WFDM (AM)
| City | Fort Walton Beach, Florida |
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| Frequency | 1400 kHz |
| Branding | Radio Latina 94.3 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Spanish |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Omni Broadcasting, LLC |
| History | |
First air date | 1956 (as WNUE) |
Former call signs | WNUE (1956-1994) WFAV (1994-2002) WJGC (2002-2004) WBAU (2004-2006) WTKE (2006-2008) WZFN (2008-2010) |
Call sign meaning | FreeDoM |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 47003 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°24′38.00″N 86°37′23.00″W / 30.4105556°N 86.6230556°W |
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WFDM (1400 AM, "Radio Latina 94.3") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States, on the frequency of 1400 kHz and the translator W232CF. It first began broadcasting in 1956 under the call sign "WNUE". The station licensee and operator is Omni Broadcasting. WFDM formerly broadcast a news/talk format as "Freedom 94.3". It's now a Spanish station known on air as Radio Latina 94.3 FM. (Taken from their new web site)
WFDM is currently off the air, their tower and transmitter building have been razed and the studio building (control point) has been vacated as of 3/20/2021. While they are still listed a licensed radio station on 1400 kHz. on the FCC AM station query, their listing on the website Radio Locator (www.radio-locator.com) has been removed. Since it is still listed as a licensed station by the FCC it is unclear what the future of the station is. Their translator W232CF on 94.3 Mhz. remains on the air with a WFDM I.D., however the 103.7 Mhz. translator W259AN is relaying a different station.
History[]
The call letters for WFDM were assigned to Fairleigh Dickenson University Madison, New Jersey Campus carrier current radio station in 1966(?). The call letters are still used by that university for their Madison Campus. In 1975 the station went "airwave" without license from the FCC thanks to the work of a very industrious student engineer. The station served the Madison, Morristown, Florham Park, Convent Station area from 1975 until it was pulled off air in 1976 by the FCC.
The station was first assigned in 1956 with the call sign WNUE, which was changed to WFAV on September 19, 1994. On January 31, 2002, the call sign was changed to WJGC which was then changed to WBAU on July 21, 2004.
On June 30, 2006, the call sign was changed to WTKE and the station started simulcasting the sports radio format on WTKE-FM as "100.3 The Ticket". The call sign was changed to WZFN and the station was branded "1400 Z Fan", retaining the sports talk format. November 22, 2011 the call sign changed to WFDM. There is a WFDM-FM in Franklin, IN but there is no owner relation.
WFDM simulcasts on FM translator W232CF as "Radio Latina 94.3 FM" and is owned by Omni Broadcasting, LLC, of Fort Walton Beach. Its line up once included the Freedom In The Morning Show with Wolfe and Andi, Syndicated hosts Laura Ingrahm, Burnie Thompson, Dave Ramsey, Mark Levin, Brian Kilmead, Alex Jones and was a Fox News Radio, AccuWeather, and a New Orleans Saints (NFL) Radio network affiliate.
Around January 2014, this station flipped to a Spanish format called Radio Latina 94.3 FM. (Taken from their new web site)
External links[]
- WFDM in the FCC AM station database
- WFDM on Radio-Locator
- WFDM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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