| Currentlysilent | |
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| Broadcast area | Emerald Coast |
| Frequency | 1260kHz |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WKSM,WNCV,WYZB,WZNS | |
| History | |
First air date | November 20, 1953 (1953-11-20) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Fort Walton Beach |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 27466 |
| Class | D |
| Power |
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| Translator | 107.5 W298CV (Fort Walton Beach) |
| Repeater | 96.5 WZNS-HD2 (Fort Walton Beach) |
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Public license information | |
WFTW (1260AM) is asilent commercialradio station licensed toFort Walton Beach, Florida, United States, serving theEmerald Coast. It is owned byCumulus Media. The radio studios and transmitter are on Hollywood Boulevard NW in Fort Walton Beach.
On March 28, 2025 at noon, WFTW went silent.[2]
WFTW firstsigned on the air on November 20, 1953[3] It was owned by Vacationland Broadcasting of Fort Walton Beach. The station was originally adaytimer, required to go off the air at night. It later got permission to operate at night at reduced power. WFTW originally had amiddle of the road format of popular music, news and sports. It added an FM station in 1965, WFTW-FM, which today isWKSM.
On February 28, 1979, WFTW's 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 inFort Wayne, Indiana, that began broadcasting August 10, 1947.[4]
30°24′49″N86°37′40″W / 30.41361°N 86.62778°W /30.41361; -86.62778
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