WFTW


WFTW is a radio station serving the Fort Walton Beach, Florida area with a news/talk radio format. This station broadcasts on AM frequency 1260 kHz and is under ownership of Cumulus Media and features on-line programming from ABC News Radio.

History of call letters

WFTW was first licensed on January 6, 1954 to the Vacationland Broadcasting Company of Fort Walton Beach. On February 28, 1979 the call letters were changed to WDIS, but they were changed back to WFTW on the first day of 1981.
The call letters WFTW earlier were assigned to a station in Fort Wayne, Indiana, that began broadcasting August 10, 1947.
In the 1960s and 1970s, WFTW was an FM station in Fort Walton Beach with a “beautiful music” format.