WZCC (1240 AM) is a commercial classic country

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in Cross City, Florida, broadcasting to the Tri-County area of

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, Levy, and Gilchrist counties. In 2007 the station was sold to WRGO RADIO, LLC. In February 2010 the station was sold to Suncoast Radio, Inc. The station was off the air for most of 2009. WZCC resumed broadcasting on March 5, 2010. In addition to classic country music WZCC airs

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Series races from the

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, and local high school football. On December 1, 2010, WZCC began simulcasting with

WLQH WLQH (940 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format, licensed to Chiefland, Florida. WLQH debuted June 6, 1968, as a 500-watt, daytime-only facility, originally owned by White Construction Company of Chiefland ...

AM 940 in Chiefland. In August 2013 WZCC began broadcasting on an FM translator W227AV 93.3 MHz in

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; though licensed to Newberry in western

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, the translator did not serve that community, covering instead an area between Chiefland and Fanning Springs from a transmitter along U.S. 19/ 98 north of Chiefland.

References

*1992 Broadcasting Yearbook, page A-69

External links

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