Radio station in Bunnell, Florida
WNZF
(1550
kHz
) is a
commercial
AM
radio station
,
licensed
to
Bunnell, Florida
, the
county seat
of
Flagler County
in Northeast
Florida
. The
call sign
stands for "News Flagler".
WNZF is licensed to Flagler County Broadcasting, LLC, which is owned by James Martin, Gary Smithwick, David Ayres, and Tricia Woods. Martin has owned and operated more than 20 radio stations. Smithwick is a
Washington, D.C.
communications attorney who has participated in ownership of five radio stations in Florida with Martin. Smithwick was also president and part owner of a television station.
WNZF has its
transmitter
off North Bay Street in Bunnell.
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It transmits 5,500
watts
by day, but because
AM 1550
is a
clear channel frequency
, WNZF must reduce power at night to 57 watts, to avoid interfering with other stations. WNZF is also heard on an
FM translator
,
W235CW
at 94.9 MHz.
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Programming
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The station airs a local morning show weekdays; the rest of the weekday schedule is made up of
syndicated
shows from
Clark Howard
,
Sean Hannity
,
Mark Levin
,
Coast to Coast AM
with
George Noory
and
Fox Sports Radio
. Weekends include shows on health, money, real estate, and a syndicated home repair show with
Gary Sullivan
. Some weekend hours are paid
brokered programming
. In the fall, WNZF carries
Flagler Palm Coast High School
football
and
Jacksonville Jaguars
NFL
football. Most hours begin with
ABC News Radio
.
History
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The station first
signed on
the air on August 18, 2008.
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Prior to that, it was a
construction permit
issued to Flag Radio carrying the
call sign
WAYI. It received its current call letters, WNZF, after its sale to Flagler County Broadcasting, LLC. WNZF's application for program test authority was granted on August 18, 2008. Its license to cover was granted on November 10, 2008. WNZF was the first commercial radio station licensed to serve Flagler County.
Flagler County Broadcasting, LLC, also owns
WBHQ
in
Beverly Beach, Florida
, which broadcasts on 92.7 MHz. WNZF and WBHQ operate from the same studio complex in Bunnell. WNZF programming is also broadcast on WBHQ-HD2. On May 23, 2012, Flagler County Broadcasting acquired a
construction permit
for a new FM station at 98.7 MHz in
Palm Coast, Florida
, from Joyner Radio, Inc. On May 25, 2012, the FCC granted Flagler County Broadcasting a construction permit to locate the station's transmitter at the same site where WBHQ is located. This permits both stations to remain operational in the event of a weather emergency, since the transmitter site is equipped with a backup generator. 98.7 signed on the air as
WAKX
on August 1, 2012, with a
country music
format.
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