WRFR-LP
community radio station in Rockland, Maine, United States
WRFR-LP (93.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Rockland, Maine, United States.
The station is licensed to the Old School and has been established, WRFR as an independent community radio station. WRFR-LP is non-commercial and is operated entirely by volunteers, playing rhythm and blues, electronic, rock and, several talk shows. The station was formerly repeated in nearby Camden on W257BI 99.3 MHz, until its license was surrendered to the Federal Communications Commission on January 12, 2022.
The construction permit was granted on March 19, 2001. The station has been broadcasting 24/7 since Valentine's Day, 2002.
“WRFR-LP” enters the record as community radio station in Rockland, Maine, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what WRFR-LP, community and radio can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7955008. Authority coordinates are 44.110, -69.112. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022, 2001 and 2002.
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