WFDD
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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 |
| Webcast |
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.
WFDD broadcasts from a 60,000 watt transmitter near Welcome, North Carolina. It had used a 100,000 watt transmitter but that was destroyed in a 1989 tornado. 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.
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