WAFC (AM)

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WAFC
Broadcast area Hendry County
Frequency 590 kHz
BrandingPure Country WAFC
Programming
Language English
Format Classic Country
Affiliations Florida Gators football network
Ownership
Owner
  • Glades Media Group
  • (Glades Media Company LLP)
WJNX-FM
History
First air date
February 16, 1988 (1988-02-16)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 24229
Class B
Power
  • 930 watts (day)
  • 470 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 26°43′46.00″N80°54′49.00″W / 26.7294444°N 80.9136111°W / 26.7294444; -80.9136111
Translator See § Translators
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.wafcfm.com

WAFC (590 AM, "Pure Country") is a commercial radio station licensed to Clewiston, Florida, United States, and serving Hendry County. Owned by Glades Media Group, it airs a classic country format and carries University of Florida Gators football games. [2] Studios and offices are located on North Park Street in Okeechobee.

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WAFC programming is also heard on three FM translators in Clewiston (100.5), LaBelle (105.1) and Belle Glade (92.5).

History

The station signed on the air on February 16, 1988. [3] It has always had the WAFC call sign and has always been owned by Glades Media. It came on the air nine years after its sister station debuted, at the time 106.3 WAFC-FM Clewiston and today 106.1 WJNX-FM Okeechobee.

In its early years, the station played Regional Mexican music with the branding Radio Fiesta. [4] [5] It also spent time playing country music, handing off the Regional Mexican format to its co-owned FM station.

In the 2010s, WAFC carried the nationally syndicated "True Oldies Channel" from Cumulus Media Networks. On June 30, 2014, Cumulus Media stopped distributing the TOC network. At that point, WAFC switched to Westwood One's "Classic Hits Radio" service.

On December 26, 2018, WAFC changed its format from classic hits to classic country music. It took the branding "Pure Country WAFC". [6]

Translators

Broadcast translators for WAFC
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
W223AJ92.5 FM Belle Glade, Florida 139076250133  m (436  ft)D LMS
W263BT100.5 FM Clewiston, Florida 61505250170 m (558 ft)D LMS
W286DO105.1 FM LaBelle, Florida 202719250118 m (387 ft)D LMS

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WAFC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WAFC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  3. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1991 page B-63. Retrieved Feb. 19, 2025.
  4. ↑ Glades Media Group - Radio Stations WAFC AM/FM, WOKC, WAFZ AM/FM, WWRF, WKYZ
  5. ↑ Hispanic media & market source, Volume 20, Issue 2. Standard Rate & Data Service. 2007. pp. 104–106.
  6. ↑ WAFC Flips to Pure Country Radioinsight - December 26, 2018
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