WPCF (1290
AM) is a
Christian radio station licensed to
Panama City Beach, Florida
Panama City Beach is a resort town in the Florida Panhandle, and principal city of the Panama City Metropolitan Area. It is a popular vacation destination, especially among people in the Southern United States, and is located in the "Emerald C ...
, USA. The station is owned by Faith Radio Network, Inc.
As a dance station, WPCF played talk-free Mainstream Dance Music each day, and then wide spectrum of EDM (
electronic dance music
Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and List of electronic dance music festivals, festivals. It is generally ...
). 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
Christopher Simon Knight (born Hertfordshire, England), better known by his stage name Kryder, is an English DJ and record producer.
He is best known for his record "K2" and original track "Aphrodite" released on Axtone Records and his remix ...
", "The Remix Top 30 with
Hollywood Hamilton", Drumcode Radio with
Adam Beyer
Adam Thomas Beyer (born 15 May 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish electronic dance music producer and DJ. Originally starting his musical journey in the techno scene, over the last decade he has made a gradual shift playing everything betw ...
, 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.
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".
On December 3, 2020, due to financial problems caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, 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.
Radio Insight, “Station Sales for the week of 6/11; retrieved June 17, 2021.
/ref> 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.
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Radio stations established in 1979
1979 establishments in Florida
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