WBCN-AM Flips From Sports Format

     ESPN Southwest 770 WBCN-AM in Fort Myers has flipped from a sports format along with their FM translators 98.1 W281AL and 104.3 W282BY. All these signals were sold be Beasley Broadcast Group to Fort Myers Broadcasting Company back in August. WBCN changed to a sports format in May 2021. 

     It also means several on-air talent had their programs eliminated. That included afternoon host Craig Shemon along with syndicated morning co-hosts David Moulton and Mark Miller. 

     Shemon co-hosted the afternoon show with Pete Sheppard on WBCN-AM from May 2021 until October 2023. Shemon then was alone as the afternoon host from October 2023 to February 2026. 

     Moulton and Miller became syndicated morning co-hosts on WBCN-AM in October 2021 and stayed there until February 2026. They started as afternoon co-hosts in 2006 when the 770 AM signal was known as WWCN-AM.