WFSO
| City | Olivebridge, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Mid Hudson Valley, Eastern Catskills |
| Frequency | 88.3 MHz |
| Translator(s) | See table |
| First air date | December 27, 1996 |
| Format | Christian Radio |
| ERP | 80 watts (Construction permit for 578 watts) |
| HAAT | 33 meters (108 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 11077 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°54′30.00″N 74°14′46.00″W / 41.9083333°N 74.2461111°W |
| Former callsigns | WAII (1996) |
| Owner | Redeemer Broadcasting, INC |
| Sister stations | WNEQ, WXMD |
| Webcast | Listen Live Winamp |
| Website | redeemerbroadcasting |
WFSO (88.3 WFSO) is a Christian radio station licensed to Olivebridge, New York in north central Ulster County at the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. The station broadcasts on 88.3 MHz FM with 80 watts effective radiated power from a tower in Olivebridge. WFSO is the full-service NCE flagship of Redeemer Broadcasting, Inc., a not-for-profit Christian radio ministry based in Olivebridge. Redeemer also owns translators W266BX serving Catskill on 101.1 MHz FM, W287BG serving Kingston/Poughkeepie on 105.3 MHz FM, and W212CC serving Newburgh on 90.3 MHz FM.
Much of WFSO's audience comes from its translators:
WFSO first went on the air on December 27, 1996 and was originally owned by Christian Media Associates, Inc, another locally based ministry. The station originally began as an affiliate of Family Radio (and was the last new non-owned station to affiliate with the network).
The 2002 statement by Family Radio president Harold Camping that criticized local churches and urged listeners to abandon churches and their tenants led to a fallout with the owners and supporters of the station, and the larger network. In 2003, WFSO began decreasing the amount of Family Radio content with its own, consistently Christian, programming. The first program that was produced was mostly soft praise and worship music and has developed into what is now known as Reflections. As time went on, more and more programs were added to the broadcast day, some of which restored the better of the Family Radio programs that had been discarded by Family Radio.
In 2004, part of Christian Media Associates would reincorporate as Redeemer Broadcasting, a tax-exempt non-profit organization (501 (c)(3)) that would produce their own programming for WFSO as well as the potential of syndicating programming in the future. This process became complete on December 8 of 2005 when WFSO eliminated the last few hours of Family Radio programming from their station. The station works largely on a volunteer basis (with some paid contractors) and has persons on site at all times. Alongside the mix of local and syndicated programming are some unique public affairs shows during weekend hours.
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