WMEN

WMEN
City	Royal Palm Beach, Florida
Broadcast area	South Florida
Branding	640 Sports
Slogan	South Florida's Home for NY Yankees Baseball
Frequency	640 kHz
First air date	1986 (as WLVJ)
Format	Sports
Power	7,500 watts daytime 460 watts nighttime currently operating at 25,000 watts under a special temporary authority
Class	B
Facility ID	61080
Callsign meaning	W MEN (target audience)
Former callsigns	WLVJ (1986-2003) WJNA (2003-2006)
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio Florida Atlantic University New York Yankees Nova Southeastern University Florida Panthers
Owner	Mark Jorgenson (ACM JCE IV B LLC)
Sister stations	WFTL, WFLL
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	640 Sports

WMEN 640 Sports (640 AM) is a sports talk radio station licensed to Royal Palm Beach, Florida, USA. The station primarily serves the West Palm Beach, Florida market and provides strong coverage of nearby Fort Lauderdale and Miami. 640 Sports is a Fox Sports Radio affiliate, carrying hourly sports updates along with weekend and overnight programming. The station is owned by Mark Jorgenson, through licensee ACM JCE IV B LLC, and operated by Palm Beach Broadcasting with studios in Pompano Beach. Under a Special Temporary Authority from the FCC, WMEN broadcasts at 25,000 watts daytime power and 4500 watts nighttime power in order to overcome Cuban interference.^[1]

Local programming

Joe Raineri & Steve Zemach 6am-9am ET

History

WMEN was initially religious brokered station WLVJ before swapping call signs, format, and dial positions with adult standards WJNA 1040 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 call letters. Previous network affiliations include NBC Sports, CBS Sports, Yahoo! Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio.

WMEN, along with co-owned stations KBXD, WFLL, and WFTL, was purchased out of bankruptcy by 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.

Sports affiliations

640 Sports is the South Florida home for New York Yankees Baseball, Tampa Bay Buccaneers football, Notre Dame football, Florida Panthers ice hockey,^[2] and local coverage of Florida Atlantic University Athletics and Nova Southeastern University basketball.

References

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↑ Florida Panthers Partner with 640AM Sports Panthers.NHL.com Wednesday, July 29, 2015.

External links

WMEN official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WMEN

Radio-Locator Information on WMEN

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WMEN

Radio stations in the West Palm Beach–Boca Raton, Florida market

By AM frequency	640 670 740 760 850 900 960 1000 1040 1190 1230 1290 1340 1380 1420 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 89.9 90.7 91.3 92.1 93.5 94.3 95.5 95.9 97.9 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.9 102.3 103.1 104.3 105.5 106.3 106.9 107.9

By callsign	W270AD WAYF WBGF WBZT WCNO WDJA WEAT WEFL WFLV WFTL WIRK WJBW WJCB WJNO WKGR WLDI WLLY-FM WLML-FM WMBX WMEN WOLL WPBR WPOM WPSP WRLX WRMB WRMF WSBR WSFS WSVU WSWN WURN WUUB WWFE WWRF WZZR

Florida radio markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers–Naples–Marco Island Ft. Pierce–Stuart–Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville–Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne–Titusville–Cocoa Miami–Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota–Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa–St.Petersburg–Clearwater West Palm Beach–Boca Raton Other Florida radio regions Florida Keys Lake City Sebring See also List of radio stations in Florida

Radio stations in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida market

By AM frequency	560 610 670 710 790 830 880 940 980 990 1020 1080 1140 1170 1210 1260 1320 1360 1400 1430 1450 1470 1490 1520 1550 1580 1700

By SW frequency	9.955

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.1 88.3 88.5 88.9 89.7 90.3 90.5 90.9 91.3 92.3 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.9 98.3 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.7 103.5 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (WEYS-LP/Rel)

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.500 162.550

By callsign	KHB34 W228BV/W228BY/W284CS WACC WAMR-FM WAQI WAVS WAXY WBGG-FM WCMQ-FM WDNA WEDR WEXY WFEZ WFLC WFLL WGNK WHIM WHSR WHYI-FM WINZ WIOD WJCC WKAT WKIS WKPX WLFE WLQY WLRN-FM WLVJ WLYF WMBM WMIA-FM WMIB (HD2) WMLV WMXJ WMYM WNG663 WNMA WOCN WOIR WPOW WQAM WQBA WRGP WRHC WRMA WRMF WRMI WRTO-FM WSFS WSRF WSUA WURN-FM WVUM WWFE WWNN WXDJ WYBP WZAB WZTU WZ2531

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 230 Sirius Channel 153 Florida radio markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers–Naples–Marco Island Ft. Pierce–Stuart–Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville–Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne–Titusville–Cocoa Miami–Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota–Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa–St.Petersburg–Clearwater West Palm Beach–Boca Raton Other Florida radio regions Florida Keys Lake City Sebring See also List of radio stations in Florida

Sports Radio Stations in the state of Florida

Stations:	WAOC - Saint Augustine WAXY - South Miami WBSR - Pensacola WDAE - Saint Petersburg WDBO - Orlando WEFL - Tequesta WFSX - Fort Myers WFXJ - Jacksonville WGGG - Gainesville WHBO - Pinellas Park WHOO - Kissimmee WINZ - Miami WJCM - Sebring WJXL AM & FM - Jacksonville Beach WKII - Solana WKWF - Key West WLZR - Melbourne WMEN - Royal Palm Beach WMOP - Ocala WNOG - Naples WNWF - Destin WOCY - Carrabelle WQAM - Miami WRUF - Gainesville WTKE - Milton WTKE-FM - Niceville WTSM - Tallahassee WUUB - Jupiter WWCN - Fort Myers Beach WYGM - Orlando WYKE - Inglis

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Florida See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

Coordinates: 26°32′30″N 80°44′30″W / 26.54167°N 80.74167°W / 26.54167; -80.74167

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