WMNF

WMNF

City	Tampa, Florida
Broadcast area	Tampa, Florida
Branding	WMNF Listener-Sponsored Community Radio
Frequency	88.5
First air date	1979
Format	eclectic (program guide)
ERP	7,000 watts
HAAT	469 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	47459
Callsign meaning	Member-sponsored Non-commercial FM
Owner	Nathan B. Stubblefield Foundation
Webcast	listen live
Website	www.wmnf.org

WMNF is a non-commercial, community radio station operating in the city of Tampa in the U.S. state of Florida that broadcasts at the FM frequency of 88.5 MHz and streaming live. The station has been on the air since 1979, and has an Effective Radiated Power of 7,000 watts from antenna 1,539 feet height above average terrain.

The radio station is listener sponsored, relying on some 11,200 (as of June 2007) supporters for a majority of required funding which is raised in two or three semiannual pledge drives. The station has paid operations staff, but the daily programmers and pledge drive workers are volunteers. The station is licensed to the Nathan B. Stubblefield Foundation, a non-profit organization established solely for this purpose. The Board of Directors comprises programmers, volunteers, staff, and community members.

WMNF hosts many concerts, speeches, films, and festivals, most notably the annual.

In 2005, WMNF moved into a new state of the art broadcast facility. The facility is located adjacent to the old studio which was demolished and now serves as a parking lot. The new facility is over 12,000 square feet (1,100 m²) with three broadcast studios, two production studios and a live performance studio named in memory of Mike Eisenstadt, longtime host of the Sunday Simcha, a Jewish music and public affairs show that still airs on Sundays at noon. The music library is capable of storing approximately 100,000 CDs. The landscape is made up of native Florida plants.

In 2007, WMNF moved to a higher antenna tower and started to broadcast a Hybrid Digital signal.

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