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WFUL

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WFUL
Frequency1270 kHz
BrandingBorder Country
Programming
FormatDefunct
AffiliationsABC Radio
Ownership
OwnerRiver County Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date
1951 (1951)
Last air date
2012 (2012)
Former call signs
WKZT (1988–2004)
Call sign meaning
Fulton[1]
Technical information
Facility ID56555
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
54 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
36°30′54″N 88°54′16″W / 36.51500°N 88.90444°W / 36.51500; -88.90444

WFUL (1270 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Formerly licensed to Fulton, Kentucky, United States, the station was owned by River County Broadcasting, Inc.[2]

History

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The station began broadcasting in the summer of 1951 under ownership by Ken-Tenn Broadcasting.[3]

The station's call sign was changed on March 17, 1988, to WKZT, in honor of former WNGO and WNBS engineer Kenneth Z. Turner, who bought the station in 1962, to celebrate his 50 years of employment at the station. Turner owned the station from 1962 until he sold the station to River County Broadcasting in 1990.[3]

On July 5, 2004, the station changed its call sign back to WFUL.[4]

On March 28, 2012, the station's license was cancelled and its callsign deleted from the Federal Communications Commission's database, per the licensee's request.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ^ "WFUL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ a b Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. p. 82. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
  4. ^ "WFUL Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ^ "Broadcast Actions, April 2, 2012" (PDF). United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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