WYFR is a shortwave radio station located in Okeechobee, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Family Stations, Inc., as part of the Family Radio network, and broadcasts traditional Christian radio programming to international audiences.
It began broadcasting on October 20, 1973,[citation needed] after Family Stations acquired shortwave station WNYW located in Scituate, Massachusetts, and changed its call letters to WYFR, which stand for We're Your Family Radio.[citation needed] The station built new transmitters in Okeechobee in 1977,[citation needed] and closed the Scituate site in 1979.[citation needed]
The interval signal of WYFR is a brass quintet playing the first eight bars of "To God Be the Glory".[citation needed]
[edit] Radio Taiwan International
At night after 5 p.m./6 p.m. until sometime the next morning Eastern Time Zone (depending on daylight saving time), this station broadcasts Radio Taiwan International in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, and Spanish.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 27°27′30″N 80°56′0″W / 27.45833°N 80.933333°W / 27.45833; -80.933333
