WFTR

WFTR

City	Front Royal, Virginia
Broadcast area	Front Royal, Virginia Warren County, Virginia
Branding	"Sports Radio 1450 WFTR"
Frequency	1450 AM kHz
First air date	September 19, 1948^[1]
Format	Sports^[2]
Power	1,000 Watts day and night
Class	C
Facility ID	63530
Transmitter coordinates	38°54′31.0″N 78°10′37.0″W / 38.908611°N 78.176944°W / 38.908611; -78.176944
Callsign meaning	Warren FronT Royal
Former callsigns	WFTR (1948-Present)^[3]
Affiliations	NBC Sports Radio Washington Nationals
Owner	Royal Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	WZRV

WFTR is a Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Front Royal, Virginia, serving Front Royal and Warren County, Virginia.^[2] WFTR is owned and operated by Royal Broadcasting, Inc.^[4]

History

WFTR began broadcasting September 19, 1948, as a Mutual affiliate on 1450 kHz, with 250 watts of power. The station was, at the time, licensed to the Sky-Park Broadcasting Corporation.^[5]

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-564. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
↑ "WFTR Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
↑ "WFTR Debuts as New Virginia MBS Outlet" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 27, 1948. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

External links

Sports Radio 1450 WFTR on Facebook

Query the FCC's AM station database for WFTR

Radio-Locator Information on WFTR

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WFTR

Radio stations in the Winchester, Virginia market

By AM frequency	610 790 1230 1400 1450 1550

By FM frequency	88.3 88.9 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.3 91.1 92.5 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.9 97.5 98.3 98.9 99.3 101.3 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.3 104.9 105.5 106.3

By callsign	W208BL W233AA W239BV W255CK W267AK W271BR W275BV W292CI WAMM WFQX WFTR WHFW WINC WINC-FM WKSI-FM WLTF WMRE WOTC WSIG WSVG WTCF WTRM WUDS-LP WUSQ-FM WVEP WVRS WXBN WXDM WXVA WZRV WZFC

Defunct stations	WCLM-LP 95.7

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Sports Radio Stations in the state of Virginia

Stations:	WBLT - Bedford WFHG - Bristol WFTR - Front Royal WGMN - Roanoke WHBG - Harrisonburg WINC - Winchester WJFK - Manassas WKEX - Blacksburg WNTX - Fredericksburg WNVA - Norton WODI - Brookneal WODY - Fieldale WOPI - Bristol WPIN - Dublin WREL - Lexington WRNL - Richmond WTAR - Norfolk WTON - Staunton WVAX - Charlottesville WVGM - Lynchburg WVSP-FM - Yorktown WWXX - Buckland¹ WXGI - Richmond WXTG - Hampton WZEZ - Goochland

¹ = WWXX operates as a full-time simulcast of Washington, D. C.-licensed WTEM.

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Virginia See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

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