WFXJ (930

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"Fox Sports Radio Jacksonville") is a

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. It airs a

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format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The

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s and offices are located on Central Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside neighborhood. Most programming is supplied by the

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Network. The station also carries the

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broadcasts. The

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is off Hyde Grove Avenue on Jacksonsonville's Westside. WFXJ transmits with 5,000

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s around the clock. By day it uses a

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, but at night, to protect other stations on

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, it switches to a directional signal aimed toward the east. WFXJ is also streamed on the

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app.

History

WFXJ is the oldest radio station in Jacksonville. It

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the air in . The original

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was WJAX. During the 1930s, WJAX broadcast on 900 kHz at 1,000 watts. While most radio stations of its day were owned by department stores or newspapers, WJAX was owned by the City of Jacksonville. WJAX was an

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. In 1941, with the enactment of the

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(NARBA) WJAX moved to 930 kHz. It also got a boost to 5,000 watts. WFXJ SportsRadio930 logo

In the 1990s, the station was carrying a

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format, owned by Florida businessman

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. It used the

WNZS (standing for "News") and carried world and national news from the NBC Radio Network. But as

stations were gaining popularity around the country, WNZS switched to an all-sports format.

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(original name of today's iHeartMedia) acquired WNZS in the late 1990s. Because Clear Channel has a financial interest in

, the station became a Fox Sports Radio affiliate. On March 16, 2001, the call sign was switched to WFXJ to reflect its affiliation. In July 2015, WFXJ hired Seth Harp as its new Director of Programming and afternoon

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host. On September 5, 2018, WFXJ rebranded as "930 The Game". On March 15, 2019, WFXJ began simulcasting on

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W247CF, and rebranded as "97.3 The Game". The FM translator switched to a

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format in May 2020, leaving sports programming only on AM 930. Without the FM translator, WFXJ returned to the branding "930 The Game". On January 22, 2021, WFXJ ended its sports format, flipping to

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music as "Hallelujah 930". Just six months later, on July 26, 2021, WFXJ flipped to Spanish news/talk, branded as "Acción 97.3" (simulcast once again on translator W247CF).iHeartMedia Expands Acción To Jacksonville & Tampa
Radioinsight - July 26, 2021 On February 16, 2024, WFXJ returned to airing Fox Sports Radio programming.

References

External links

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Callsign data for WFXJ from the F.C.C.'s C.D.B.S..
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