaiso - Niceville.

THe stations share a tower, or at least they used to.. and the 1120 signal was horrible as a result, because the tower wasnt very efficent for 1120.