WFYI-FM
City | Indianapolis, Indiana |
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Broadcast area | Indianapolis, Indiana |
Branding | News/Talk |
Frequency | 90.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
First air date | October 14, 1954 (as WIAN) |
Format | Public radio |
ERP | 10,000 watts |
HAAT | 171 meters |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 41394 |
Callsign meaning | For Your Information and For You Indiana |
Former callsigns | WIAN (1954-1988) |
Owner | Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Broadcasting |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wfyi.org |
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".[1]
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)[2] was previously named Central Indiana Radio Reading Inc (CIRRI).
References
- ↑ http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=41 HD Radio Guide for Indianapolis
- ↑ http://www.wfyi.org/iris-reading-services
External links
- WFYI official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WFYI
- Radio-Locator information on WFYI
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WFYI
Coordinates: 39°54′00″N 86°12′00″W / 39.900°N 86.200°W