WBFO

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WBFO

Buffalo, New York
Broadcast area	Buffalo, New York
Frequency	88.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	WBFO
Programming
Format	Public radio
Subchannels	HD2: WBFO The Bridge (AAA) HD3: Radio Bilingue (Spanish Public radio)
Affiliations	NPR
Ownership
Owner	Buffalo Toronto Public Media (Western New York Public Broadcasting Association)
Sister stations	WNED-TV, WNED-FM
History
First air date	January 6, 1959; 65 years ago (1959-01-06)
Call sign meaning	WBFO: Buffalo WOLN: Olean WUBJ: University at Buffalo (Jamestown or Jazz)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	63113
Class	B
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	117 meters (384 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°00′11″N 78°45′54″W / 43.003°N 78.765°W / 43.003; -78.765
Repeater(s)	88.1 WUBJ (Jamestown) 91.3 WOLN (Olean)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live Listen live (HD3)
Website	wbfo.org radiobilingue.org (HD3)

WBFO (88.7 FM) is the NPR member station for Buffalo, New York, carrying an almost entirely public news/talk format. It broadcasts from studios in the Lower Terrace section of downtown Buffalo which it shares with WNED-TV and WNED-FM.^[2] Previously, it broadcast from the South campus (a.k.a. Main Street Campus) of the University at Buffalo. It currently leases an as-yet unutilized satellite studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[3] WBFO runs two permanent satellite stations: WUBJ (88.1 FM) in Jamestown, New York, and WOLN (91.3 FM) in Olean, New York, along with a digital audio simulcast on the second audio program of WNED-DT4.

WBFO is owned, along with the WNED stations, by the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, which does business as Buffalo Toronto Public Media.