WBFO

WBFO

City	Buffalo, New York
Broadcast area	Buffalo, New York
Frequency	88.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) Simulcast on WNED-FM HD2 94.5 Mhz
Repeaters	WUBJ Jamestown, New York 88.1 MHz WOLN Olean, New York 91.3 MHz
First air date	January 6, 1959
Format	Public Radio
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	117 meters
Class	B
Callsign meaning	BuFfalO
Affiliations	NPR
Owner	Western New York Public Broadcasting Association
Webcast	WBFO-FM PLS M3U
Website	WBFO.org

WBFO is the NPR member station for Buffalo, New York, carrying an almost entirely public news/talk format. It broadcasts from studios in the Lower Terrace section of downtown Buffalo which it shares with WNED-TV and WNED-FM.^[1] Previously, it broadcast from the South campus (AKA Main Street Campus) of the University at Buffalo. It currently leases an as-yet unutilized satellite studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[2] Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, which at the time owned an AM station which had the call letters WNED-AM and had been carrying some of the same programming as WBFO, purchased WBFO in July 2011, and incorporated some of the channel's news features and staff into a combined lineup on March 1, 2012, through November 30, 2012 (when the sale of WNED-AM to Crawford Broadcasting was finalized and the call letters changed to WDCZ) which it broadcast on both stations. Most of the programming lost in the merger formerly aired on WNED-AM (although much of that was restored after Talk of the Nation, previously a WBFO exclusive, ended its run). Among the programs eliminated from the old WBFO were the last jazz programs originating from a Buffalo area radio station at that time.^[3]^[4] In June 2013, jazz programming returned to the Buffalo area with the weekly "Off We Go", a local one-hour program broadcast by local trumpeter Lew Custode at 3 pm Wednesdays on Niagara Falls station, WJJL, while blues has also been added to the format at WGWE.

Programming

Prior to March 2012, WBFO presented a full-service mix of news and music programming that incorporated blues and jazz. WBFO's local news department had been highly recognized by the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association. WBFO was all-news during the day and featured jazz overnight. On weekends there had been a mix of syndicated talk programs (such as Car Talk, Only A Game and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!) mornings, and music programs (The Thistle & Shamrock, Bebop and Beyond, and Piano Jazz) in the evenings. Locally originated blues programming was broadcast on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

A four-hour block of jazz programming during the midday shift was eliminated in 2010, with Fresh Air moving to an earlier time slot and additional talk programming (all network or syndicated) added. The program changes also eliminated an additional two hours of jazz and local music in the evening time slot, pushing the start of jazz programming from 8 p.m. back to 10 p.m., being replaced by replays of programming that had already aired on WBFO earlier in the day.

All remaining local and syndicated music programming on WBFO, with the exception of the weekend afternoon blues blocks which were moved to evenings were eliminated on March 1, 2012, after WNED took over WBFO's operations; the only music programming on either WNED or WBFO were the blues blocks and A Prairie Home Companion, which had previously aired on WNED.

HD Programming

A musical satellite feed called Exponential which had been carried on the HD2 channel was replaced by a satellite jazz feed called JazzWorks. A third channel, HD3 consisting of NPR news and information which allowed the listening of programs at times they were not on the main channel was eliminated.^[5]

References

↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20120210083455/http://www.wbfo.org/content/pages/contact. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Gusto- Ultimate guide to everything Buffalo". Buffalonews.com. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
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↑ "WNED-AM sale to Crawford Broadcasting finalized - Life & Arts". The Buffalo News. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
↑ "Find Stations". HD Radio. Retrieved 2016-02-21.

External links

WBFO Official website

Radio stations in Buffalo–Niagara Falls market

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.3 89.9 90.7 91.3 92.9 93.7 94.5 96.1 96.9 98.5 99.5 101.7 102.5 102.9 103.3 104.1 104.7 106.5 107.7

By AM frequency	550 770 930 970 1080 1120 1230 1270 1300 1330 1340 1400 1440 1520

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.525 162.550

By callsign	KEB98 W207BB W275BB W284AP WBBF WBEN WBFO WBLK WBNY WBUF WCOU WDCX-FM WDCZ WECK WEDG WFBF WGCC WGR WGRF WHLD WHTT-FM WJJL WKSE WLKK WLOF WLVL WMSX WNED-FM WNG541 WSPQ WTOR WTSS WUFO WWG32 WWKB WWWS WXRL WYRK

Defunct	WFWO (89.7 FM)

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Radio stations in Dunkirk/Fredonia/Jamestown/Warren, NY–PA

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 (NY) 88.5 (PA) 88.9 88.9 89.7 90.9 92.3 93.3 94.1 95.3 96.5 101.9 103.1 104.3 104.7 106.9 107.9

By AM frequency	1240 1310 1340 1410

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.525

By callsign	KEB98 W203AW WBKX WCOT WCVF-FM WDOE WHUG WIHR-LP WJTN WKNB WKSN WKZA WLKW-FM WNAE WNJA WNG541 WOGM-LP WQFX-FM WRFA-LP WRRN WUBJ WWSE WYRR WYVL

Defunct	WBUZ 1570

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in New York List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Radio stations in the Olean, New York market

Note: This market also includes the areas around Bradford and Coudersport in Pennsylvania.

By AM frequency	600 790 1360 1450 1490 1590

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 90.5 91.3 93.5 93.9 94.9 95.7 96.7 97.1 98.3 98.7 99.1 100.1 101.5 103.5 103.9 105.9 106.3

NOAA Weather Radio	162.425 162.5

By callsign	W230BO W237CS W254BQ W256BQ W257CW WBRR WBYB WCOV-FM WESB WFRM WGWE WHDL WHKS WJQZ WLSV WMXO WNG591 WOEN WOLN WPIG WQRS WQRW WSBU WTWT WVTT WWG32 WXMT WZHD

Defunct	WQLE

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in New York List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

NPR member stations in the state of New York

WAMC stations	Albany WAMC (AM)/WAMC-FM Canajoharie WCAN Kingston WAMK Middletown WOSR Mount Kisco WWES Plattsburgh WCEL Stamford WANZ Ticonderoga WANC Utica WRUN-FM

WSKG stations	Binghamton WSKG Binghamton WSQX Corning WSQE Hornell WSQA Ithaca WSQG Oneonta WSQC

NCPR stations	Blue Mountain Lake WXLH Boonville WXLB Canton WSLU Cape Vincent WSLZ Gouverneur WSLG Malone WSLO North Creek WXLG Peru WXLU Saranac Lake WSLL Tupper Lake WXLS Watertown WSLJ

WXXI stations	Houghton WXXY-FM Rochester WXXI-FM Rochester WXXI (AM) Rochester WRUR

WNED stations	Buffalo WNED-FM Buffalo WDCZ Jamestown WNJA

WBFO stations	Buffalo WBFO Jamestown WUBJ Olean WOLN

WCNY stations	Syracuse WCNY Utica WUNY Watertown WJNY

WRVO stations	Oswego WRVO Syracuse WRVD Clayton WRVH Watertown WRVJ Utica WRVN

Other stations	Brooklyn WNYE Fredonia WCVF Geneva WEOS Hamilton WRCU Jeffersonville WJFF New York City WFUV New York City WNYC New York City WNYC-FM Noyack WSUF Poughkeepsie WRHV Schenectady WMHT Schuyler Falls WOXR Southampton WPPB Southampton WRLI Syracuse WAER

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York

Coordinates: 43°00′11″N 78°45′54″W / 43.003°N 78.765°W / 43.003; -78.765

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WBFO

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