WYFD

WYFD
City Decatur, Alabama
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 / 34.79806; -86.64000
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

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

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

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. Fybush, Scott (June 12, 2002). "An Afternoon in Huntsville, Alabama". Tower Site of the Week.
  4. 1 2 "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.
  5. "Active Translators by Station Translated". Christian Radio Tech. April 25, 2008.


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