WFFG (AM)
Encyclopedia
WFFG is an American radio station licensed to operate in Marathon, Florida
, USA in the Florida Keys
.
First licensed in 1960, the station was a 500 watt,four-tower directional station that was built on an empty island. Telephone and electrical service was run to the island, exclusively for that station. A new drawbridge had been constructed to allow access to the island. Original owners of the station were Kentucky broadcasters, Bill Betts and Gilmore Nunn, who vacationed in Marathon. In the early 1960s they sold the station to Kentucky financier, Garvis Kincaid and the station was part of the Bluegrass Broadcasting chain, headquartered in Lexington, KY. Bluegrass sold the station to a former Michigan legislator and local resident, Emil Lockwood. Lockwood retained the station for less than three years before selling to competitors, the Thacker family, who then owned WMUM-FM, a beautiful music station in Marathon. The Thackers upgraded the station to 2,500 watts with a two tower directional signal. They sold both the AM and FM stations to present owner, Joe Nascone, a local resident formerly from Pennsylvania.
According to the FCC database, the station's transmitter tower is located on Boot Key
, which is also the location of the transmitter for Radio Marti
However, in actuality this is not true. Radio Marti is on another island, near Boot Key, inside the Marathon City limits.
As of July 2007, the station's programming consists of news/talk programming, including syndicated programming of Rush Limbaugh
, Sean Hannity
, G. Gordon Liddy
, and Bill O'Reilly
.
Marathon, Florida
Marathon is a city on Knight's Key, Boot Key, Key Vaca, Fat Deer Key, Long Point Key, Crawl Key and Grassy Key islands in the middle Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,255. As of 2005, the population estimated...
, USA in the Florida Keys
Florida Keys
The Florida Keys are a coral archipelago in southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry...
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First licensed in 1960, the station was a 500 watt,four-tower directional station that was built on an empty island. Telephone and electrical service was run to the island, exclusively for that station. A new drawbridge had been constructed to allow access to the island. Original owners of the station were Kentucky broadcasters, Bill Betts and Gilmore Nunn, who vacationed in Marathon. In the early 1960s they sold the station to Kentucky financier, Garvis Kincaid and the station was part of the Bluegrass Broadcasting chain, headquartered in Lexington, KY. Bluegrass sold the station to a former Michigan legislator and local resident, Emil Lockwood. Lockwood retained the station for less than three years before selling to competitors, the Thacker family, who then owned WMUM-FM, a beautiful music station in Marathon. The Thackers upgraded the station to 2,500 watts with a two tower directional signal. They sold both the AM and FM stations to present owner, Joe Nascone, a local resident formerly from Pennsylvania.
According to the FCC database, the station's transmitter tower is located on Boot Key
Boot Key
Boot Key is an island in the middle Florida Keys located adjacent to Key Vaca. Boot Key is within the city limits of Marathon, Florida, USA. The island is largely undeveloped despite having a bridge spanning Boot Key Harbor to Key Vaca, which is now closed to pedestrian and vehicular...
, which is also the location of the transmitter for Radio Marti
Radio Martí
Radio y Televisión Martí is a radio and television broadcaster based in Miami, Florida, financed by the United States government , which transmits Spanish radio broadcasts to Cuba...
However, in actuality this is not true. Radio Marti is on another island, near Boot Key, inside the Marathon City limits.
As of July 2007, the station's programming consists of news/talk programming, including syndicated programming of Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is an American radio talk show host, conservative political commentator, and an opinion leader in American conservatism. He hosts The Rush Limbaugh Show which is aired throughout the U.S. on Premiere Radio Networks and is the highest-rated talk-radio program in the United...
, Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity is an American radio and television host, author, and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. Hannity also hosts a cable news show, Hannity,...
, G. Gordon Liddy
G. Gordon Liddy
George Gordon Liddy was the chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed from July–September 1971, during Richard Nixon's presidency. Separately, along with E. Howard Hunt, Liddy organized and directed the Watergate burglaries of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in...
, and Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly (commentator)
William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr. is an American television host, author, syndicated columnist and political commentator. He is the host of the political commentary program The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, which is the most watched cable news television program on American television...
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