WPFF

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WPFF

| logo = KLOVE 2014.svg

| city = Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

| area = Green Bay, Wisconsin

| branding = K-LOVE

| frequency = 90.5 MHz

| translator = see table

| airdate = 1991

| format = Contemporary Christian

| power =

| erp = 100,000 watts

| haat = 195 meters

| class = C1

| facility_id = 20612

| coordinates = {{coord|44|54|14|N|87|22|13|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning = Praise Family Fellowship

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations = K-Love

| owner = Educational Media Foundation

| sister_stations = WPCK (Denmark)
WLVE (Mukwonago/Milwaukee)
WDKV (Fond du Lac)

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WPFF FM 90.5 is an American radio station broadcasting a contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Green Bay area. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation and features the standard K-Love schedule.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WPFF |title=WPFF Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

History

WPFF was founded by Mark Schwarzbauer and operated through Family Educational Broadcasting{{cite web |url=http://www.wpff.com/ |title=WPFF - Your 100,000 Watt Supernatural Power Station! |website=www.wpff.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051130041239/http://www.wpff.com/ |archive-date=30 November 2005 |url-status=dead}} with a broadcast largely provided by CCM. This format remained in place until just before his retirement in 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://www.drmark920.com/bio.html|title=Bio}} WPFF was sold to Bethesda Christian Broadcasting in December 2007. On October 23, 2013, it was announced that WPFF, WNLI and their associated translators would be sold to Educational Media Foundation, owners of the K-Love and Air1 Christian music networks.{{cite news|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/123588/emf-buys-wpff-wnli|title=EMF Buys WPFF, WNLI|date=23 October 2013|work=All Access Media|access-date=24 October 2013}} In mid-January 2014, the station announced that, with the sale to EMF closing, it would switch to K-Love, with sister station WNLI carrying Air1.{{cite web|title=Don Burns New PD At WPER|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/125642/don-burns-new-pd-at-wper|publisher=All Access Music Group|access-date=January 30, 2014}} The sale, at a price of $825,000, was completed on February 14, 2014. WNLI has since been sold to Suring, Wisconsin-based WRVM and now operates as a rebroadcaster of WRVM with calls WPVM.

On January 8, 2020, WPCK (104.9), a former commercial station licensed to Denmark that was recently acquired by EMF from Cumulus Media, began to also carry K-Love. It is unknown if there are plans to adjust WPFF's own programming, be it either station carrying Air1, and/or an adjustment of WPFF's translators to balance the carriage of both networks (as-is, a sole Sheboygan translator currently carries Air1 in Wisconsin over-the-air).

Translators

In addition to the main station, WPFF is relayed by a translator network serving northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

{{RadioTranslators

| call1 = W291CM

| watts1 = 13

| class1 = D

| freq1 = 106.1

| city1 = Appleton, Wisconsin

| call2 = W298BW

| watts2 = 10

| class2 = D

| freq2 = 107.5

| city2 = Iron Mountain, Michigan

| call3 = W271AC

| watts3 = 38

| class3 = D

| freq3 = 102.1

| city3 = Appleton, Wisconsin

| call4 = W245AK

| watts4 = 38

| class4 = D

| freq4 = 96.9

| city4 = Sheboygan, Wisconsin

| fid1 = 155872

| fid2 = 20613

| fid3 = 20616

| fid4 = 139381

}}

References

  • https://radio-locator.com/info/W291CM-FX
  • https://radio-locator.com/info/WPFF-FM

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