WCFB
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| City of license | Daytona Beach/Orlando |
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| Broadcast area | Central Florida |
| Branding | Star 94.5 |
| Slogan | Today's R&B and Throwbacks |
| Frequency | 94.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) 94.5-2: WCFB-HD2 (Alternative Rock "X107.3") 94.5-3: WCFB-HD3 (Old-school hip hop) |
| Translator(s) | 107.3 W297BB (Orlando, relays HD2) |
| First air date | March 1947 (as WNDB-FM) |
| Format | Urban AC |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 451 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 10343 |
| Callsign meaning | We're Central Florida's B94.5 (former brandname) or W Central Florida's Broadcaster |
| Former callsigns | WNDB-FM (1947-1973) WDNJ (1973-1978) WWLV (1978-1992) |
| Owner | Cox Broadcasting (Cox Radio, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WDBO, WDBO-FM, WMMO, WPYO, WWKA part of Cox cluster with TV station WFTV |
| Webcast | Listen Live Star 94.5 Listen Live X107.3 (WCFB-HD2) X107.3 (WCFB-HD2) (via TuneIn) |
| Website | star945.com x1073orlando.com (HD2) |
WCFB is a radio station that is licensed to Daytona Beach, Florida that serves the Greater Orlando area. Its signal can be heard as far west as Inverness and as far north as Gainesville. Under ownership of Cox Radio, its studios are located in Orlando and the transmitter tower is in Pine Lakes.
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History
The station began in March 1947 as WNDB-FM and was owned by Daytona Beach News Journal. In 1978, the station became a soft adult contemporary as WWLV, "Love 94.5". In 1992, the calls changed to WCFB and the name was "B94.5",[citation needed] with the format country music. In 1995, it was purchased by New City Communications, and changed formats to Rhythmic AC,[1] later evolving to Urban Adult Contemporary as "Star 94.5". This makes WCFB the first urban radio station in years in Orlando to challenge longtime WJHM, which switched formats from rhythmic contemporary to urban contemporary by that time. When WJHM returned to Rhythmic Top 40 in 2011, WCFB once again became the defacto Urban outlet in Central Florida, even though it has always stayed in its own lane with its audience rather than try to compete fiercely for listeners.
WCFB was purchased by Cox Communications in 1997.
A tornado on February 2, 2007 knocked Star's signal off the air for a brief period, as it destroyed the transmitter site and a nearby building, near Paisley. The station returned to the air broadcasting from a temporary transmitter located at another Cox owned tower in Christmas for a short period of time before the station's temporary transmitter site moved to high power facilities at a tower in Orange City off of Miller Rd. The replacement tower in Paisley was finished in mid-November 2007. As of October 24, 2008, WCFB has moved back to the Paisley site.
On November 26, 2014 WCFB flipped from urban adult contemporary to classic hip hop. At that time, WCFB dropped the syndicated "Tom Joyner Morning Show", and replaced it with The Steve Harvey Morning Show.[2]
In December 2014, WCFB flipped back to urban adult contemporary, with the classic hip hop format moving to their HD3 sub-channel.[3]
Digital subchannels
HD2/W297BB
WCFB-HD2 operates with an alternative rock format. In 2014, the HD2 channel was also placed on a translator at 107.3 MHz with the callsign W297BB. The station is referred to as "X 107-3" with the slogan "Orlando's New Alternative". In addition to alternative, it also plays Jacksonville Jaguars programming when sister station WDBO-AM "ESPN 580 Orlando" is occupied by Miami Dolphins programming. WDBO-AM owns the affiliate rights in Orlando for both teams.
HD3
WCFB-HD3 plays "Old School Hip-Hop" music.
Station management
- Program Director Kevin Gardner
- Music Director Kevin Gardner
- News/Community Affairs Director Monica May
WCFB-HD2 translator
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP W |
Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W297BB | 107.3 | Orlando, Florida | 250 | D | FCC |
References
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- Star 94.5 Website
- Pictures of Tower Destruction from Feb 2 2007 tornado
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WCFB
- Radio-Locator information on WCFB
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WCFB
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W297BB
- Radio-Locator information on W297BB
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- ↑ Star 94.5 Orlando Retreats From All Classic Hip Hop
