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Overview
Licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, WFIR is a news/talk radio station broadcasting on 960 AM. On air it goes by “News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.” It first signed on in 1924.
Station details
- Call sign
- WFIR
- Frequency
- 960 AM
- Format
- News/talk
- On-air name
- News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR
- City of license
- Roanoke, VA
- Market
- Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA
- Licensee
- MEL Wheeler, Inc.
- Power
- 5,000 watts (directional at night)
- Station class
- B
- First on air
- 1924
- FCC facility ID
- 31138
- Website
- wfirnews.com
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Its lineup draws on ABC News Radio, Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks and Westwood One. MEL Wheeler, Inc. holds the station’s FCC license.
Its website is wfirnews.com. Roanoke is in the Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA market, where local newspapers include The Roanoke Times. Its sister stations are WPLY, WSLC-FM, WSLQ, WVBB and WVBE-FM.
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WFIR at a glance
- Frequency
- 960 AM
- On air as
- News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR
- Format
- News/talk
- Licensed to
- Roanoke, VA
- Market
- Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA
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