WFUL (1270 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Formerly licensed to Fulton, Kentucky, United States, the station was owned by River County Broadcasting, Inc.[2]
| Frequency | 1270 kHz |
|---|---|
| Branding | Border Country |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | River County Broadcasting, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1951 |
Last air date | 2012 |
Former call signs | WKZT (1988–2004) |
Call sign meaning | Fulton[1] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 56555 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 54 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°30′54″N 88°54′16″W / 36.51500°N 88.90444°W |
History
editThe station began broadcasting in the summer of 1951 under ownership by Ken-Tenn Broadcasting.[3]
The station's call sign was changed on March 17, 1988, to WKZT, in honor of former WNGO and WNBS engineer Kenneth Z. Turner, who bought the station in 1962, to celebrate his 50 years of employment at the station. Turner owned the station from 1962 until he sold the station to River County Broadcasting in 1990.[3]
On July 5, 2004, the station changed its call sign back to WFUL.[4]
On March 28, 2012, the station's license was cancelled and its callsign deleted from the Federal Communications Commission's database, per the licensee's request.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- ^ "WFUL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ a b Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. p. 82. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "WFUL Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Broadcast Actions, April 2, 2012" (PDF). United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
edit- FCC Station Search Details: DWFUL (Facility ID: 56555)
- FCC History Cards for WFUL (covering 1950–1979)
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