WFAX
City | Falls Church, Virginia |
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Broadcast area | Metro Washington, D.C. |
Frequency | 1220 AM kHz |
Branding | WFAX 1220 AM and 100.7 FM |
Programming | |
Format | Religious Talk[1] |
Ownership | |
Owner | Newcomb Broadcasting Corporation |
History | |
First air date | September 15, 1948[2] |
Former call signs | WFAX (1948-Present)[3] |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 48732 |
Class | D |
Power | 5,000 Watts daytime 48 Watts nighttime |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°52′47.0″N 77°10′18.0″W / 38.879722°N 77.171667°W |
Translator(s) | 100.7 W264DB (Falls Church) |
Links | |
Webcast | WFAX Webstream |
Website | WFAX Online |
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Entrance to Tower Square, home of the offices of WFAX.
WFAX is a Religious Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Falls Church, Virginia, serving Metro Washington, D.C.[1] WFAX is owned and operated by Newcomb Broadcasting Corporation.[4]
Translator[]
WFAX has one FM translator, on 100.7, co-located with its AM transmitter. The signal is almost entirely directed to the southwest to protect WZBA on the same frequency.
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | Facility ID |
ERP (W) |
Class | FCC info |
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W264DB | 100.7 | Falls Church, Virginia | 158365 | 100 | D | FCC LMS |
References[]
- ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-130. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ "WFAX Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
External links[]
- WFAX 1220 AM and 100.7 FM Online
- WFAX in the FCC AM station database
- WFAX on Radio-Locator
- WFAX in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Categories:
- 1948 establishments in Virginia
- Religious radio stations in the United States
- Talk radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations established in 1948
- Radio stations in Virginia
- Falls Church, Virginia
- Christian radio stations in Virginia
- Virginia radio station stubs