JVC Media, which has stations in Florida and Long island will add a cluster of four stations in Fort Walton beach to its roster. Community Broadcasters is selling JVC four FM’s: WECQ, WHWY, WWAV, and WZLB.
This will bring JVC’s Florida operation to a total of eleven radio stations including three in Orlando and four in Gainesville-Ocala, in addition to the company’s five FM stations in Nassau-Suffolk, NY.
JVC’s CEO John Caracciolo said, “We are honored and privileged to welcome WECQ, WHWY, WWAV, and WZLB and its staff to the JVC family. The prior ownership was committed to community service on the Emerald Coast, high quality broadcasting and creating an excellent work environment for its staff, and we will continue that work. We are tremendously impressed with the Fort Walton Beach market and the remarkable growth and resilience of the area even in these unprecedented times.”
Looks like they sold the radio clusters like they sold
their commercial spots, cheap and easy! Good riddance, the market will rejoice that we will finally have a real radio operator in Destin/fwb now who may actually provide quality programming, rate integrity and less commercials. Hopefully the new company hires better people to manage and represent the brands. Time will tell.
This is the best news to come out of our market in years!