WJNO

WJNO
Broadcast area
Frequency1290 kHz
BrandingNewsradio 1290 WJNO
Programming
FormatNews/talk
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WAVW, WBZT, WCZR, WKGR, WLDI, WOLL, WQOL, WZTA, WZZR
History
First air date
July 1, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-07-01)
Former call signs
  • WIRK (1947–82)
  • WPCK (1983–87)
  • WPBG (1987–92)
  • WBZT (1992–2000)
Call sign meaning
Abbreviation of "John", reference to John R. Beacham, builder of WJNO (1230 AM), now WBZT[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID1917
ClassB
Power
  • 10,000 watts day
  • 4,900 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
26°45′50″N 80°12′17″W / 26.76389°N 80.20472°W / 26.76389; -80.20472
Repeater(s)98.7 WKGR-HD2 (Wellington)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewjno.iheart.com

WJNO (1290 AM) is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to serve West Palm Beach, Florida, covering Palm Beach County and portions of the Miami metropolitan area. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., WJNO serves as the local affiliate for: Fox News Radio; The Glenn Beck Program, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Mark Levin Show, The Dave Ramsey Show and Coast to Coast AM; and syndicated personalities Kim Komando, Ric Edelman and Bill Handel. The WJNO studios are located in West Palm Beach, while the station transmitter resides in nearby Loxahatchee. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WJNO streams online via iHeartRadio.

This station is the second station in the West Palm Beach area—and the third AM station overall—to use the WJNO call sign, which originated on the former WJNO (1230 AM) in 1936; that station is now known as WBZT.[3] WJNO is also notable as being the first station in the market to use the WIRK call sign when it signed on in 1947;[4] it is unrelated to the current WIRK.

  1. ^ Price, Paul. "Business Looks Great to Radio Industry in County". Palm Beach Post. p. F1. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJNO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ Diskin, Alan (October 2002). Citron, David (ed.). "2002: Alan Diskin Explains... Why Do WJNO, WBZT, and WJNA Keep Switching Frequencies?". South Florida Radio Pages. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "WIRK on Air" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 7, 1947. p. 52. Retrieved February 4, 2020.