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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 640kHz |
| Branding | Fox Sports 640 |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Sports radio |
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| History | |
First air date | 1986; 39 years ago (1986) |
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Call sign meaning | Target audience of Men |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 61080 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 26°45′19.2″N80°21′59.2″W / 26.755333°N 80.366444°W /26.755333; -80.366444 |
| Repeater | 103.1 WIRK-HD2 (Indiantown) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WMEN (640AM) is asports radio station licensed toRoyal Palm Beach, Florida. The station primarily serves theWest Palm Beach, Florida market and provides strong coverage of nearbyFort Lauderdale andMiami. Fox Sports 640 is aFox Sports Radio affiliate, carrying hourly sports updates along with weekend and overnight programming. The station is owned byHubbard Broadcasting, with studios in West Palm Beach. UnderSpecial Temporary Authority from the FCC, WMEN broadcasts at 25,000 watts daytime power and 4,500 watts nighttime power in order to overcome Cuban interference.[2]
Currently, the only non-Fox Sports programming on WMEN, other than a Saturday Morning public affairs program, isAndy Slater in afternoon drive.[3] Joe Raineri & Steve Zemach, who were hosting from 6 am-9 am ET, exited on March 13, 2017.[4]
WMEN was initially religiousbrokered station WLVJ before swappingcall signs, format, and dial positions withadult standards WJNA 1230 AM in 2003. As 'Unforgettable' WJNA the station was home to prominent South Florida radio personalities including Chuck Zink, Greg Budell, Ron Hersey andJoyce Kaufman.
WJNA dropped the adult standards format on October 23, 2006, becoming ManTalk 640 WMEN withsyndicatedtalk programming appealing to males age 25–54. WMEN debuted as 640 Sports on March 3, 2008, retaining the WMENcall letters. Previous network affiliations includeNBC Sports,CBS Sports,Yahoo! Sports Radio, andSporting News Radio.
WMEN, along with co-owned stationsKBXD,WFLL, andWFTL, was purchased out of bankruptcy from James Crystal Enterprises by Mark Jorgenson's ACM JCE IV B LLC in a transaction that was consummated on August 6, 2015, at a purchase price of $5.5 million.
Effective April 27, 2017,Alpha Media purchased WMEN and WFTL for $2 million.
On July 3, 2017, WMEN rebranded as "640 The Hurricane".[5]
On September 27, 2018, Alpha Media agreed to sell their cluster at West Palm Beach toHubbard Radio.[6] The sale, at a price of $88 million, was consummated on January 23, 2019.
On August 30, 2019, WMEN rebranded as "Fox Sports 640".[7]
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