WPFF

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.[1]

WPFF
CitySturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Broadcast areaGreen Bay, Wisconsin
Frequency90.5 MHz
BrandingK-LOVE
SloganPositive and Encouraging
Programming
FormatContemporary Christian
AffiliationsK-Love
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
WPCK (Denmark)
WLVE (Mukwonago/Milwaukee)
WDKV (Fond du Lac)
History
First air date
1991
Call sign meaning
Praise Family Fellowship
Technical information
Facility ID20612
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT195 meters
Transmitter coordinates
44°54′14″N 87°22′13″W
Translator(s)see table

History

WPFF was founded by Mark Schwarzbauer and operated through Family Educational Broadcasting[2] with a broadcast largely provided by CCM. This format remained in place until just before his retirement in 2008.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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 formerly commercial station licensed to Denmark southeast of Green Bay 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.

Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
(W)		ClassFCC info
W291CM106.1Appleton, Wisconsin13DFCC
W298BW107.5Iron Mountain, Michigan10DFCC
W271AC102.1Appleton, Wisconsin38DFCC
W245AK96.9Sheboygan, Wisconsin38DFCC

References
  1. "WPFF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20051130041239/http://www.wpff.com/
  3. http://www.drmark920.com/bio.html
  4. "EMF Buys WPFF, WNLI". All Access Media. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  5. "Don Burns New PD At WPER". All Access Music Group. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
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