WALF

WALF

City	Alfred, New York
Frequency	89.7 MHz
First air date	November 1971
Format	Variety
ERP	200 watts
HAAT	-6.0 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	973
Transmitter coordinates	42°15′17.00″N 77°47′13.00″W / 42.2547222°N 77.7869444°W
Callsign meaning	W 'A L" Fred
Owner	Alfred University
Webcast	listen live
Website	walf.fm

WALF (89.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Alfred, New York, USA, the station serves the New York college area. The station is owned by Alfred University.^{[1] [2]}

History

WALF-FM started in November 1971 in the basement of 6 Sayles Street, and has since moved twice, to Steinheim in the mid-1970s, and then to its current location in the Powell Campus Center when it opened in 1993.

WALF-FM is run by student volunteers, and has a freeform genre - allowing the student volunteer DJs to play what they want (within Federal Communications Commission regulations). The students produce most of the programming from 9:00am-2:00am, with some programming including faculty and community members.

References

1. "WALF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
2. "WALF Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WALF
• Radio-Locator information on WALF
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WALF