WFCO currently airs a variety of contemporary Christian music from the mid-2000s to today. Previously, the station aired classic Christian music from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, and also aired Christian Talk and Teaching programs.
WFCO began broadcasting in 1988, and initially operated only 12 hours a day, running 200 watts. WFCO was originally owned by Fairfield Christian Academy, and the station was known as "Fairfield's Christian Outreach". WFCO began 24-hour operations in the early 1990s.
In 2002, WFCO moved to downtown Lancaster, added more local and musical programming and became known as "Peaceful 90.9 FM". In 2006, WFCO increased its power to 1,200 watts. In 2007, WFCO adopted the branding "Refreshing 90.9 FM". In 2013, the station began a more uniform schedule where most talk programs were in the morning hours and music was played in the afternoon and evening hours. One exception to this was WFCO's public affairs show Community Accent that aired live in the morning and replayed in the evening. The station also broadcast a variety of high school sports from area schools. This included everything from basketball, baseball, football, soccer, softball, volleyball to even one track meet a year.
On November 1, 2019, River Radio Ministries announced the acquisition of WFCO from Lancaster Educational Broadcasting Foundation. The station was converted to River Radio's contemporary Christian "The River" format. The sale, at a price of $235,000, was consummated on February 4, 2020.
wfco, contemporary, christian, radio, station, licensed, lancaster, ohio, broadcasting, owned, river, radio, ministries, lancaster, ohiobroadcast, areafairfield, county, ohiofrequency90, branding90, riverprogrammingformatcontemporary, christianownershipownerri. WFCO is a contemporary Christian radio station licensed to Lancaster Ohio broadcasting on 90 9 MHz FM and is owned by River Radio Ministries 1 WFCOLancaster OhioBroadcast areaFairfield County OhioFrequency90 9 FM MHz Branding90 9 The RiverProgrammingFormatContemporary ChristianOwnershipOwnerRiver Radio MinistriesHistoryFirst air date1988Call sign meaning Fairfield s Christian Outreach Technical informationFacility ID36478ClassAERP1 200 wattsHAAT78 meters 256 ft LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsiteriverradio wbr comWFCO currently airs a variety of contemporary Christian music from the mid 2000s to today Previously the station aired classic Christian music from the 1970s 80s and 90s and also aired Christian Talk and Teaching programs WFCO began broadcasting in 1988 and initially operated only 12 hours a day running 200 watts WFCO was originally owned by Fairfield Christian Academy and the station was known as Fairfield s Christian Outreach WFCO began 24 hour operations in the early 1990s In 2002 WFCO moved to downtown Lancaster added more local and musical programming and became known as Peaceful 90 9 FM In 2006 WFCO increased its power to 1 200 watts In 2007 WFCO adopted the branding Refreshing 90 9 FM In 2013 the station began a more uniform schedule where most talk programs were in the morning hours and music was played in the afternoon and evening hours One exception to this was WFCO s public affairs show Community Accent that aired live in the morning and replayed in the evening The station also broadcast a variety of high school sports from area schools This included everything from basketball baseball football soccer softball volleyball to even one track meet a year On November 1 2019 River Radio Ministries announced the acquisition of WFCO from Lancaster Educational Broadcasting Foundation The station was converted to River Radio s contemporary Christian The River format The sale at a price of 235 000 was consummated on February 4 2020 References edit WFCO fcc gov Accessed August 11 2012External links editWFCO s official website WFCO in the FCC FM station database WFCO in Nielsen Audio s FM station database 39 40 49 N 82 35 51 W 39 68028 N 82 59750 W 39 68028 82 59750 nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Ohio is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WFCO amp oldid 1139197495, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
