WFNZ (AM)

WFNZ
Broadcast areaMetrolina
Frequency610 kHz
Branding102.5 The Block
Programming
FormatUrban contemporary
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
1941; 83 years ago (1941)
Former call signs
  • WAYS (1941–1984)
  • WROQ (1984–1986)
  • WAES (1986–1990)
  • WROQ (1990–1991)
  • WGKL (1991)
  • WAQS (1991–1994)
  • WRFX (1994–1995)
Call sign meaning
"Fans" (previous format)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID53974
ClassB
Power
  • 5,000 watts (day)
  • 1,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
35°18′3.5″N 80°53′17.26″W / 35.300972°N 80.8881278°W / 35.300972; -80.8881278
Translator(s)102.5 W273DA (Charlotte)
Repeater(s)105.3-2 WOSF-HD2 (Gaffney, South Carolina)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitetheblockcharlotte.com

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).

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFNZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WFNZ
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/W273DA