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WFDD
WFDD (88.5 MHz) is a non-commercial, public radio station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is the National Public Radio (NPR) network 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 holds periodic fundraisers on the air and accepts donations on its website.
WFDD is a Class C1 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 60,000 watts. The transmitter tower is on Old Evans Farm Road in Welcome, North Carolina. Programming is also heard on 10-watt FM translator, W261CK on 100.1 FM in Boone. WFDD broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel plays classical music and on HD3, the BBC World Service is heard.
On weekdays, WFDD carries news and talk programming from NPR and other public radio networks, with local news updates. The shows include Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, 1A, Here and Now, The World, On Point, Marketplace, and the BBC World Service. Late nights, it plays classical music programming.
On weekends, WFDD carries public radio specialty shows, including This American Life, The New Yorker Radio Hour, On The Media, The TED Radio Hour, The Moth Radio Hour, Latino USA, and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Weekend music programs include American Routes, Retro Cocktail Hour, and The Martha Bassett Show.
WFDD has its roots in a station operated by students at what was then Wake Forest College. It was set up in a rooming house in the town of Wake Forest beginning in the fall of 1946. The experimental station was so popular students began asking for an official station. With the help of student fundraising, WAKE was fully licensed by 1948. The station uses as its official sign-on date April 19, 1948.
After discovering that the WAKE letters were already in use, the station changed its call sign to WFDD, which stood for "Wake Forest Demon Deacons," the nickname of the university's sports teams. Since coverage of school sports was an important part of the station's programming, this seemed appropriate. Other programs included "Deaconlight Serenade", a student music program which included the part of the name of a Glenn Miller hit. This program remained on the air as "Deaconlight" until 1981. The WAKE call letters returned in the 1980s on a student-run AM station, which later became available on the Internet.
After Wake Forest College moved to Winston-Salem, WFDD returned to the air with a 10-watt signal in 1961. The signal increased to 36,000 watts in 1967, the year the Corporation for Public Broadcasting began. WFDD became one of only 10 stations to have received federal funding from the new organization. The signal boost resulted from efforts to raise funds after WYFS stopped playing classical music in May 1966.
In 1958, Dr. Julian Burroughs, who had helped sign the station on and served as student station manager in the 1950-51 school year, became the station's first professional station manager, a post he held until 1981. His arrival began a transition to a more professional operation, culminating in 1961 when the station became a non-commercial educational radio station. On May 3, 1971, WFDD became a charter member of National Public Radio (NPR), the first affiliate of the network in the state. Burroughs added his knowledge to that of other station officials around the country to determine what NPR would become.
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WFDD
WFDD (88.5 MHz) is a non-commercial, public radio station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is the National Public Radio (NPR) network 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 holds periodic fundraisers on the air and accepts donations on its website.
WFDD is a Class C1 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 60,000 watts. The transmitter tower is on Old Evans Farm Road in Welcome, North Carolina. Programming is also heard on 10-watt FM translator, W261CK on 100.1 FM in Boone. WFDD broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel plays classical music and on HD3, the BBC World Service is heard.
On weekdays, WFDD carries news and talk programming from NPR and other public radio networks, with local news updates. The shows include Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, 1A, Here and Now, The World, On Point, Marketplace, and the BBC World Service. Late nights, it plays classical music programming.
On weekends, WFDD carries public radio specialty shows, including This American Life, The New Yorker Radio Hour, On The Media, The TED Radio Hour, The Moth Radio Hour, Latino USA, and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Weekend music programs include American Routes, Retro Cocktail Hour, and The Martha Bassett Show.
WFDD has its roots in a station operated by students at what was then Wake Forest College. It was set up in a rooming house in the town of Wake Forest beginning in the fall of 1946. The experimental station was so popular students began asking for an official station. With the help of student fundraising, WAKE was fully licensed by 1948. The station uses as its official sign-on date April 19, 1948.
After discovering that the WAKE letters were already in use, the station changed its call sign to WFDD, which stood for "Wake Forest Demon Deacons," the nickname of the university's sports teams. Since coverage of school sports was an important part of the station's programming, this seemed appropriate. Other programs included "Deaconlight Serenade", a student music program which included the part of the name of a Glenn Miller hit. This program remained on the air as "Deaconlight" until 1981. The WAKE call letters returned in the 1980s on a student-run AM station, which later became available on the Internet.
After Wake Forest College moved to Winston-Salem, WFDD returned to the air with a 10-watt signal in 1961. The signal increased to 36,000 watts in 1967, the year the Corporation for Public Broadcasting began. WFDD became one of only 10 stations to have received federal funding from the new organization. The signal boost resulted from efforts to raise funds after WYFS stopped playing classical music in May 1966.
In 1958, Dr. Julian Burroughs, who had helped sign the station on and served as student station manager in the 1950-51 school year, became the station's first professional station manager, a post he held until 1981. His arrival began a transition to a more professional operation, culminating in 1961 when the station became a non-commercial educational radio station. On May 3, 1971, WFDD became a charter member of National Public Radio (NPR), the first affiliate of the network in the state. Burroughs added his knowledge to that of other station officials around the country to determine what NPR would become.