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| City | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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| Broadcast area | North Carolina and Virginia |
| Branding | 88.5 WFDD |
| Slogan | Public Radio for the Piedmont |
| Frequency | 88.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Translator(s) | 100.1 W261CK (Boone) |
| First air date | April 19, 1948 (in Wake Forest, moved to Winston-Salem in 1956) |
| Format | FM/HD1: news/talk/classical music HD2: Classical music HD3: Xponential Radio |
| ERP | 60,000 watts |
| HAAT | 285 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 70708 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°55′2.00″N 80°17′37.00″W / 35.9172222°N 80.2936111°W |
| Callsign meaning | Wake Forest Demon Deacons (nickname of Wake Forest University sports teams) |
| Affiliations | National Public Radio, Public Radio International |
| Owner | Wake Forest University |
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Listen Live (FM/HD1) Listen Live (HD2) Listen Live (HD3) |
| Website | wfdd.org |
WFDD (88.5 MHz) is an FM public radio station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is the National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate for the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point media market, also called the Piedmont Triad. Owned by Wake Forest University, WFDD serves 32 counties in Central North Carolina and South-Central Virginia. It also operates a translator, W261CK on 100.1 FM in Boone.
The station airs news and talk shows from NPR during the day, with local news updates. From 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., the station turns to classical music programming. It produces the syndicated show Across the Blue Ridge.
WFDD has its roots in a station operated by Wake Forest College students in Wake Forest from a rooming house beginning in the fall of 1947. The station was so popular students began asking for an official station. With the help of student fundraising, WAKE was fully licensed by 1948.
After the discovery that the WAKE letters were already in use, the station changed its letters to WFDD, which stood for "Wake Forest Demon Deacons." Since the schools' sports teams were an important part of the station's programming, this seemed appropriate. Other programs included "Deaconlight Serenade," a student music program which included the part of the name of a Glenn Miller hit. This program remained on the air as "Deaconlight" until 1981. The WAKE letters returned in the 1980s on a student-run AM station, which later became available on the Internet.
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