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WYFD
Broadcast areaHuntsville, Alabama
Frequency91.7 MHz
Programming
FormatChristian
AffiliationsBible Broadcasting Network
Ownership
OwnerBible Broadcasting Network, Inc.
History
First air date
December 17, 1990
Former call signs
WBQM[1]
Call sign meaning
Where You Find Direction
Technical information
Facility ID5118
ClassC2
ERP9,000 watts
HAAT240 meters (788 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
34°47′53″N 86°38′24″W / 34.79806°N 86.64000°W / 34.79806; -86.64000
Links
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteWYFD Online

WYFD (91.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Decatur, Alabama, United States. 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 City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
W239AE 95.7 FM FM Winchester, Tennessee 10 D
W280DA 103.9 FM FM Florence, Alabama 80 D

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Active Translators by Station Translated". Christian Radio Tech. April 25, 2008.