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| Broadcast area | Nashville metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 93.7 MHz |
| Branding | Family Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Affiliations | Family Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 1992 |
Former call signs | WYYB (1991–2003) WFFI (2003–2024) |
Call sign meaning | Family Radio |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 18714 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 1,150 watts |
| HAAT | 230 meters (750 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°8′10.00″N86°59′4.00″W / 36.1361111°N 86.9844444°W /36.1361111; -86.9844444 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | familyradio.org |
WFRW (93.7 MHz) is anFMradio station broadcasting in the Middle Tennessee area. WFRW islicensed toKingston Springs, with the station serving theNashville metropolitan area.
The station is currently owned byFamily Radio. The station broadcasts aReformed Christian Calvinist teaching and hymns format featuring teaching byJohn MacArthur,R.C. Sproul and others as well as music from artists such asSovereign Grace Music,Keith & Kristyn Getty, andCityAlight.
WFFI was previously operated under thecallsignWYYB, and was a simulcast of WRLG (NowWAIV-FM), which broadcast the active rock format under "Thunder 94", the AAA format under "The Phoenix", and was briefly a simulcast of WRLT.[2][3] Prior to this, it was briefly the FM affiliate ofWDKN, a community-oriented station inDickson, Tennessee, to which it was originally licensed.
Shortly before the sale toSalem Media Group, WYYB began simulcasting then-sister stationWRLT. WYYB along with WRLG would be sold to Salem Media on August 14, 2002, and would switch to the Contemporary Christian format branded as "The Fish" the next day on August 15, and would change its callsign toWFFI.[4]
On March 21, 2024, Salem Media Group announced that they were selling their Nashville Christian AC "Fish" brands to Educational Media Foundation for $7 million, those stations being WFFH, WFFI and WBOZ. A network affiliation agreement took effect on May 1 ahead of closing the sale.
At the stroke of midnight on May 1, 2024, WFFI along with WBOZ (Now WLVN) began airing the national K-LOVE radio feed without explanation, following the implementation of a local marketing agreement between Salem Media and Educational Media Foundation.[5] The sale of the three stations were finalized on June 7, 2024.[6] Salem's Today's Christian Music/The Fish was still heard online only at The Fish Website, until February 1, 2025, when Salem sold the remaining Today's Christian Music/The Fish stations to Educational Media Foundation, and the network itself was discontinued altogether afterwards.[7][8][9]
On October 2, 2024,Franklin, Tennessee basedFamily Radio announced that they would acquire WFFI from Educational Media Foundation for $2.1 million. With this acquisition, not only did Family Radio enter and have its first station in the Middle Tennessee area but it also secured a signal that covered its new national headquarters in Franklin. The deal included WFFI's tower property, and a network affiliation agreement that took effect on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 with the station launching its "Family Radio" Christian preaching programming. WFFI's callsign changed to WFRW in the process.[10] On Monday October 7, 2024, WFFI suspended K-Love Programming & ran a repeating looping message, redirecting listeners toWLVU 97.1 FM &WLVN 104.9 FM, which continues to play the K-Love format. The Family Radio Reformed Christian teaching & music format on 93.7 FM began at midnight on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.
The station now airs Bible sermons and Christian teaching from noted Christian leaders such asJohn MacArthur,R.C. Sproul,John Piper,Alistair Begg, and others as well as traditional hymns, modern hymns, and other music from artists such as Nathan Drake, Sebastian Demrey, Sovereign Grace Music,Keith & Kristyn Getty, Matt Boswell, and CityAlight.