WRFW

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WRFW
Wisconsin Public Radio Logo.png
Broadcast area Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area
Frequency 88.7 MHz
Programming
Format Public radio, News, College/Unformatted
Affiliations Wisconsin Public Radio
NPR
American Public Media
Ownership
Owner
  • Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System
  • (Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System)
History
First air date
November 1st, 1968
Call sign meaning
River Falls, Wisconsin
Technical information
Facility ID 6091
Class A
ERP 3,000 watts
HAAT 25 meters (82 ft)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website wrfw887.com

WRFW (88.7 FM) is a Class A radio station licensed to the UW System Board of Regents and operates in River Falls, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. WRFW is an affiliate of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and airs news and talk programming from WPR's "Ideas Network". The station also broadcasts local news, sports information, and entertainment programming. The broadcast studios are located in North Hall on the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus.

During the school year they will air content from 6 PM to 2 AM on weekdays and from 5 PM to 2 AM. Content is from DJ's that are either students, staff or faculty. There will also be live sports broadcasts from all University of Wisconsin-River Falls sporting events and select local high school sports.

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