WRFD

WRFD (880 AM) is a radio station in Columbus, Ohio, USA. WRFD is owned by Salem Communications and is a sister station to conservative talk outlet WTOH (98.9 FM). The two stations share studios in the northwest portion of the city, and WRFD's transmitter is based near Cooper Stadium on the city's west side.

Overview

WRFD is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a daytime-only station, and is required to sign-off at local sunset to protect WCBS in New York City, a 50,000-watt, clear-channel station on the same frequency. Despite the interruption of over-the-air service, WRFD offers programming 24 hours daily through its webstream.

WRFD began broadcasting September 14, 1947, with 5 KW power and was owned and operated by Peoples Broadcasting Company, an affiliate of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (the present-day Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company; the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation was Nationwide's founding member). WRFD was originally aimed at the regional agricultural market (hence the use of RFD, or rural free delivery), and had its studios and transmitter located on East Powell Road in rural Delaware County, north of Columbus.