WFTL

WFTL is a News/Talk radio station licensed to West Palm Beach, Florida with studios located in West Palm Beach. The station operates with 50,000 watts daytime power and 24,000 watts nighttime power, providing coverage of Palm Beach, Broward, and part of Miami-Dade Counties. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC.The station is the South Florida home of Florida State Seminoles football.HistoryThe station launched as WEAT on February 14, 1948. Licensed to Lake Worth Broadcasting Corporation, the station broadcast on 1490 kc. with 100 watts of power. In 1954 WEAT changed its community of license to West Palm Beach and moved to 850 kc. at 1,000 watts of power.OwnershipFor many years prior to October 1, 1982, WEAT was owned by billionaire John D. MacArthur and was paired with WEAT-FM (Easy 104.3). In October 1986 sportscaster Curt Gowdy sold the station to J.J. Taylor Companies Inc. of North Dartmouth, Mass., for an undisclosed price. In October, 1995, it was sold with WEAT-FM to OmniAmerica Group of Cleveland for an estimated $18 million.In May 1996, WEAT was sold with seven other stations for $178 million to Chancellor Broadcasting Co., and WEAT was sold again in June of that year, along with WEAT-FM 104.3 and WOLL-FM 94.3 to American Radio Systems of Boston.