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==The history and legacy of WYFX FOXY 1040==
==The history and legacy of WYFX FOXY 1040==
Formerly known as WKAO, a thousand watt daytime only station, 1040 AM changed its call letters to WYFX on May 3, 1986, and began branding themselves as “Foxy 1040.” The station, which aired a full-time Blues & Soul format with Gospel Music on the weekends, also marketed itself as “The Ten Thousand Watt Giant” and, with a power increase, “[https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?524571-WEST-PALM-BEACH-HISTORY-PT2/page3 The Twenty Five Thousands Watt Giant].”

One of Foxy’s earliest personalities was Sunny Quinn, who eventually moved onto [[WEAT]] “Sunny 104.3” with her “Sunny After Dark” evening program; she then became the morning show host on “Real Rock” 92.7 [[WZZR]].<ref>https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?524571-WEST-PALM-BEACH-HISTORY-PT2/page3
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By 1987, “Foxy 1040” became so popular in the South Florida area that its morning show tied for 6th place with the popular FM morning program hosted by Skip Herman and Jim McBean on the newly implemented “All Compact Disc Rock” outlet, 97.3 [[WGTR]], in a June 1987 Sun Sentinel reader’s poll.<ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-06-10/features/8702210396_1_kitchens-show-morning-show-tanner-show
By 1987, “Foxy 1040” became so popular in the South Florida area that its morning show tied for 6th place with the popular FM morning program hosted by Skip Herman and Jim McBean on the newly implemented “All Compact Disc Rock” outlet, 97.3 [[WGTR]], in a June 1987 Sun Sentinel reader’s poll.<ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-06-10/features/8702210396_1_kitchens-show-morning-show-tanner-show
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In addition to Sunny Quinn, two of the station’s most popular DJ’s were soulful Sunday morning host Earl McDonald who passed away of August 3, 1989 and Joan “Sister Beckford” Beckford, who got her start on [[WPOM]] 1600 AM, a low wattage Gospel outlet in Rivera Beach. Foxy’s then program director, Chico Wesley, dubbed her “The legend of Gospel Music in Palm Beach County.”<ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-10-06/news/8902020983_1_gospel-music-gospel-show-sister-beckford</ref> “Sister Beckford” passed away at the age of 65 in August 2010.<ref>http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbeachpost/obituary.aspx?pid=144939829</ref>
In addition to Sunny Quinn, two of the station’s most popular DJ’s were soulful Sunday morning host Earl McDonald who passed away of August 3, 1989 and Joan “Sister Beckford” Beckford, who got her start on [[WPOM]] 1600 AM, a low wattage Gospel outlet in Rivera Beach. Foxy’s then program director, Chico Wesley, dubbed her “The legend of Gospel Music in Palm Beach County.”<ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-10-06/news/8902020983_1_gospel-music-gospel-show-sister-beckford</ref>


In June 1988, “FOXY 1040” went to battle against the 1040 AM Cuban-based “Radio Taino,” which cranked its power up to 250,000 watts and interfered with Foxy’s 10,000 watt night time signal. WYFX was not alone: [[WHBO]] 1040 on the West Coast of Florida also experienced signal inference from the errant Cuban station.<ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-06-21/news/8802050924_1_cuban-broadcasts-station</ref>
In June 1988, “FOXY 1040” went to battle against the 1040 AM Cuban-based “Radio Taino,” which cranked its power up to 250,000 watts and interfered with Foxy’s 10,000 watt night time signal. WYFX was not alone: [[WHBO]] 1040 on the West Coast of Florida also experienced signal inference from the errant Cuban station.<ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-06-21/news/8802050924_1_cuban-broadcasts-station</ref>

Eventually the staff of “FOXY 1040,” including the popular afternoon drive DJ Duke Ellington Brice, were fired and WYFX flipped to the ABC Radio Network’s satellite “Touch” format, in the early 1990s. This format flip is verified on the Miami-Fort Lauderdale boards under the 2009 entry "[https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?524571-WEST-PALM-BEACH-HISTORY-PT2/page3 West Palm Beach History]," available on Radio Discussions.com.

By 1996, WYFX was no more; its sale resulted in call letter and format change as [[WJNA]], which ran a [[nostalgia]] music and later, a [[business news]] format.

The [[WYFX (FM)|WYFX]] call letters are currently used by an FM radio station at the 106.7 dial position, licensed to Mount Vernon, Indiana, United States.


[[Image:WLVJ logo.png|thumb|right|Former station logo]]
[[Image:WLVJ logo.png|thumb|right|Former station logo]]

Revision as of 05:32, 11 June 2018

WURN
Frequency1040 kHz
BrandingActualidad 1040 AM
Programming
FormatSpanish talk radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Actualidad Media Group
  • (Actualidad 1040 AM Licensee, LLC)
WLVJ, WURN-FM, WMYM
History
First air date
1973
Former call signs
WKAO (1970s-1986)
WYFX (1986-1996)
WJNA (1996-1997)
WJNO (1997-2000)
WBZT (2000)
WJNA (2000-2003)
WLVJ (2003-2016)
Technical information
Facility ID4341
ClassB
Power50,000 watts day
5,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
25°50′34″N 80°25′12″W / 25.84278°N 80.42000°W / 25.84278; -80.42000
Links
WebsiteActualidad Miami

WURN (1040 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish talk radio format. Licensed to Miami, Florida, United States, the station's broadcast license is currently held by Actualidad 1040AM Licensee, LLC.[1]

On April 26, 2016 WURN was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit to change the community of license from Boynton Beach, Florida to Miami, increase day power to 50,000 watts, increase night power to 5,000 watts and move the transmitter site to the WMYM site.[2] WURN was issued a license for this change effective February 9, 2018.

History

Boynton Beach's first AM radio station was WZZZ, which broadcast with a Top 40 format on 1510 kHz and went on the air April 10, 1962.[3] WZZZ went off the air in September, 1965; it was eventually replaced by a newly licensed station on 1510 using the call sign WKAO. In the 1980s WKAO moved to 1040 kHz.[4] WKAO changed its call letters to WYFX on May 3, 1986. Subsequently the station changed its call sign to WJNA on November 1, 1996, to WJNO on September 22, 1997, to WBZT on March 6, 2000, back to WJNA on December 20, 2000, and to WLVJ on January 7, 2003.[5] The station was home to the Jewish program "Shalom South Florida" and the long-running oldies specialty show "Ken Held's Doo-Wop Shop."

On January 24, 2012, the FCC approved the transfer of the WLVJ broadcast license from James-Crystal Radio's subsidiary, JCE Licenses LLC, to a company known as Actualidad 1040AM Licensee, LLC.[6] Prior to the sale to Actualidad 1040AM Licensee, LLC., the station aired a Christian format branded "Family Values Radio".

The station changed its call sign to the current WURN on December 6, 2016.

The history and legacy of WYFX FOXY 1040

By 1987, “Foxy 1040” became so popular in the South Florida area that its morning show tied for 6th place with the popular FM morning program hosted by Skip Herman and Jim McBean on the newly implemented “All Compact Disc Rock” outlet, 97.3 WGTR, in a June 1987 Sun Sentinel reader’s poll.[7]

In addition to Sunny Quinn, two of the station’s most popular DJ’s were soulful Sunday morning host Earl McDonald who passed away of August 3, 1989 and Joan “Sister Beckford” Beckford, who got her start on WPOM 1600 AM, a low wattage Gospel outlet in Rivera Beach. Foxy’s then program director, Chico Wesley, dubbed her “The legend of Gospel Music in Palm Beach County.”[8]

In June 1988, “FOXY 1040” went to battle against the 1040 AM Cuban-based “Radio Taino,” which cranked its power up to 250,000 watts and interfered with Foxy’s 10,000 watt night time signal. WYFX was not alone: WHBO 1040 on the West Coast of Florida also experienced signal inference from the errant Cuban station.[9]

File:WLVJ logo.png
Former station logo

References

  1. ^ "WURN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  2. ^ "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ Palm Beach Post, April 11, 1962, page 15
  4. ^ Palm Beach Post, March 19, 1966, page 33
  5. ^ "WURN Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  6. ^ Application Search Details fcc.gov. Accessed February 27, 2015
  7. ^ http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-06-10/features/8702210396_1_kitchens-show-morning-show-tanner-show
  8. ^ http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-10-06/news/8902020983_1_gospel-music-gospel-show-sister-beckford
  9. ^ http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-06-21/news/8802050924_1_cuban-broadcasts-station