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| Broadcast area | Greater Quad Cities |
| Frequency | 1230kHz |
| Branding | Fox Sports 1230 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
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| KCQQ,KMXG,KUUL,WLLR-FM,WOC | |
| History | |
First air date | 1946 (as WQUA) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 43199 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°28′54.12″N90°31′49.49″W / 41.4817000°N 90.5304139°W /41.4817000; -90.5304139 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | foxsportsradio1230 |
WFXN (1230kHz) is asports formattedAMradio station licensed toMoline, Illinois. The station is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc. with studios located inDavenport, Iowa. The station is known as "Fox Sports 1230".
AM 1230 broadcasts at a power of 1 kW with transmitter located on 7th Street in Moline between 30th and 32nd Avenues.[2]
The station originally signed on September 23, 1946, as WQUA. Like its main competitor,KSTT (which signed on just two months earlier), the new station had a wide range of local programming, news and sports, plus played popular music of the day.
From the 1950s until the late 1970s, WQUA ran aTop 40 music format, and introduced the area to personalities such asSpike O'Dell, Paula Sands and Jim Albracht.[3] WQUA and KSTT battled in the ratings as the most-listened-to station for years.
WQUA later went through various format changes. In late 1983, the station droppedadult contemporary and adopted anoldies format, using the call letters WMRZ with General Manager John Haggard, Program Director & Middays; Chad Stevens, Mornings; Dan Lucas, and Afternoons; Marty McCrae and Sandy McKay. Two years later it was sold to WLLR-FM. Then, on January 2, 1990, the station began simulcastingWLLR's FM signal, and did so for 13 years. Prior to the station's adoption of the all-sports format, and thereafter, AM 1230 offered sports programming, primarily ofIllinois Fighting Illini college athletics andWestern Big 6 high school sports.
The current sports format and call letters were first used in April 2003.
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