WYFD
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| City | Decatur, Alabama |
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| Broadcast area | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Frequency | 91.7 MHz |
| First air date | December 17, 1990 |
| Format | Christian |
| ERP | 9,000 watts |
| HAAT | 240 meters (788 feet) |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 5118 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°47′53″N 86°38′24″W / 34.79806°N 86.64000°W |
| Callsign meaning | Where You Find Direction |
| Former callsigns | WBQM[1] |
| Affiliations | Bible Broadcasting Network |
| Owner | Bible Broadcasting Network, Inc. |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WYFD Online |
WYFD (91.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Decatur, Alabama, USA. It airs a Christian radio format to the greater Huntsville, Alabama, area.[2] The station is owned and operated as part of the Bible Broadcasting Network.[3]
History[edit]
Bible Broadcasting Network programming started on the station on December 17, 1990.[4] The station was assigned the WYFD call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 15, 1991. Prior to this change the station had used the WBQM call sign.[1]
Translators[edit]
WYFD programming reaches south-central Tennessee and North Alabama as far west as Florence and as far east as Scottsboro through its main signal and a series of broadcast translators.[4][5]
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP W |
Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W239AE | 95.7 FM | Winchester, Tennessee | 10 | D | FCC |
| W280DA | 103.9 FM | Florence, Alabama | 80 | D | FCC |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (June 12, 2002). "An Afternoon in Huntsville, Alabama". Tower Site of the Week.
- ^ a b "BBN Stations - WYFD". BBN International. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
WYFD signed on the air December 17, 1990. WYFD is now a 9,000 watt output station operating in Huntsville, AL.
- ^ "Active Translators by Station Translated". Christian Radio Tech. April 25, 2008.
External links[edit]
- WYFD official website
- Bible Broadcasting Network
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WYFD
- Radio-Locator information on WYFD
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WYFD
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