City | Galax, Virginia |
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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 |
Format |
Classic country Bluegrass Americana |
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 |
Callsign meaning | W Blue Ridge Family (Radio) |
Former callsigns | WBOB-FM (1961–1985) WBRF (1985-Present) |
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. WBRF is owned and operated by Blue Ridge Radio, Inc.
WBRF-FM broadcasts the classic country music show, "Blue Ridge Back Roads", live from the Rex Theater in Galax weekly. It also broadcasts from the Old Fiddler's Convention every August in Felt's Park, also in Galax.