WFDM (AM)

WFDM
City Ft. Walton Beach, Florida
Branding Radio Latina 94.3
Slogan The Only Latin Radio Station On The Emerald Coast
Frequency 1400 kHz
Translator(s) 94.3 W233BH (Fort Walton Beach)
Format Spanish
Power 1,000 watts
Class C
Facility ID 47003
Transmitter coordinates 30°24′38.00″N 86°37′23.00″W / 30.4105556°N 86.6230556°W / 30.4105556; -86.6230556
Callsign meaning FreeDoM
Former callsigns WNUE (?-1994)
WFAV (1994-2002)
WJGC (2002-2004)
WBAU (2004-2006)
WTKE (2006-2008)
WZFN (2008-2010)
Owner Omni Broadcasting, LLC
Website http://www.radiolatina943.com/index.html

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 W233BH-FM. It first began broadcasting 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)

History

The station was first assigned 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 W233BH 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)


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