WMFO

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WMFO

City of license	Medford, Massachusetts
Frequency	91.5 MHz
First air date	1970
Format	college radio
ERP	125 watts, Stereo
HAAT	41.0 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	68320
Transmitter Coordinates	42°24′27.00″N 71°7′15.00″W / 42.4075°N 71.1208333°W / 42.4075; -71.1208333
Callsign meaning	MedFOrd^[1]
Former callsigns	DWMFO (1999-?)
Owner	Tufts University
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Official website

WMFO (91.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Medford, Massachusetts, USA. The station is owned by Tufts University and is run by students.^[2]^[3]

[edit] History

Prior to the licensing of WMFO, the station was home to the AM radio station WTUR. In the late 1960s Tufts University students ran a wire from WTUR's 20-watt transmitter to the MBTA Commuter railroad tracks that run directly behind the studio building. The signal could be heard clearly as far as Quincy, Massachusetts 15 miles to the south, and as far north as Nashua, New Hampshire, more than 30 miles beyond the station's permitted broadcasting limits. This stunt drew the attention of the FCC who promptly shut the station down.^{[citation needed]} On April 2nd 1977 Curtis Hall, the building that WMFO resides in, had a major fire. The station was knocked of the air for a short time but was up and running within a few hours.

[edit] References

^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web. http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html.
^ "WMFO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WMFO.
^ "WMFO Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WMFO.

[edit] External links

Info on the stunt that shut down WTUR

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