Broadcast area Columbus Metro Area HAAT 236 meters City of license Columbus Slogan Where Music Is Going | ERP 5,000 watts Frequency 88.7 MHz Branding RadioU | |
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Translator(s) K206CJ (Issaquah, WA)
K213EM (Edmond, OK)
K293AY (Enumclaw, WA)
W203AW (Fredonia, NY)
W254BJ (Springfield, OH)
W263AX (Circleville, OH)
W271AO (Mount Vernon, OH)
W273BQ (Dayton, OH)
W277BV (Zanesville, OH) Repeater(s) KRQZ (Lompoc, CA)
WPRJ (Coleman, MI) First air date February 16, 1996
(as WUFM) Format Contemporary Christian music Owner Spirit Communications, Inc. Area Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio | ||
WUFM (88.7 FM, "RadioU") is non-commercial Contemporary Christian radio station licensed to Columbus, Ohio. The station retransmits its signal via satellite to nine different translators nationwide (see below): five in its home state of Ohio, two in Washington, one in New York, and one in Oklahoma. The station's programming is also aired by KRQZ, a full-service FM station licensed to Lompoc, California with its own translator (K205DS/San Luis Obispo), and WPRJ, a full-service FM station licensed to Coleman, Michigan with its own translator (W244BJ/Alma).
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WUFM primarily plays alternative Christian music across several genres, with the most played genre including pop-rock, hard rock, punk, and hip-hop, as well as occasional emo, electronica/dance, and hardcore/metal music. The station is accessible worldwide through their website (radiou.com) and can be seen through their music TV station, TVU, which is available on Sky Angel Satellite Network. Sky Angel also features a RadioU station along with the TVU station.
RadioU
RadioU is a non-profit organization and is funded completely by listener donations. RadioU does not have commercial sponsors and is kept running only by listener donations and fundraisers such as the RadioU Annual 5k. Their major pledge drive, known as Unleash the Music, is performed twice a year and works to raise enough money to keep the station on the air for the next six months as well as expand RadioU nationwide. The call letters WUFM reflect the name of the station (RadioU) as well as the fact that the station broadcasts using FM.
Unleash the Music
Unleash the Music is a fundraiser for the Ohio-based radio network RadioU and the nationally-broadcast music television network TVU. Both RadioU and TVU are commercial-free and listener-supported. Therefore, Unleash the Music exists to provide financial support from viewer and listener donations for specific and miscellaneous costs and expenses such as video and song licensing rights, airtime, and various overhead costs. Recently, RadioU has begun production on new station repeaters in Seattle, Washington and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma due to Unleash the Music proceeds composed of generous viewer and listener donations.
During the last Unleash the Music event, RadioU and TVU worked hard to raise awareness of Unleash the Music and the station's need for financial support. To do this, artists and bands frequently featured on RadioU and TVU endorsed the two networks encouraging viewers and listeners to give. Artists such as Red, This Beautiful Republic, Showbread, and Philmont gave some of the more vocal group endorsements.