WBRF

WBRF

City of license	Galax, Virginia
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 / 36.559444; -80.823611
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]

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.

External links

Classic Country 98-1 Online

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Radio stations in the Southwest Virginia market (excluding the Tri-Cities)

By AM frequency	540 660 740 740 770 940 990 1010 1030 1050 1140 1220 1230 1280 1330 1350 1360 1380 1400 1430 1470 1570 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.1 90.1 90.1 90.3 90.3 90.5 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.5 93.9 94.3 95.3 95.9 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.1 99.7 99.7 100.1 100.5 100.5 100.7 100.9 101.1 101.3 101.9 102.3 102.5 103.5 104.7 105.5 105.5 106.3 106.3 107.3 107.7

By callsign	W201AI W201AJ W211BE W211BF W212BP W215BJ W217BF W219CJ W223AA W255BT W270BO W270CB W284BB WABN WAXM WBRF WCXZ WDIC WDIC-FM WDXC WEBI-LP WEHC WFYE WGAT WGCK-FM WGFC WGTH WGTH-FM WHHV WHKX WHQX WISE-FM WIFX-FM WITM WJNV WKOY-FM WKQY WLOY WLRV WLSD WMEV-FM WMJD WNBV WNRG WNRV WNVA WNVA-FM WOKG WOLD-FM WPAQ WRIC-FM WSWV WSWV-FM WTZE WUKZ WVTR WWWJ WXBX WXEZ-LP WXJX-LP WXLZ WXLZ-FM WXMM-LP WXMY WYRV WYVE WZFM WZVA

Defunct	WBDY WDUF

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Radio stations in the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, North Carolina market

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Country radio stations in the state of Virginia

Stations	W253BI – Glen Allen WAKG – Danville WARV-FM – Petersburg WAXM – Big Stone Gap WBBC-FM – Blackstone WBCM-LP - Bristol WBNN-FM – Dillwyn WBRF – Galax WCYK-FM – Charlottesville WDIC – Clinchco WDXC – Pound WFLO – Farmville WFLS-FM – Fredericksburg WGH-FM – Newport News WGRX – Falmouth WHKX – Bluefield WIGO-FM – White Stone WJMA – Culpeper WJNV – Jonesville WKAV - Charlottesville WKCY-FM – Harrisonburg WKDE-FM – Altavista WKDW – Staunton WKEY – Covington WKHK – Colonial Heights WLFV – Midlothian WLQM-FM – Franklin WLRV – Lebanon WLUS-FM – Clarksville WMEV-FM – Marion WMJD – Grundy WMNA – Gretna WMPW – Danville WNNT-FM – Warsaw WOPI – Bristol WPSK-FM – Pulaski WRAA – Luray WSIG – Mount Jackson WSLC-FM – Roanoke WSVS – Crewe WSWV-FM – Pennington Gap WUSH – Poquoson WUSQ – Winchester WUVA - Charlottesville WVES – Accomac WVHL – Farmville WWLB – Ettrick WXBN – Berryville WXBQ-FM – Bristol WXLZ – Saint Paul WXLZ-FM – Lebanon WXMY – Saltville WYTI – Rocky Mount WYVE – Wytheville WYYD – Amherst WZBB – Stanleytown WZFC – Strasburg

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

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