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WRFD
Rural Free Delivery
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID58630
ClassD
Power23,000 watts (daytime only)
6,100 watts (critical hours)
Transmitter coordinates
39°56′31″N 83°1′20″W / 39.94194°N 83.02222°W / 39.94194; -83.02222
Translator(s)104.5 W283CL (Columbus)
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Websitewrfd.com

WRFD (880

Christian talk and teaching radio format. WRFD and sister station WTOH
(98.9 FM) share studios on North High Street in the northwest portion of Columbus.

By day, WRFD is powered at 23,000

FM translator
station W283CL (104.5 FM), which launched in November 2016.

History

WRFD

rural free delivery), and had its studios and transmitter located on East Powell Road in rural Delaware County
, north of Columbus.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
(Note the Nationwide "eagle" logo inside the Peoples microphone logo)

WRFD held a

construction permit for an FM station that actually was on the air for a period of time in the early 1950s. But few people owned FM receivers in those days and the license was turned in a short time later. In 1961, WRFD decided again to launch an FM station. WRFD-FM 97.9 had a classical music format. In 1967, it ended the classical format, becoming radio station WNCI
, with the new call letters standing for parent company Nationwide Communications and Insurance. WRFD was later sold to Buckeye Media in 1974, which sold it to current owner Salem Communications in late 1981.

Since February 1, 1982, WRFD has operated with a Christian talk and teaching format. On air personalities at that time included Chuck Brown, Rick Dolezal, Boyce Lancaster, Bill DeWeese and Steve Lineberry. The station also maintained a daily broadcast schedule of farm news and agribusiness information. In the late '90s, the farm program adopted the brand Ohio Farm Radio.

One widely known WRFD farm broadcaster was

ABN Radio
.

In 2005, Salem executives, with hopes of providing a more consistent programming schedule, decided to discontinue WRFD's agricultural programming.

Programming

Local programming on WRFD includes Bob Burney Live on weekday afternoons and repeated overnight. On Saturdays, local programs include Listen to Your Money, Saving Face, and Saturday Live, hosted by Columbus radio veteran Tom Wiebell.

WRFD carries programs from national religious leaders, including

conservative talk hosts are also heard, Jay Sekulow and Eric Metaxas. WRFD uses a brokered programming
format, where hosts pay for their time on the air and may use their shows to seek donations to their ministries.

Translator

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W283CL 104.5 FM Columbus, Ohio 152209 250 D 39°56′14″N 83°1′16″W / 39.93722°N 83.02111°W / 39.93722; -83.02111 (W251CT) LMS

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRFD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WRFD
  3. ^ "Rural Ohio Station, WRFD, Now on Air" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 15, 1947. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

Notes

  1. ^ Nationwide Insurance and the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation have had a long and close relationship; Nationwide having originally been created by the farm bureau to meet the insurance needs of farmers.

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