WFFY

WFFY (98.5 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to San Carlos Park, Florida, and broadcasting to the Fort Myers, Florida media market.

For the Destin, Florida radio station that held the call sign WFFY from 2005 to 2012, see WECQ.
WFFY
CitySan Carlos Park, Florida
Broadcast areaFort Myers, Florida
Frequency98.5 MHz
BrandingFly 98.5
SloganNon-Stop Hip Hop
Programming
FormatRhythmic contemporary
Ownership
OwnerSun Broadcasting Inc.
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History
Former call signs
WRWX (1986-1995)
WDRR (1995-2003)
WNRW (2003-2004)
WUSV (2004-2007)
WDEO-FM (2007-2014)
WLVO (2014-2017)
WKHW (2017)
Technical information
Facility ID58276
ClassC3
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT117 meters (384 feet)
Links
Websitefly985.com

WFFY broadcasts at 50,000 watts at 117 meters (384 ft).

From 2007 to 2014, the station was known as WDEO-FM, airing Catholic-based religious programming branded as "Ave Maria Radio" under the ownership of the Ave Maria Foundation. WDEO-FM aired all Notre Dame Fighting Irish football games in the 2008 season using the ISP Sports feed.[1]

On September 4, 2014 it was announced Educational Media Foundation would purchase WDEO for $2.2 million and convert the station to K-LOVE Contemporary Christian Music format.[2]

On June 24, 2015, Classical South Florida announced the sale of its three south Florida classical stations to Educational Media Foundation. In Fort Myers, EMF would acquire a superior signal with 88.7 WNPS. On July 17, 2015 EMF took over operations of 88.7 and began simulcasting the KLOVE format on both 98.5 and 88.7.[3]

On August 20, 2015, the then-WLVO switched from "K-Love" to Educational Media Foundation's Radio Nueva Vida Spanish Christian format.

On August 13, 2015 the license was converted to commercial and EMF announced the sale of WLVO to local group Sun Broadcasting. The sale, however, was quite contentious. Competing radio groups Renda Broadcasting and Beasley Media filed a joint petition with the FCC to deny the sale. The petition was based on the fact that while Sun Broadcasting was below ownership limits in the market, it operates as one de facto group with Fort Myers Broadcasting. The two companies together share studio and staff, and Renda and Beasley argued the sale should not go through because the two companies combined own far more signals than the FCC allowed.[4]

After two years of airing EMF's Radio Nueva Vida format, the FCC dismissed the petition and approved the sale.

On June 12, 2017, the station changed its call sign to WKHW. On June 13, 2017, the purchase of the station by Sun Broadcasting from Educational Media Foundation was consummated, at a price of $3,045,000. The new owners immediately changed the call sign to the current WFFY. On June 15, 2017, WFFY changed its format from Spanish Christian to rhythmic contemporary, branded as "Fly 98.5".[5]

References
  1. http://www.ispsports.com/radio-network-affiliates.cfm?pid=61&type=1&affiliates
  2. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/90016/emf-enters-fort-myers/
  3. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/93448/emf-poised-to-acquire-classical-south-florida/
  4. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/94096/sun-broadcasting-acquires-wlvo-fort-myers/
  5. Hip Hop Fly 98.5 Launches in Fort Myers Radioinsight - June 15, 2017

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