WYFD

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WYFD
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City of license Decatur, Alabama
Broadcast area Huntsville, Alabama
Frequency 91.7 MHz
First air date December 17, 1990
Format Christian
ERP 9000 watts
HAAT 240 meters (788 feet)
Class C2
Facility ID 5118
Transmitter Coordinates 34°47′53″N, 86°38′24″W
Callsign meaning Where You Find Direction
Former callsigns WBQM[1]
Owner Bible Broadcasting Network, Inc.
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://www.bbnradio.org/

WYFD (91.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Decatur, Alabama, that serves the Huntsville, Alabama, area. It airs a Christian radio format.[2] It operates as part of the Bible Broadcasting Network.[3]

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[edit] 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 translators.[4][5]

Callsign Frequency City of license Power Class Additional Information
W239AE 95.7 FM Winchester, Tennessee 10 watts D FCC Radio Locator
W280DA 103.9 FM Florence, Alabama 80 watts D FCC Radio Locator
W202BM 88.3 FM Lawrenceburg, Tennessee 27 watts D FCC Radio Locator

[edit] 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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Call Sign History. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ^ Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
  3. ^ Fybush, Scott. "An Afternoon in Huntsville, Alabama", Tower Site of the Week, 2002-06-12. 
  4. ^ a b BBN Stations - WYFD. BBN International. Retrieved on 2008-01-02. “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 (2008-04-25).

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