WAFN (1310

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) is a

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, that serves Decatur and the western portion of the

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. The station is owned by Fun Radio Group of North Alabama, LLC, along with

WAFN-FM WAFN-FM (92.7 MHz) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of licensed to Arab, Alabama. The station, established in 1977, is currently owned by Fun Media Group, Inc., broadcasts a classic hits format, and features programmi ...

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. WAFN 1310 and WAFN-FM 92.7

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a classic hits

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. By day, WAFN 1310 broadcasts at 1,000

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s. But to protect other stations on

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from interference, at night it reduces power to 33 watts. Programming is also heard on

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W285EN at 104.9

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History

This station was granted its original

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by the

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on December 19, 1983. The station was assigned the call letters WJRA from February 1984 until September 7, 2001, when it was assigned WQAH by the FCC. WJRA received its license to cover on December 2, 1986. The station was assigned the call sign WKZD on February 2, 2009. Effective October 31, 2021, Somerville Baptist Church sold WKZD and translator W285EN to Fun Radio Group of North Alabama for $85,000. Fun Radio changed the

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to WAFN on November 10, 2021,

ing a classic hits format with co-owned

92.7.

Translator

WAFN also broadcasts on the following FM translator:

References

External links

* * AFN (AM) Radio stations established in 1986 Morgan County, Alabama 1986 establishments in Alabama Classic hits radio stations in the United States {{Alabama-radio-station-stub