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WFRF-FM (105.7 FM, "Faith Radio") is an American non-commercial educational radio station in Florida, United States. The station, established in 1989 as WJPH, is currently owned and operated by Faith Radio Network, Inc. Its studios are located in unincorporated Leon County, Florida, near Tallahassee, close to Lake Jackson and its transmitter is based in Jefferson County, Florida.

WFRF-FM broadcasts a religious radio format to the greater Tallahassee, Florida, area. WFRF-FM programming is simulcast 24 hours a day on WFRU (90.1 FM). Notable national programs on WFRF-FM include Adventures in Odyssey, Bible Reading with Max McLean, Focus on the Family, Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll, Joni and Friends with Joni Eareckson Tada, Love Worth Finding, My Money Life with Chuck Bentley, plus Unshackled! by the Pacific Garden Mission.

Hyden Broadcasting Company filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in September 1987 for a new FM radio station to serve the community of Monticello, Florida. The new station would broadcast with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power on a frequency of 101.9 megahertz from an antenna 76 meters (249 ft) in height above average terrain. The FCC accepted this application for filing on April 27, 1988, and granted a construction permit on July 12, 1988, with a scheduled expiration date of January 12, 1990.

The new station was assigned its original call sign, "WJPH", by the FCC on August 4, 1988. In October 1989, the completed station applied for its broadcast license. The FCC granted this license on November 21, 1990. Almost one year later, on November 12, 1991, the FCC authorized the station to double its effective radiated power to 6,000 watts.

In March 1992, license holder Hyden Broadcasting Company reached an agreement to transfer the license and assets of WJPH to Mayflower Broadcasting Corporation of Chicago, Illinois. On April 17, 1992, the station reported the involuntary transfer of control of Hyden Broadcasting from Jack P. Hyden Jr. to Opal R. Raines. The FCC approved the license transfer to Mayflower Broadcasting on May 7, 1992, and the transaction was formally consummated on June 8, 1992. Mayflower Broadcasting soon after became Webster Broadcasting.

The new owners applied to the FCC to increase the station's effective radiated power to 25,000 watts and relocate the broadcast transmitter to a new site on Old Pinhook Road in Wacissa, Florida, in June 1993. The FCC accepted the application for filing on July 14, 1993, and granted the new construction permit on March 3, 1994. In the meantime, Webster Broadcasting owner Charles R. Webster died on July 1, 1993, and control of the station passed to Mary S. Webster as the executor of his estate. She immediately reached an agreement to transfer WJPH's license and assets to PCG of Tallahassee, Inc. An informal objection was filed by W.W. Gunnels, Jr., in August 1993 but denied in January 1994. The FCC approved the transfer on August 12, 1994, and the deal was apparently consummated on January 10, 1995.

The construction permit to build the new 25,000 watts transmitter site was scheduled to expire on September 3, 1995. When construction was not completed and in light of later filings by new owners, the permit was cancelled by the FCC. In November 1995, a new agreement for WJPH was reached with Rebus, Inc., to take control of the broadcast license. The FCC approved this deal on February 26, 1996, and the transaction formally consummated on April 3, 1996.

While the sale was in progress, the license holder applied to the FCC to change WJPH's broadcast power, antenna height and location, and support structure, along with switching from a directional antenna to a non-directional antenna. Driving these changes was a requested shift in frequency from 101.9 to 105.7 MHz. The FCC granted a construction permit for these changes on September 16, 1996, with a scheduled expiration date of March 16, 1998.

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