WFAW (AM)
news/talk radio station in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States
WFAW (940 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States, serving the Jefferson County, Janesville and Beloit areas. The station is owned by Magnum Media, through licensee Magnum Communications, Inc., and features programming from Westwood One. WFAW has a classic rock format.
WFAW's transmitter is sited off of Finlay Road at Jacobson Lane in Hebron. Programming is also heard on two FM translators at 96.1 MHz in Watertown and at 101.1 in Janesville.
History
WFAW signed on the air on November 24, 1963. For several decades, it was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. In its early years, WFAW was a middle of the road (MOR) station, playing popular adult music with news and sports. In the 1970s, it aired a Top 40 format and was an affiliate of the ABC Contemporary Network.
In the early 1980s, WFAW played country music and later adult contemporary.
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