WBIE

WBIE is a non commercial FM station licensed to Delphos, Ohio, operating at 91.5 MHz and serving the Lima, Ohio, market area. Part of the American Family Radio network, it is a repeater of its originating and founding station WAFR in Tupelo, Mississippi, airing a contemporary Christian music format. It is owned by the American Family Association.

WBIE is also rebroadcast on translator W300BB at 107.9 mHz in Lima, a translator owned by Educational Media Foundation.

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WFTD

WFTD AM is a local Atlanta area AM broadcasting station (licensed to Marietta, Georgia). The station's programming is in Spanish consisting of music and talk under the branding of "Radio La Ley 1080 AM". It broadcasts at a frequency of 1080 kHz with 50,000 watts of power during the daytime and 30,000 watts during critical hours using a directional antenna system. WFTD is classified as a class D AM broadcast station according to the Federal Communications Commission. WFTD must sign off during nighttime hours at avoid interference to the clear channel stations WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut and KRLD in Dallas, Texas on the same frequency.

History

The station was originally WBIE,a full-service daytimer facility owned by James M. Wilder, who later started a simulcast on WBIE-FM 101.5 MHz (now WKHX-FM, and still a country music station owned by Citadel Broadcasting). WBIE's original operating frequency was 1050 kHz, with 500 watts of non-directional daytime power. In 1965, WBIE moved to 1080 kHz with 10,000 watts directional daytime; shortly thereafter WBIE picked up the CBS Radio affiliation for the Metro Atlanta area, which it held onto well into the 1970s. Several noted newsmen worked at WBIE early in their careers, including Steve Walsh (later at KGO/ABC News), and Chris Little (KFI News Director). The station has had the call signs WCOB in 1978, WEKS in 1985, and WJYA in 1987. WFTD's current call sign has remained with the station since the late 1980s.