WMFE-FM is a public radio station

Radio station

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 in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

, owned by Community Communications, Inc., the owners of WMFE-TV.

The station signed on in 1980 playing a mix of public radio news/talk, jazz, and classical music, the jazz music was dropped in 1983. Prior to that year, Orlando was the largest city in the United States with no full-time public radio service and only had a part-time affiliation with WUCF-FM

WUCF-FM

WUCF-FM 89.9 is a listener-supported radio station of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, USA. The station is one of Central Florida's two NPR member stations, along with WMFE-FM....

 (WFTU-FM until 1978).

WMFE-FM previously aired a combination of public radio programming and classical music. In November, 2009, the primary HD1 channel switched to an all-news/talk format with programs from NPR and other public radio sources. All classical music was moved to the HD2 channel.

In April 2011, Community Communications announced that they have sold WMFE-TV to Daystar Television Network

Daystar Television Network

The Daystar Television Network is an American evangelical Christian television religious broadcasting network headquartered near Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Bedford, Texas...

, due to economic conditions. They will keep WMFE-FM's station and callsign, as they feel that the radio station is more successful than television.