WFIW (AM)

WFIW
City Fairfield, Illinois
Broadcast area Fairfield, Illinois
Frequency 1390 AM (KHz)
First air date August 21, 1953
Format News Talk / Sports
Power 710 watts day
58 watts night
Class D
Callsign meaning "Fairfield-Illinois-Wayne"
Owner The Original Company, Inc.
Sister stations WFIW-FM
Website www.wfiwradio.com

WFIW 1390 AM is a radio station broadcasting a news talk format. Licensed to Fairfield, Illinois, the station is currently owned by The Original Company, Inc., which also owns WFIW-FM 104.9 FM and WOKZ 105.9 FM. WFIW AM and FM simulcast their programming until February 15, 1983.

WFIW carries a variety of local programming, as well as nationally syndicated shows such as Dave Ramsey, Rush Limbaugh, Clark Howard, Roger Hedgecock, Dr. Joy Browne, Coast to Coast AM, and Bill Cunningham.[1]

History

The call letters WFIW were originally assigned to a station in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.[2] In 1932, that station was bought by George Norton Jr., and its transmitter was moved to Louisville, Kentucky, with the call letters being changed to WAVE. [3]

References

  1. WFIW AM Program Schedule Accessed May 11, 2010
  2. "WFIW Rebuilding" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 15, 1931. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. Kieber, John E., Ed. (2001). The Encyclopedia of Louisville. The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2100-0. P. 126.

Coordinates: 38°22′46″N 88°19′33″W / 38.37944°N 88.32583°W / 38.37944; -88.32583


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