WFAX

WFAX

City	Falls Church, Virginia
Broadcast area	Metro Washington, D.C.
Branding	"WFAX 1220 AM"
Slogan	"Christian Radio for the Nation's Capital"
Frequency	1220 AM kHz
First air date	September 15, 1948^[1]
Format	Religious Talk^[2]
Power	5,000 Watts daytime 48 Watts nighttime
Class	D
Facility ID	48732
Transmitter coordinates	38°52′47.0″N 77°10′18.0″W / 38.879722°N 77.171667°W / 38.879722; -77.171667
Former callsigns	WFAX (1948-Present)^[3]
Owner	Newcomb Broadcasting Corporation
Webcast	WFAX Webstream
Website	WFAX Online

WFAX is a Religious Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Falls Church, Virginia, serving Metro Washington, D.C.^[2] WFAX is owned and operated by Newcomb Broadcasting Corporation.^[4]

Translator

WFAX has one FM translator, on 100.7, co-located with its AM transmitter. The signal is almost entirely directed to the southwest to protect WZBA on the same frequency.

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Class	FCC info
W264DB	100.7	Falls Church, Virginia	158365	100	D	FCC

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-130. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
↑ "WFAX Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 14, 2015.

External links

WFAX 1220 AM Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WFAX

Radio-Locator Information on WFAX

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WFAX

Radio stations in the Washington, D.C. market

By AM frequency	Washington, D.C. 630 980 1120 1260 1340 1450 1500 Maryland 540 570 900 950 1030 1050 1160 1540 1560 1580 1600 Northern Virginia 730 780 920 1190 1220 1250 1310 1390 1460 1480

By FM frequency	Washington, D.C. 88.5 89.3 90.1 90.9 93.9 96.3 97.1 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 103.5 107.3 Maryland 88.1 91.9 92.7 94.3 94.7 95.5 99.1 99.9 102.3 104.1 107.9 Northern Virginia 87.7 89.9 94.3 96.7 97.5 97.7 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio	162.45 162.55

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Defunct Stations	WCAP WGMS WTWP WWZZ WGTB WHFS (FM)

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