WOOK (AM)

WOOK
Washington, D.C.; United States;
Broadcast area	Washington, D.C.
Frequency	1340 kHz
Ownership
Owner	United Broadcasting Company
History
First air date	1940
Last air date	April 22, 1978
Former call signs	WINX (1940–1951); WOOK (1951–1976); WFAN (1976–1978);
Technical information
Power	1,000 watts (day); 250 watts (night);

WOOK was a radio station that operated on 1340 AM in Washington, D.C., United States, from 1940 to 1978. Owned by Richard Eaton's United Broadcasting, the station was known for its programming for the African-American community in the Washington metropolitan area; before that, in the 1940s, it was an independent station owned for several years by the Washington Post.

WOOK, which spawned an FM station (WFAN) and a TV station (WOOK-TV channel 14, later WFAN-TV), had its license revoked by the Federal Communications Commission in 1975 for an illegal numbers racket. In 1976, with the station's fate nearly sealed, WOOK became Spanish-language WFAN, in a format swap that allowed the Black-formatted WOOK intellectual property to stay alive. WFAN ceased operating on April 22, 1978;^[1] on August 15, WYCB began broadcasting on its frequency.

^ ^a ^b Dickey, Christopher (April 20, 1978). "Tangled case to silence voice of Spanish radio station". Washington Post. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^ "WOOK(AM)" (PDF). 1977 Broadcasting Yearbook. 1977. p. C-38. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

[tangled-1] Dickey, Christopher (April 20, 1978). "Tangled case to silence voice of Spanish radio station". Washington Post. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

[2] "WOOK(AM)" (PDF). 1977 Broadcasting Yearbook. 1977. p. C-38. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

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