WPFB

For the Middletown, Ohio radio station that held the call sign WPFB-FM at 105.9 FM in 1985 and from 1988 to 2011, see WNKN.
WPFB
City of license Middletown, Ohio
Broadcast area Dayton, Ohio
Slogan Public Radio That Rocks
Frequency 910 kHz
Format Adult album alternative (WNKU simulcast)
Power 1,000 watts day
100 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 54836
Transmitter coordinates 39°30′57.00″N 84°21′5.00″W / 39.5158333°N 84.3513889°W / 39.5158333; -84.3513889
Callsign meaning Paul F. Braden (former station owner)[1]
Owner Northern Kentucky University
Sister stations WNKU, WNKN, WNKE
Webcast Listen Live
Website wnku.org

WPFB (910 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult album alternative format. It is licensed to Middletown, Ohio, USA, and serves the Dayton area. The station is owned by Northern Kentucky University and is currently simulcasting WNKU 89.7 FM.[2][3]

History

WPFB first signed on in 1947 as a daytime-only station but a few months later received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to also broadcast in the evening. Throughout much of its history, WPFB had several format switches from middle of the road, country music, adult standards to talk radio and classic country. The station, along with co-owned WPFB-FM and WPAY-FM in Portsmouth, Ohio, was purchased in January 2011 by Northern Kentucky University (NKU), the owners of WNKU. WPFB-FM, whose call letters have been changed to WNKN, currently serves as a repeater station of WNKU and NKU has indicated that they intend to sell WPFB to help fund the purchase of the two FM stations.[4] In the meantime, WPFB also serves as a repeater station of WNKU.

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ↑ "WPFB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WPFB Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ WNKU Buys Two Stations to Broaden its Reach

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