WBFD

WBFD is an American radio station in Bedford, Pennsylvania, the seat of government for Bedford County. WBFD operates at the assigned frequency of 1310 kHz and a maximum output power of 5,000 watts.

A Legacy of Top 40

WBFD originally signed on the air on July 2, 1955, and was the very first radio station to serve Bedford County in this highly rural area. Broadcast from the local fire department, the new station took its call letters from the volunteer service (thus WBFD). WBFD had made its debut as rock 'n roll was still developing, and found itself as a popular voice for the new up and coming acts, as well as being a full-service community servant. For much of its existence, like many small AM stations of its time, it broadcast only from sunrise to sunset.

On December 22, 1966, WBFD was joined by its new FM sister station. While the AM station broadcast a Top-40 playlist, the FM station WAKM-FM was launched as a programmed classical (Musak-like) station with no live on-air talent (aside from newsbreaks). The WAKM became WRAX in the early 1980s changing format to country (the station later became WOOX). WBFD-AM broadcast only between dawn and dusk until the mid-1980s, when the FCC granted WBFD nighttime power authorization.