WAIF

For other uses, see Waif (disambiguation).

WAIF
City	Cincinnati, Ohio
Broadcast area	Cincinnati, Ohio
Slogan	What Radio Is Meant to Be
Frequency	88.3 FM
Format	Community Radio
ERP	1,600 watts
HAAT	120 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	63203
Owner	The Real Stepchild Radio of Cincinnati, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.waif883.org

WAIF (88.3 FM) is a community radio station licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio.

Overview

WAIF is an all-volunteer community radio station, one of only a handful in the USA. WAIF reception varies because of the hilly local terrain, but it can be heard over the air within the Cincinnati-area I-275 belt in Southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southeastern Indiana. WAIF also broadcasts over the Internet.

Organizing for the station began in 1973. WAIF went on the air in 1975. Rather than wait for an open frequency, the organizers decided to share the 88.3 MHz frequency with the local vocational school's station, WJVS, an arrangement that remained in place until WJVS ceased operations on May 10, 2012 (over a week earlier than expected), following the failure of its transmitter.

WAIF is managed by a Board of Trustees of between 7 and 11 members, elected to two-year terms at an annual membership meeting in September of each year. The Board of Trustees elects officers and appoints staff and management for the station.

WAIF's motto is "What Radio Is Meant To Be" Originally, the station referred to their organization as "Stepchild Radio", and had close ties to WYSO, the Antioch College station in Yellow Springs.

Programming

WJVS formerly broadcast on the 88.3 frequency during regular school hours; WAIF broadcast at all other times. When WJVS ceased broadcasting on May 10, 2012, the station notified WAIF that it could begin full-time operations on 88.3 FM immediately.

Over the years WAIF has broadcast the work of more than a thousand volunteer programmers, producers and activists. As of June 2006, local programmers do all programming. Individual programs vary in length, but run between one and three hours, once a week.

Music programs

Gospel
Jazz
Doo-Wop
Bluegrass
Blues
Surf Music
Hip-Hop
Christian Progressive
Rock
Local
Caribbean
Independent
Folk

Talk-radio programs

Current Affairs
African Perspectives on the News
African Village Buka
International Talk
Labor Unions
Gay & Lesbian
Women's Issues
Racial Issues
Local Affairs

Ethnic heritage programs

German
Italian
Greek
Native American
Indian & Pakistani
Africa
Latin
Appalachian
Argentine

Previous programs

The Chris & Rob Late Night Talk Show

References

External links

WAIF 88.3's official website

Radio stations in the Cincinnati, Ohio market

By AM frequency	550 700¹ 740 910 1050 1160 1230 1320 1360 1450 1480 1530¹ 1560

By FM frequency	88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.9 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 95.9 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 103.9 103.9 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5

By callsign	W233BG WAIF WAKW WAOL WCKY¹ WCNW WCVG WCVX WDBZ WDJO WEBN WFCJ WFTK WGRI WGRR WGUC WHKO WHSS WIOK WIZF WJVS WKFS WKID WKRC WKRQ WLHS WLW¹ WMKV WMOH WMUB WMWX WNKN WNKR WNKU WNNF WNOP WOBO WOFX-FM WOSL WOXY WPFB WRBI WREW WRRM WSAI WSCH WUBE-FM WVQC-LP WVXU WYGY WZDA

Defunct	WJVS (88.3 FM) WLMH (89.1 FM) WAQZ (97.3 FM)

Nearby radio markets Bloomington-Columbus, IN Columbus, OH Dayton Huntington-Ashland-Ironton Indianapolis Lexington Louisville Southern Ohio See also List of radio stations in Ohio List of radio stations in Kentucky List of radio stations in Indiana ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

Coordinates: 39°07′37″N 84°29′06″W / 39.127°N 84.485°W / 39.127; -84.485

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