WFOS

WFOS
City Chesapeake, Virginia
Broadcast area Southside of Hampton Roads
Branding "88-7 WFOS"
Slogan "Where Else?"
Frequency 88.7 FM MHz
First air date September 14, 1973[1]
Format Adult Standards
Big Band[2]
Power 15,500 Watts
HAAT 48 meters (157 ft)
Class B1
Facility ID 10757
Transmitter coordinates 36°43′18.0″N 76°18′3.0″W / 36.721667°N 76.300833°W / 36.721667; -76.300833
Callsign meaning W Frommel Oscar Smith
Former callsigns WNHS (?-1989)
WFOS (1989-Present)[3]
Owner Chesapeake Public Schools
Webcast WFOS Webstream
Website WFOS Online

WFOS is an Adult Standards and Big Band formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Chesapeake, Virginia, serving the Southside of Hampton Roads.[2] WFOS is owned and operated by Chesapeake Public Schools.[4]

References

  1. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-562. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  3. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  4. "WFOS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
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