WMEN
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WMEN is a sports talk radio station
in Florida. The station currently carries many programs from Sporting News Radio. Up until April of 2009, WMEN was a Fox Sports Radio
affiliate, but lost the affiliation to WINZ
. WMEN also carries FAU
and FSU
football and basketball games. Local shows include Jeff DeForrest on "The First Team" weekdays mornings from 6am-10am ET. He has various co-hosts on the program including CBS Sports Lesley Visser and former Miami Dolphin
Troy Stradford. WMEN also carries New York Yankees
baseball. The station is owned and operated by James-Crystal Enterprises.
WMEN is located at 640 kHz and has been granted a construction permit for 50,000 watts/day, 25,000 watts/night from a tower site in Belle Glade, FL. The power increase was approved because of interference from Cuban radio stations on the same frequency. Adding to that, the station has been granted a special temporary authority
to operate at 50,000 watts day and night, with directional signals.
Prior to becoming WMEN, the call letters were WJNA, which had been on various frequencies in the market prior to 640AM. WJNA's format was "standards
" or "nostalgia
" which targeted older demographics. WJNA became WMEN on October 23, 2006, and changed formats to ManTalk 640. ManTalk was a talk radio format geared toward adult males, similar to talk formats found on FM. All shows carried by ManTalk were syndicated.
WMEN changed to its sports talk format on 2008-03-03, but retained the WMEN call letters. On-the-air, the station calls itself, WFTL 640 Sports, using the call letters of its sister station WFTL (AM). In the past, 640 AM carried Marlins baseball as the Palm Beach affiliate of the Marlins Radio Network before games moved to WEFL
. In the past, WMEN has served as the home of the Florida Panthers
hockey team if the Florida Marlins
are playing simultaneously on WAXY
.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in Florida. The station currently carries many programs from Sporting News Radio. Up until April of 2009, WMEN was a Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming. The network is a service of Premiere Networks...
affiliate, but lost the affiliation to WINZ
WINZ
WINZ may refer to:* WINZ , a radio station in Miami, Florida* WMGE, an FM radio station in Miami, Florida, formerly known as WINZ-FM* Work and Income New Zealand , a forerunner of the Ministry of Social Development...
. WMEN also carries FAU
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...
and FSU
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
football and basketball games. Local shows include Jeff DeForrest on "The First Team" weekdays mornings from 6am-10am ET. He has various co-hosts on the program including CBS Sports Lesley Visser and former Miami Dolphin
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Troy Stradford. WMEN also carries New York Yankees
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
baseball. The station is owned and operated by James-Crystal Enterprises.
WMEN is located at 640 kHz and has been granted a construction permit for 50,000 watts/day, 25,000 watts/night from a tower site in Belle Glade, FL. The power increase was approved because of interference from Cuban radio stations on the same frequency. Adding to that, the station has been granted a special temporary authority
Special temporary authority
In U.S. broadcast law, a special temporary authorization or special temporary authority is a type of broadcast license which temporarily allows a broadcast station to operate outside of its normal technical or legal parameters...
to operate at 50,000 watts day and night, with directional signals.
Prior to becoming WMEN, the call letters were WJNA, which had been on various frequencies in the market prior to 640AM. WJNA's format was "standards
Adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
" or "nostalgia
Great American Songbook
The Great American Songbook is a hypothetical construct that seeks to represent the best American songs of the 20th century principally from Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywood musicals, from the 1920s to 1960, including dozens of songs of enduring popularity...
" which targeted older demographics. WJNA became WMEN on October 23, 2006, and changed formats to ManTalk 640. ManTalk was a talk radio format geared toward adult males, similar to talk formats found on FM. All shows carried by ManTalk were syndicated.
WMEN changed to its sports talk format on 2008-03-03, but retained the WMEN call letters. On-the-air, the station calls itself, WFTL 640 Sports, using the call letters of its sister station WFTL (AM). In the past, 640 AM carried Marlins baseball as the Palm Beach affiliate of the Marlins Radio Network before games moved to WEFL
WEFL
WEFL is a radio station broadcasting a Sports radio format. Licensed to Tequesta, Florida, USA, the station serves the West Palm Beach area. The station is currently owned by Good Karma Broadcasting.-History:...
. In the past, WMEN has served as the home of the Florida Panthers
Florida Panthers
The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the...
hockey team if the Florida Marlins
Florida Marlins
The Miami Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise called the Florida Marlins, the Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Marlins played their home games at...
are playing simultaneously on WAXY
WAXY
WAXY is a radio station licensed in South Miami, Florida broadcasting on 790 kHz with a sports talk format. The station is owned by Lincoln Financial Media, which was previously known as Jefferson-Pilot Communications...
.