KFJZ
Radio station in Fort Worth, Texas
KFJZ (870 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, owned and operated by SIGA Broadcasting Corporation. The station serves the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex with a business news/talk format via the BizTalkRadio network.
KFJZ is a daytimer station, powered at 1,000 watts using a directional antenna. KFJZ must go off the air at night to avoid interference with WWL a clear-channel station on 870 AM in New Orleans.
History
The station signed on the air on December 6, 1946. Its original call sign was KCNC and it was powered at 250 watts, days only.
References
External links
Facility details for Facility ID 23138 (KFJZ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
KFJZ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
"History Cards for KFJZ". Federal Communications Commission.
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