WZLB

WZLB
Valparaiso, Florida;
Broadcast area	Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Frequency	103.1 MHz
Branding	Florida Man Radio
Programming
Format	Hot talk
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner	JVC Media; (JVC Mergeco, LLC);
Sister stations	WECQ, WHWY, WWAV
History
First air date	November 1974 (as WQUH)
Former call signs	WQUH (1974–1992); WLGH (1992–1994); WMXZ (1994–2012)
Call sign meaning	ZLB - "Blaze" reversed (previous branding)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	60811
Class	C2
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	147 meters
Transmitter coordinates	30°30′53.00″N 86°13′12.00″W / 30.5147222°N 86.2200000°W
Repeater(s)	102.3 WXUS-HD3 (Dunnellon)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	floridamanradio.com

WZLB (103.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a hot talk format. Licensed to Valparaiso, Florida, United States, the station serves the Ft. Walton Beach area.

History

The station went on the air as WQUH in November 1974. On April 1, 1992, WQUH shifted from Smooth Jazz to Adult Contemporary WLGH, then to Top 40 as WMXZ on March 31, 1994.^[2] On March 2, 2012, WMXZ changed their format to rock, branded as "103.1 The Blaze". On March 14, 2012, WMXZ changed their call letters to WZLB. As of 21 December 2011, Quantum sold its stations to Apex Broadcasting in Ft Walton Beach.

Apex Broadcasting sold WZLB — along with sister stations WECQ, WHWY, and WWAV — to Community Broadcasters effective December 1, 2016, at a purchase price of $5.9 million.

On September 1, 2019, the station went off the air for around 24 hours and the following day on the 2nd, WZLB rebranded with a new name called 103.1 The Shark and a new format to newer classic rock.

On December 22, 2020, Community Broadcasters sold the entire Fort Walton Beach cluster to JVC Broadcasting for almost $2.3 million, which later closed on February 1, 2021.^[3] JVC Media announced that WZLB has flipped to its Florida Man Radio talk format on March 1, 2021.^[4]