WFIL

WFIL
Broadcast areaDelaware Valley
Frequency560 kHz
BrandingAM 560 WFIL
Programming
FormatChristian radio
AffiliationsSRN News
Ownership
Owner
WNTP
History
First air date
March 18, 1922; 102 years ago (1922-03-18)
Former call signs
  • WFI (1922–1935)
  • WFIL (1935–1989)
  • WEAZ (1989–1993)
  • WBEB (1993)
  • WPHY (1993–1994)
Call sign meaning
Combination of original call, WFI, and consolidated station WLIT
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID52193
ClassB
Power5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
40°5′42.4″N 75°16′36.65″W / 40.095111°N 75.2768472°W / 40.095111; -75.2768472
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Websitewfil.com

WFIL (560 AM) is a radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, with a Christian radio format consisting of teaching and talk programs. Owned by Salem Media Group, studios and transmitter facilities are shared with co-owned WNTP (990 AM) in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania.

WFIL transmits fulltime with 5,000 watts, using different directional antenna configurations during the day and at night. Daytime coverage includes metropolitan Philadelphia and portions of the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, plus parts of New Jersey and Delaware. Sister station WMCA in New York City, on the adjacent frequency of 570 kHz, also operates with 5,000 watts, and both stations must reduce their signals toward each other in order to avoid mutual interference.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFIL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.