Radio station in Jacksonville, Florida
WFXJ
(930
kHz
"Fox Sports Radio Jacksonville") is a
commercial
AM
radio station
in
Jacksonville, Florida
. It airs a
sports radio
format and is owned by
iHeartMedia, Inc.
The
studios
and offices are located on Central Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside neighborhood. Most programming is supplied by the
Fox Sports Radio
Network. The station also carries the
Jacksonville Jaguars
'
Spanish language
broadcasts.
The
transmitter
is off Hyde Grove Avenue on
Jacksonsonville's Westside
.
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WFXJ transmits with 5,000
watts
around the clock. By day it uses a
non-directional antenna
, but at night, to protect other stations on
AM 930
, it switches to a
directional signal
aimed toward the east. WFXJ is also streamed on the
iHeartRadio
app.
History
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WFXJ is the oldest radio station in Jacksonville. It
signed on
the air in November 1925
; 98 years ago
(
November 1925
)
. The original
call sign
was WJAX.
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During the 1930s, WJAX broadcast on 900 kHz at 1,000 watts. While most radio stations of its day were owned by department stores or newspapers, WJAX was owned by the City of Jacksonville. WJAX was an
NBC Red Network
affiliate
. In 1941, with the enactment of the
North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement
(NARBA) WJAX moved to 930 kHz. It also got a boost to 5,000 watts.
Logo as "SportsRadio 930"
In the 1990s, the station was carrying a
talk radio
format, owned by Florida businessman
Bud Paxson
. It used the
call sign
WNZS (standing for "News") and carried world and national news from the NBC Radio Network.
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But as
sports radio
stations were gaining popularity around the country, WNZS switched to an all-sports format.
Clear Channel Communications
(original name of today's iHeartMedia) acquired WNZS in the late 1990s. Because Clear Channel has a financial interest in
Fox Sports Radio
, the station became a Fox Sports Radio affiliate. On March 16, 2001, the call sign was switched to WFXJ to reflect its affiliation.
In July 2015, WFXJ hired Seth Harp as its new Director of Programming and afternoon
drive time
host.
On September 5, 2018, WFXJ rebranded as "930 The Game".
[5]
On March 15, 2019, WFXJ began simulcasting on
FM translator
W247CF
, and rebranded as "97.3 The Game".
[6]
The FM translator switched to a
Regional Mexican
format in May 2020, leaving sports programming only on AM 930.
[7]
Without the FM translator, WFXJ returned to the branding "930 The Game".
On January 22, 2021, WFXJ ended its sports format, flipping to
urban gospel
music as "Hallelujah 930".
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Just six months later, on July 26, 2021, WFXJ flipped to Spanish news/talk, branded as "Accion 97.3" (simulcast once again on translator W247CF).
[9]
On February 16, 2024, WFXJ returned to airing Fox Sports Radio programming.
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