WMEN (640 AM, "Fox Sports 640") is a

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licensed to Royal Palm Beach, Florida, United States. The station primarily serves the

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market and provides strong coverage of nearby

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and

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. Fox Sports 640 is a

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affiliate, carrying hourly sports updates along with weekend and overnight programming. The station is owned by

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, with studios in West Palm Beach. Under

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from the FCC, WMEN broadcasts at 25,000 watts daytime power and 4,500 watts nighttime power in order to overcome Cuban interference.

Local programming

Currently, the only non-Fox Sports programming on WMEN, other than a Saturday Morning public affairs program, is Andy Slater in afternoon drive. Joe Raineri & Steve Zemach, who were hosting from 6 am-9 am ET, exited on March 13, 2017.

History

WMEN was initially religious brokered station WLVJ before swapping

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, format, and dial positions with

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WJNA 1230 AM in 2003. As 'Unforgettable' WJNA the station was home to prominent South Florida radio personalities including Chuck Zink, Greg Budell, Ron Hersey and Joyce Kaufman. WJNA dropped the adult standards format on October 23, 2006, becoming ManTalk 640 WMEN with syndicated talk programming appealing to males age 25–54. WMEN debuted as 640 Sports on March 3, 2008, retaining the WMEN

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. Previous network affiliations include

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, and Sporting News Radio. WMEN, along with co-owned stations KBXD, WFLL, and

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, was purchased out of bankruptcy from James Crystal Enterprises by Mark Jorgenson's ACM JCE IV B LLC in a transaction that was consummated on August 6, 2015, at a purchase price of $5.5 million. Effective April 27, 2017,

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purchased WMEN and WFTL for $2 million. On July 3, 2017, WMEN rebranded as "640 The Hurricane". On September 27, 2018, Alpha Media agreed to sell their cluster at West Palm Beach to Hubbard Radio. The sale, at a price of $88 million, was consummated on January 23, 2019. On August 30, 2019, WMEN rebranded as "Fox Sports 640".The Hurricane Flees West Palm Beach
RadioInsight - August 30, 2019

Previous logo

References

External links

WMEN official website

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