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| Broadcast area | Metrolina |
| Frequency | 610 kHz |
| Branding | 102.5 The Block |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban contemporary |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1941 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Fans" (previous format) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 53974 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 35°18′3.5″N 80°53′17.26″W / 35.300972°N 80.8881278°W |
| Translator(s) | 102.5 W273DA (Charlotte) |
| Repeater(s) | 105.3-2 WOSF-HD2 (Gaffney, South Carolina) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | theblockcharlotte |
WFNZ (610 kHz), known on air as "102.5 The Block", is a commercial AM radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina. Owned by Urban One, the station airs an urban contemporary radio format. Its studios and offices are at 1 Julian Price Place.
WFNZ uses a directional antenna and transmits with 5,000 watts by day. At night, it reduces power to 1,000 watts, sending most of its signal to the east, to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 610 and adjacent frequencies. The transmitter is at the site of its former studios on Radio Road in the Oakdale neighborhood of Northwest Charlotte.[2] Programming is also heard on 200-watt FM translator W273DA at 102.5 MHz.[3] That translator is fed by the HD2 subchannel of sister station WOSF (105.3 FM).