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City
  
Indianapolis, Indiana

Branding
  
News/Talk

Broadcast area
  
Indianapolis, Indiana

Format
  
Public radio

WFYI-FM

Frequency
  
90.1 MHz (also on HD Radio)

First air date
  
October 14, 1954 (as WIAN)

WFYI-FM (90.1) is the National Public Radio member station in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is operated by Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Broadcasting, a public broadcasting community licensee which also operates the area's PBS member station, WFYI Public Television via on-air digital channels 20.1, 20.2 and 20.3. WFYI-FM operates on a broadcast frequency of 90.1FM and is available on high-digital radio receivers, as 90.1 HD2 (90.1-2), nicknamed "The Point". HD 1 is marketed as "News/Talk and HD2 as "World/Variety".

IPS sold the station to MIPB in 1988, and that March 15 it became WFYI-FM.

Some WFYI programming can also be heard on WNDY FM in Crawfordsville.

IRIS

WFYI 90.1 FM Public Radio carries services for the print-impaired via the Internet and a subcarrier (SCA) broadcast signal. Indiana Reading and Information Services (IRIS) was previously named Central Indiana Radio Reading Inc (CIRRI).

References

WFYI-FM Wikipedia