WMFE-FM


WMFE-FM is the flagship National Public Radio member station in Orlando, Florida, owned by Community Communications, Inc.
The station signed on Monday, July 14, 1980, playing a mix of public radio news/talk, jazz, and classical music. The jazz music was dropped in 1983. Prior to that year, NPR programming was only available on a part-time basis via University of Central Florida station WUCF-FM, leaving Orlando as the largest broadcasting market in the nation without a public radio station.
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 had entered into a definitive agreement to sell their sister station, WMFE-TV, to Daystar Television Network, 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. The sale of WMFE-TV to Daystar was later cancelled, leading to Community Communications selling the television station to UCF in 2012, becoming WUCF-TV.
On September 25, 2017, it was announced that WMFE-FM would acquire WKSG in Cedar Creek, Fla. from Daystar Public Radio, Inc. The approval is scheduled for Early 2018 at which point, WMFE-FM will switch the format on WKSG to public radio news/talk and provide public radio coverage to underserved areas of Central Florida, including portions of Lake and Marion counties. The call letters on WKSG were changed to WMFV to match WMFE's call pattern.