WFXJ (AM)

WFXJ (930 kHz "Acción 97.3") is a commercial AM radio station in Jacksonville, Florida. It airs a Spanish news/talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. WFXJ is also streamed on accionjacksonville.iheart.com and on the iHeartRadio app.

For the FM radio station in North Kingsville, Ohio, United States, see WFXJ-FM.
WFXJ
Broadcast areaJacksonville metropolitan area
Frequency930 kHz
BrandingAcción 97.3
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
FormatNews/talk
AffiliationsJacksonville Jaguars Spanish Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
WJBT, WKSL, WQIK-FM, WSOL-FM, WWJK
History
First air date
November 1925 (as WJAX)
Former call signs
WJAX (1925-December 2, 1991)
WNZS (December 2, 1991-March 8, 1994; March 8, 1994-March 16, 2001)
WJGR (March 8, 1994-)
Call sign meaning
W FoX Sports in Jacksonville (former format)
Technical information
Facility ID51973
ClassB
Power5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
30°17′9.00″N 81°44′52.00″W
Repeater(s)97.9 WKSL-HD2 (Neptune Beach)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websiteaccionjacksonville.iheart.com

The station's studios and offices are located on Central Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside neighborhood. The transmitter is off Hyde Grove Avenue on Jacksonsonville's Westside.[1] WFXJ transmits with 5,000 watts around the clock. By day it uses a non-directional antenna, but at night, to protect other stations on AM 930, it switches to a directional signal aimed toward the east.

History

WFXJ is the oldest radio station in Jacksonville. It signed on the air in November 1925 as WJAX.[2] During the 1930s, WJAX broadcast on 900 kilocycles 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 NBC Red Network affiliate. In 1941, with the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) WJAX moved to 930 kHz. It also got a boost to 5,000 watts.

In the 1990s, the station was carrying a talk radio format, owned by Florida businessman Bud Paxson. It used the call sign WNZS (standing for "News") and carried world and national news from the NBC Radio Network.[3] But as sports radio stations were gaining popularity around the country, WNZS switched to an all-sports format. Clear Channel Communications (original name of today's iHeartMedia) acquired WNZS in the late 1990s. Because Clear Channel has a financial interest in the Fox Sports Radio Network, the station became a Fox Sports affiliate. On March 16, 2001, the call letters were switched to WFXJ to reflect the Fox Sports affiliation, and the home city of Jacksonville.

In July 2015, WFXJ hired Seth Harp as its new Director of Programming and afternoon drive time host.

On September 5, 2018, WFXJ rebranded as "930 The Game."[4]

On March 15, 2019, WFXJ began simulcasting on FM translator W247CF, and rebranded as "97.3 The Game."[5] The FM translator switched to a Regional Mexican format in May 2020, leaving sports programming only on AM 930.[6] Without the FM translator, WFXJ returned to the branding "930 The Game."

On January 22, 2021, WFXJ ended its sports format, flipping to urban gospel music as "Hallelujah 930".[7] 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).[8]

Previous logos

References
  1. Radio-Locator.com/WFXJ-AM
  2. Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 28.
  3. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1995 page B-89
  4. WFXJ Rebrands as 930 The Game Radioinsight - September 5, 2018
  5. The Game Comes to FM in Jacksonville Radioinsight - March 15, 2019
  6. InsideRadio.com "iHeart Jacksonville Launches Regional Mexican on 97.3" May 5, 2020
  7. Hallelujah! Game Over in Jacksonville
  8. iHeartMedia Expands Acción To Jacksonville & Tampa Radioinsight - July 26, 2021
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