WFWN
| City of license | WFWN: Fort Myers, Florida WNOG: Naples, Florida |
|---|---|
| Branding | The Fan 97.3 |
| Frequency | WFWN: 1240 kHz WNOG: 1270 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 97.3 W247AQ (Tropical Gulf Acres) |
| First air date | WFWN: 1940 (as WINK) WNOG: 1954 |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | WFWN: 1,000 watts WNOG: 5,000 watts fulltime |
| Class | WFWN: C WNOG: B |
| Facility ID | WFWN: 2882 WNOG: 51333 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Former callsigns | WFWN: WINK (1940-1999) WTLQ (1999-2003) WINK (2003-2010) WFSX (2010-2013) WNOG: none |
| Affiliations | CBS Sports Radio |
| Owner | Sun Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WARO, WFSX-FM, WXNX |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | The Fan 97.3 |
WFWN (1240 AM) is a sports radio station licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, USA. The station is owned by Sun Broadcasting.
History
In recent years, the 1240kHz frequency was known as WINK. In 2010, the WINK call letters moved to 1200 AM, as 1240 began a simulcast with co-owned WFSX-FM.
Simulcasting
WFWN's programming can also be heard on WNOG (1270 AM) in Naples, Florida.
Format change
It was announced that as of July 22, 2013, Fox News programming will no longer be available on 1240 AM and 1270 AM.[1]
The station flipped to NBC Sports Radio on July 22, 2013 at 6:00 am.
Currently carrying CBS Sports programming 24/7. On Tue. Sept. 8, 2015 station dropped the Jim Rome show from noon to 3 pm and is now carrying Colin Cowherd through the end of the year, and will determine if it will continue in that slot based on ratings. No other details were released by the station in its abrupt change in that time slot which caught listeners by surprise. Called "KB" from the show and he said the only way as of now to listen to Rome was on the internet.
Translator
It was reported on July 3, 2015 that Sun Broadcasting acquired 97.3 W247AQ Tropical Gulf Acres, FL from Reach Communications for $35,000. The translator will rebroadcast WFWN.[2]
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP W |
Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W247AQ | 97.3 | Tropical Gulf Acres, Florida | 250 | D | FCC |
References
- ↑ Facebook 92.5 Fox News, retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ↑ Station Sales Week Of 7/3: Disney Exits Sacramento. Lance Venta, RadioInsight July 3, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Facebook 1240 & 1270 The Fan
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WFWN
- Radio-Locator Information on WFWN
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WFWN
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WNOG
- Radio-Locator Information on WNOG
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WNOG
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W247AQ
- Radio-Locator information on W247AQ
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