Branding 88.5 WFDD ERP 60,000 watts Frequency 88.5 MHz Owner Wake Forest University Call sign meaning Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Translator(s) 100.1 W261CK (Boone) HAAT 285 meters City of license Winston-Salem Area Piedmont Triad | |
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Broadcast area North Carolina and Virginia First air date April 19, 1948 (in Wake Forest, moved to Winston-Salem in 1956) Format Classical music, Talk radio Slogan Public Radio for the Piedmont | ||
The history of wfdd
WFDD (88.5 MHz) is an FM public radio station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is the National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate for the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point media market, also called the Piedmont Triad. Owned by Wake Forest University, WFDD serves 32 counties in Central North Carolina and South-Central Virginia. It also operates a translator, W261CK on 100.1 FM in Boone.
WFDD broadcasts from a 60,000 watt transmitter near Welcome, North Carolina. It had used a 100,000 watt transmitter but that was destroyed in a 1989 tornado. The station airs news and talk shows from NPR during the day, with local news updates. From 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., the station turns to Classical music programming.
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