WFTW
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| City | Fort Walton Beach, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Fort Walton Beach and Vicinity |
| Branding | NewsTalk 1260 |
| Slogan | "Celebrating 50 years of broadcasting to the Emerald Coast!" |
| Frequency | 1260 kHz |
| First air date | 1922 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 2,500 watts (day) 131 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 27466 |
| Callsign meaning | W ForT Walton Beach |
| Affiliations | ABC News |
| Owner | Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing LLC) |
| Sister stations | WKSM, WNCV, WYZB, WZNS |
| 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[edit]
The call letters WFTW earlier were assigned to a station in Fort Wayne, Indiana, that began broadcasting August 10, 1947.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ "Staff of New Ft. Wayne 1-kw Station Announced" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 13, 1947. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
External links[edit]
- NewsTalk 1260 - Official Site
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WFTW
- Radio-Locator Information on WFTW
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WFTW
Coordinates: 30°24′49″N 86°37′40″W / 30.41361°N 86.62778°W
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