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| City | Fort Walton Beach, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Fort Walton Beach and Vicinity |
| Frequency | 1260 kHz |
| Branding | NewsTalk 1260 |
| Slogan | "Celebrating 50 years of broadcasting to the Emerald Coast!" |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Affiliations | ABC News |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing LLC) |
| WKSM, WNCV, WYZB, WZNS | |
| History | |
First air date | 1954 |
Former call signs | WFTW (1954-1979) WDIS (1979-1981) |
Call sign meaning | W ForT Walton Beach |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 27466 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 2,500 watts day 131 watts night |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | NewsTalk 1260 |
WFTW (1260 AM, "NewsTalk 1260") is a radio station serving the Fort Walton Beach, Florida area with a news/talk radio format. This station broadcasts on AM frequency 1260 kHz and is under ownership of Cumulus Media and features on-line programming from ABC News Radio.
History of call letters
WFTW was first licensed on January 6, 1954 to the Vacationland Broadcasting Company of Fort Walton Beach.[1] On February 28, 1979 the call letters were changed to WDIS, but they were changed back to WFTW on the first day of 1981.
The call letters WFTW earlier were assigned to a station in Fort Wayne, Indiana, that began broadcasting August 10, 1947.[2]
In the 1960s and 1970s, WFTW was an FM station in Fort Walton Beach with a “beautiful music” format.
References
- ^ "AM Query: First License Date" (FCC.gov)
- ^ "Staff of New Ft. Wayne 1-kw Station Announced" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 13, 1947. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
External links
- NewsTalk 1260 - Official Site
- FCC History Cards for WFTW (covering WFTW / WDIS from 1951-1979)
- WFTW in the FCC's AM station database
- WFTW on Radio-Locator
- WFTW in Nielsen Audio's AM station database