WWCN

For the North Fort Myers, Florida radio station that held the call sign WWCN at 770 AM from 1991 to 2013, see WJBX.
WWCN
City Fort Myers Beach, Florida
Broadcast area Fort Myers, Florida
Branding 99.3 FM ESPN
Slogan Southwest Florida's Sports Leader
Frequency 99.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date 1983 (as WQEZ)
Format Sports
HD2: ESPN Deportes Radio
ERP 45,000 watts
HAAT 142 meters (466 ft)
Class C2
Facility ID 74286
Former callsigns WQEZ (1983-1990)
WZCR (1990-1992)
WJBX (1992-2013)
Affiliations ESPN Radio
Owner Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc.
(Beasley Media Group, LLC)
Sister stations WJBX, WJPT, WRXK-FM, WXKB
Webcast Listen Live
Website 993espn.com

WWCN is a commercial radio station located in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, broadcasting to the Fort Myers area on 99.3 FM. WWCN airs a sports talk format branded as "99.3 FM ESPN"; until 2012, it was an alternative rock radio station, although the active rock flip was confirmed following the flip of sister station WRXK-FM to talk radio. Every December, the station hosted a concert called the "99Xmas Ball".

On June 20, 2013, the then-WJBX took over sister station WWCN's ESPN sports radio programming, with the rock format moving to sister station WRXK.[1]

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Coordinates: 26°29′17″N 81°55′44″W / 26.488°N 81.929°W / 26.488; -81.929


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