WBRF
City | Galax, Virginia |
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Broadcast area |
Southwestern Virginia Southside Virginia Piedmont Triad |
Branding | "Classic Country 98-1" |
Slogan | "Playing 50 Years of Country" |
Frequency | 98.1 FM MHz |
First air date | December 15, 1961[1] |
Format |
Classic country Bluegrass Americana[2] |
Power |
100,000 Watts horizontal 96,000 watts vertical |
HAAT | 535 meters (1,755 ft) |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 5986 |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°33′34.0″N 80°49′25.0″W / 36.559444°N 80.823611°W |
Callsign meaning | W Blue Ridge Family (Radio) |
Former callsigns |
WBOB-FM (1961–1985) WBRF (1985-Present)[3] |
Affiliations |
CBS Radio News MRN Radio PRN Radio Virginia News Network |
Owner | Blue Ridge Radio, Inc. |
Webcast | WBRF Webstream |
Website | WBRF Online |
WBRF is a Classic country, Bluegrass and Americana formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Galax, Virginia, serving Southwestern Virginia, Southside Virginia and the Piedmont Triad.[2] WBRF is owned and operated by Blue Ridge Radio, Inc.[4]
Programming
WBRF-FM broadcasts the classic country music show, "Blue Ridge Back Roads", live from the Rex Theater in Galax weekly.[5] It also broadcasts from the Old Fiddler's Convention every August in Felt's Park, also in Galax.
References
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-564. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ↑ "WBRF Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ↑ Rex Theater: About the Venue
External links
- Classic Country 98-1 Online
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WBRF
- Radio-Locator information on WBRF
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WBRF
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