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{{Short description|Radio station in Fulton, Kentucky (1951–2012)}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WFUL
| logo =
| city = [[Fulton, Kentucky]]
| area =
| branding = ''Border Country''
| frequency = 1270 [[kHz]]
| repeater =
| airdate = {{start date|1951}}
| last_airdate = {{end date|2012}}
| format = Defunct
| power = 1,000 [[watt]]s day<br>54 [[watt]]s night
| erp =
| haat =
| class = D
| facility_id = 56555
| coordinates = {{coord|36|30|54|N|88|54|16|W|region:US-KY_type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = Fulton<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html |title=Call Letter Origins |work=Radio History on the Web }}</ref>
| former_callsigns = WKZT (1988–2004)
| owner = River County Broadcasting, Inc.
| licensee =
| sister_stations =
| webcast =
| website =
| affiliations = [[Citadel Media|ABC Radio]]
}}
'''WFUL''' (1270 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) was a [[radio station]]  broadcasting a [[country music]] format. Formerly licensed to [[Fulton, Kentucky]], United States, the station was owned by River County Broadcasting, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WFUL |title=WFUL Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref>
==History==
The station began broadcasting in the summer of 1951 under ownership by Ken-Tenn Broadcasting.<ref name=nash>{{Cite book|last=Nash|first=Francis M.|date=1995|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State|publisher=HOST Communications|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Towers-Over-Kentucky-Nash-1995.pdf|via=World Radio History|isbn=9781879688933|page=82}}</ref>
The station's call sign was changed on March 17, 1988, to WKZT, in honor of former [[WNGO]] and [[WNBS]] engineer Kenneth Z. Turner, who bought the station in 1962, to celebrate his 50 years of employment at the station. Turner owned the station from 1962 until he sold the station to River County Broadcasting in 1990.{{r|nash}}
On July 5, 2004, the station changed its call sign back to WFUL.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=56555&Callsign=WFUL |title=WFUL Call Sign History |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref>
On March 28, 2012, the station's license was cancelled and its callsign deleted from the [[Federal Communications Commission]]'s database, per the licensee's request.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0402/DOC-313328A1.pdf |title=Broadcast Actions, April 2, 2012 |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=56555 FCC Station Search Details: DWFUL] (Facility ID: 56555)
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=52838 FCC History Cards for WFUL] (covering 1950–1979)
[[Category:Radio stations in Kentucky|FUL]]
[[Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2012]]
[[Category:Defunct radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:2012 disestablishments in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Defunct mass media in Kentucky|FUL]]
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