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Broadcast area | Buffalo, New York |
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Frequency | 88.7 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | WBFO |
Programming | |
Format | Public radio |
Subchannels | HD2: WBFO The Bridge (AAA) HD3: Radio Bilingue (Spanish Public radio) |
Affiliations | NPR |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WNED-TV, WNED-FM | |
History | |
First air date | January 6, 1959 |
Call sign meaning | WBFO: Buffalo WOLN: Olean WUBJ: University at Buffalo (Jamestown or Jazz) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 63113 |
Class | B |
ERP | 50,000 watts |
HAAT | 117 meters (384 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°00′11″N 78°45′54″W / 43.003°N 78.765°W |
Repeater(s) | 88.1 WUBJ (Jamestown) 91.3 WOLN (Olean) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live Listen live (HD3) |
Website | wbfo.org radiobilingue.org (HD3) |
WBFO (88.7 FM) is the NPR member station for Buffalo, New York, carrying an almost entirely public news/talk format. It broadcasts from studios in the Lower Terrace section of downtown Buffalo which it shares with WNED-TV and WNED-FM.[2] Previously, it broadcast from the South campus (a.k.a. Main Street Campus) of the University at Buffalo. It currently leases an as-yet unutilized satellite studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[3] WBFO runs two permanent satellite stations: WUBJ (88.1 FM) in Jamestown, New York, and WOLN (91.3 FM) in Olean, New York, along with a digital audio simulcast on the second audio program of WNED-DT4.
WBFO is owned, along with the WNED stations, by the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, which does business as Buffalo Toronto Public Media.