WFIR

WFIR

City	Roanoke, Virginia
Broadcast area	Roanoke Valley
Branding	"960 AM and FM 107.3 WFIR"
Slogan	"Depend On It"
Frequency	960 AM kHz
First air date	June 20, 1924^[1]
Format	News/Talk^[2]
Power	5,000 Watts day and night
Class	B
Facility ID	31138
Transmitter coordinates	37°18′9″N 80°2′25″W / 37.30250°N 80.04028°W / 37.30250; -80.04028 (day) 37°15′19″N 79°57′34″W / 37.25528°N 79.95944°W / 37.25528; -79.95944 (night)
Callsign meaning	W First In Roanoke
Former callsigns	WDBJ (1924–1969)^[3]
Affiliations	ABC Radio News Fox News Radio WDBJ (TV)
Owner	Mel Wheeler, Inc.
Sister stations	WLNI, WSLC-FM, WSLQ, WVBB, WPLY, WVBE-FM, WXLK
Webcast	WFIR Webstream
Website	WFIR Online

WFIR is a News/Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving the Roanoke Valley.^[2] WFIR is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc.^[4]

Translator

In addition to the main station, WFIR is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.^[5]

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Height m (ft)	Class	FCC info
W297BC	107.3 FM	Roanoke, Virginia	5146	125 watts	219 m (719 ft)	D	FCC

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-570. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
↑ "WDBJ - Roanoke's First Radio Station". Roanoke Radio. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
↑ "WFIR Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
↑ "W297BC Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

External Links

960 AM and FM 107.3 WFIR Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WFIR

Radio-Locator Information on WFIR

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WFIR

Radio stations in the Roanoke/Lynchburg market

By AM frequency	580 610 880 910 930 960 1000 1050 1230 1240 1320 1350 1390 1410 1420 1480 1550 1570

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 88.7 89.1 89.7 89.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.3 92.7 93.3 93.5 93.7 94.5 94.9 95.3 96.3 96.9 97.3 97.7 97.9 99.1 99.9 100.1 100.3 100.9 101.3 101.5 101.7 102.5 102.7 103.7 103.9 104.9 105.3 105.5 105.9 106.1 106.9 107.1 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475 162.550

By callsign	W204AZ W204BH W209AG W227BG W237CL W245BG W247AD WAMV WBLT WBRG WBRW WBZS WEQP WFFC WFIR WFJX WGMN WHTU WIQO-FM WJJS WJJX WKBA WKDE WKDE-FM WKHF WKPA WLLL WLNI WLVA WNRS-FM WODI WPAR WPLY WQLU WQMR-LP WRKE-LP WRMV-LP WROV-FM WRTZ WRVL WRXT WSFF WSLC-FM WSLK WSLQ WSNV WSNZ WSWE-LP WTOY WTTX-FM WUVT-FM WVBB WVBE-FM WVGM WVMP WVTF WXLK WYTI WYYD WZBB WZZI WZZU

Defunct	WOWZ (1280 AM)

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News/Talk radio stations in the state of Virginia

Stations	WBRG – Lynchburg WBZS – Shawsville WCBX – Bassett WCHV – Charlottesville WCHV-FM – Charlottesville WCRW – Leesburg WFHG-FM – Abingdon WFIR – Roanoke WFJX – Roanoke WFNR – Blacksburg WFVA – Fredericksburg WINA – Charlottesville WINC – Winchester WIQO-FM – Lynchburg WKCI – Waynesboro WKCY – Harrisonburg WLNI – Lynchburg WLVA – Lynchburg WMAL-FM – Woodbridge WMNA – Gretna WMVA – Martinsville WNIS – Norfolk WNTX – Fredericksburg WPIN – Dublin WRCW – Warrenton WREL – Lexington WRVA – Richmond WSVA – Harrisonburg WSVG – Mount Jackson WTAR – Norfolk

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