WYFR is a shortwave radio station located in Okeechobee, Florida, USA. The station is owned by Family Stations, Inc., as part of the Family Radio network, and broadcasts traditional Christian radio programming to international audiences. In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Okeechobee is a city located in Okeechobee County, Florida. ... The World in Plate Carrée Projection In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is Age of Man. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the bottom waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... Christian radio is a radio format that focuses on transmitting programming with a Christian message. ... Radio Taiwan International (RTI) is the callsign for the Central Broadcasting System (CBS) (Chinese: 中央廣播電台 Pinyin: Zhōngyāng-guÇŽngbō-diàntái) of the Republic of China on Taiwan. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Harold Camping (born 1917?) is the president and main broadcaster of Family Radio (1959-present), which is a religious radio station based in Oakland, California. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... A solid-state, analog shortwave receiver Shortwave radio operates between the frequencies of 2,310 kHz and 30 MHz (30,000 kHz) [1] and came to be referred to as such in the early days of radio because the wavelengths associated with this frequency range were shorter than those commonly... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Okeechobee is a city located in Okeechobee County, Florida. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Christian radio is a radio format that focuses on transmitting programming with a Christian message. ...

It began broadcasting on October 20, 1973, after Family Stations acquired shortwave station WNYW located in Scituate, Massachusetts, and changed its call letters to WYFR, which stand for We're Your Family Radio. The station built new transmitters in Okeechobee in 1977, and closed the Scituate site in 1979. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Scituate is a small seacoast town located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod Bay midway between Boston and Plymouth. ... In radio (including television), a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for amateur, broadcast, and sometimes military radio use, as well as for broadcast television. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ...

Before Family Radio's acquisition, the former station WNYW, which stood for Radio New York Worldwide, broadcast American news programs to Europe and Africa; however, there were rumors that the station was being partially controlled by the Central Intelligence Agency to broadcast anti-communist propaganda. The current Fox TV station WNYW took these call letters over 12 years later, and has no affiliation with the shortwave station. WNYW, Radio New York Worldwide, was a U.S. radio station broadcasting from Scituate, Massachusetts, until October 20, 1973, when Family Stations acquired the station and changed its call letters to WYFR. In 1931. ... The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an intelligence agency of the United States Government. ... Anti-communism is opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either a theoretical or practical level. ... An Australian anti-conscription propaganda poster from World War One Propaganda is a type of message aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of people. ... For the animal, see Fox. ... A television station is a type of radio station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... WNYW is the flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. ... In radio (including television), a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for amateur, broadcast, and sometimes military radio use, as well as for broadcast television. ...

The interval signal of WYFR is a brass quintet playing the first eight bars of "To God Be the Glory". An interval signal is a characteristic sound or musical phrase used in international broadcasting and by some domestic broadcasters. ...

At night after 5pm/6pm until sometime the next morning Eastern Time (depending on Daylight Savings Time), this station broadcasts Radio Taiwan International in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, and Spanish. Daylight saving time (also called DST, or Summer Time) is the local time a region is designated for a portion of the year, usually an hour forward from its standard official time. ... Radio Taiwan International (RTI) is the callsign for the Central Broadcasting System (CBS) (Chinese: 中央廣播電台 Pinyin: Zhōngyāng-guǎngbō-diàntái) of the Republic of China on Taiwan. ...

This radio station currently broadcasts on shortwave at 5950, 6065, 6685, 6855, 6890, 7455, 7780, 9505, 9525, 9715, 9860, 11565, 11740, 11830, 11855, 11970, 13695, 17535, 17555 and 17760 Khz to North America^[1]. A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

External links

• Family Radio
• WYFR English language schedule
• The Family Radio Story
• FCC information for WYFR