WRFD
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| Broadcast area | Columbus–Worthington, Ohio |
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| Branding | AM 880 WRFD |
| Slogan | Life Changing Radio! |
| Translator(s) | W283CL 104.5 Columbus |
| Format | Christian talk radio |
| Power | 23,000 watts (daytime) 6,100 watts (critical hours) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 58630 |
| Callsign meaning | Rural Free Delivery |
| Affiliations | Salem Radio Network |
| Owner |
Salem Media Group (Salem Media of Ohio, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WTOH |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WRFD (880 AM) is a radio station licensed to both Worthington and Columbus, Ohio, USA. WRFD is owned by Salem Media Group and is a sister station to conservative talk outlet WTOH (98.9 FM). The two stations share studios in the northwest portion of Columbus, and WRFD's transmitter is based near Cooper Stadium on the city's west side. WRFD can also be heard via translator station W283CL (104.5 FM), which launched in November 2016.
WRFD is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a daytime-only station, and is required to sign-off at local sunset to protect WCBS in New York City, a 50,000-watt, clear-channel station on the same frequency. Despite the interruption of over-the-air service, WRFD offers programming 24 hours daily through its webstream.
WRFD began broadcasting September 14, 1947, with 5 KW power and was owned and operated by Peoples Broadcasting Company, an affiliate of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (the present-day Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company; the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation was Nationwide's founding member). WRFD was originally aimed at the regional agricultural market (hence the use of RFD, or rural free delivery), and had its studios and transmitter located on East Powell Road in rural Delaware County, north of Columbus.
WRFD held a construction permit for an FM station that actually was on the air for a period of time in the early 1950s; the license was turned in for financial considerations. In 1961 WRFD re-opened a sibling FM station, WRFD-FM, which became WNCI by 1967. WRFD was later sold to Buckeye Media in 1974, which later sold it to current owner Salem Communications in late 1981.
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