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| City of license | Manassas, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Washington D.C. |
| Branding | 106.7 The Fan |
| Frequency | 106.7 (MHz) (also on HD Radio) |
| Repeaters | WIAD-HD3 94.7 HD-3 Bethesda |
| First air date | April 4, 1961 (as WPRW-FM) |
| Format | Analog/HD-1: Sports radio HD-2: KRLD-FM simulcast HD-3: WFAN simulcast HD-4: WIP simulcast |
| ERP | 22,500 watts |
| HAAT | 223 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 28625 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°52′28″N 77°13′24″W / 38.87444°N 77.22333°W |
| Callsign meaning | W John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
| Former callsigns | WPRW-FM (1961-1968) WEZR (1968-1985) WBMW (1985-1988) |
| Affiliations | CBS Sports Radio Washington Capitals Washington Nationals Washington Wizards |
| Owner | CBS Radio |
| Sister stations | WIAD, WLZL, WJFK, WNEW-FM, WPGC-FM |
| Webcast | WJFK-FM Webstream |
| Website | WJFK-FM Online |
WJFK-FM, known on-air as 106.7 The Fan, is a sports radio-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Manassas, Virginia, serving the metro Washington DC area. WJFK-FM is owned and operated by CBS Radio.
The station formerly shared its call letters with WJFK (now WJZ), another sports radio station located in Baltimore, Maryland.
History [edit]
The station originated as WPRW-FM in 1961, co-owned with WPRW in Manassas. In the 1970s, as WEZR, it was easy listening; in the early 1980s it switched to soft adult contemporary, then went top 40 as WBMW "B106" in 1985. In 1987, it switched formats to New Age, then in 1989, became WJFK with a rock format, with Howard Stern in mornings.
Over time, WJFK gradually dropped music and became a general-talk outlet, mostly with lifestyle programs geared to men. Hosts at various times included Stern, Don and Mike, Opie & Anthony, G. Gordon Liddy, The Greaseman, Ron & Fez and the Sports Junkies. Its last branding as a talk station was "Washington's Talk Superstation" and before that it was called "Free FM."
On July 20, 2009, the station changed to an all sports talk format, competing with WTEM. Station owners point to WJFK's local sports talk programming as differentiating itself from WTEM's primarily network supplied programming from ESPN Radio.[1] The station now serves as the flagship for Washington Wizards basketball and Washington Nationals baseball, and an affiliate for Virginia Tech Hokies football and basketball.[2] The station had already broadcast playoff games of the Washington Capitals in the spring of 2009; flagship station WFED had to end its coverage when the Washington Nationals' (MLB) season opened.[3]
While morning drive time sports talk program "The Junkies" survived the switch regaining their former name "The Sports Junkies", The Big O and Dukes Show, along with the Mike O'Meara Show, broadcast their last shows on July 17, 2009. The station's current weekday lineup includes The Sports Junkies,Holden and Danny show with Holden Kushner and Danny Rouhier, The LaVar Arrington Show with Chad Dukes, and Overtime with Bill Rohland.[4]
On March 8, 2009, WJFK signed on the first HD4 subchannel in the United States, carrying Philadelphia sister station WIP-FM.
On February 28, 2011, WJFK-FM became the new flagship station of the Washington Nationals.[5]
References [edit]
- ^ Williams, Jim (July 20, 2009). "Sports talk competition begins today with launch of 106.7 The Fan". The Examiner.
- ^ "WJFK adopts sports talk". Washington Times. July 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ^ Signage visible at Verizon Center during playoff games, also seen on Versus and CSN Mid-Atlantic
- ^ "Station Lineup". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ Washington Nationals Radio Affiliates
External links [edit]
- The Fan Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WJFK
- Radio-Locator information on WJFK
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WJFK
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