WRFA-LP

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WRFA-LP
Broadcast area Jamestown NY area
Frequency 107.9 MHz
BrandingRadio For the Arts
Programming
Format
Affiliations Pacifica Radio
Ownership
Owner Reg Lenna Center for the Arts
History
First air date
September 13, 2004;20 years ago (2004-09-13)
Call sign meaning
Radio For the Arts
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 132401
Class L1
ERP 100 watts
HAAT 10.6 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 42°05′48″N79°14′22″W / 42.09667°N 79.23944°W / 42.09667; -79.23944
Links
Public license information
LMS
Webcast Listen live
Website www.wrfalp.com

WRFA-LP (107.9 FM) is a public broadcasting community radio station licensed to Jamestown, New York. The station is currently owned by, and broadcasts from studios in, the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, where it has been located since its launch in 2004.

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From 2009 to 2023, WRFA-LP's operations were federally subsidized by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provided a substantial portion of the station's revenue. Increases in the threshold to qualify for CPB funding rendered the station ineligible for future funding beyond October 1, 2023. [2]

Dennis Drew, of 10,000 Maniacs, served as the station's general manager from its launch until he retired in 2021. [3] From 2021 to 2023, the station was led by Jason Sample, who had spent the previous decade as WRFA's news director and worked at other Jamestown radio stations before that. Sample announced his resignation shortly after the loss of funding was announced in August 2023; another employee of the station, Julia Ciesla-Hanley, succeeded Sample. [4]

Until 2024, WRFA-LP had been the play-by-play broadcaster of the Jamestown Tarp Skunks baseball team. [5]

The station's format could be considered similar to that of college radio. It is best known for its national, but unique, talk shows, its support of local musicians/arts, unique local volunteer hosted programs, wide variety of music, and interviews with musicians of all status. It also currently carries some syndicated music spotlight shows, such as the Pink Floyd program Floydian Slip, Acoustic Café , Le Show , StarTalk , the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour , along with two Native Voice One nationally syndicated programs that had previously been on WGWE and are hosted by local native Brett Maybee: The Mainstream and Gae:no. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WRFA-LP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Blakeslee, Christopher (August 25, 2023). "WRFA Outlines Future Of Station During Community Input Session". The Post-Journal . Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ New WRFA Station Manager, Public Affairs Director Named. The Post-Journal (April 8, 2021). Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  4. ↑ Getsto, Ned (August 28, 2023). "Reg Lenna Center Announces Departure of WRFA-LP Station Manager, Jason Sample". WNY News Now. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ "WRFA To Broadcast Every Home Game". Post Journal. June 8, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  6. ↑ Interactive Schedule. Retrieved October 27, 2024.


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