WFAW
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| City | Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin |
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| Broadcast area | Jefferson County |
| Frequency | 940 kHz |
| Branding | Oldies 940 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Oldies |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio , Jones Radio Network, Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Magnum Media (Magnum Communications, Inc.) |
| WSJY, WKCH | |
| History | |
First air date | 1963 |
Call sign meaning | Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin[1] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 24446 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 500 watts day 550 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°54′24.00″N 88°45′6.00″W / 42.9066667°N 88.7516667°W |
| Translator(s) | 101.1 W277DV (Janesville, WI) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 940wfaw.com |
WFAW (940 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. WFAW previously aired news and talk and oldies music, and for many years featured a country music format. Licensed to Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Jefferson County and Janesville areas. The station is owned by Magnum Media, through licensee Magnum Communications, Inc., and features programming from ABC Radio, Jones Radio Network and Westwood One.[2] Along with its sister station WKCH, WFAW is also a major broadcaster of UW-Whitewater Warhawks athletics.
On October 5, 2020, WFAW changed their format from news/talk to oldies, branded as "Oldies 940".[3] In December 2021 WFAW added an FM translator licensed to Janesville on 101.1.
References[]
- ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- ^ "WFAW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Wisconsin AM Station Drops Talk for Oldies
External links[]
- WFAW in the FCC AM station database
- WFAW on Radio-Locator
- WFAW in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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