WRFR-LP (93.3 FM) is a

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licensed to

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, 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

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and several

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. The station was formerly repeated in nearby

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on W257BI 99.3 MHz, until its license was surrendered to the

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on January 12, 2022. The

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was granted on March 19,

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

. The station has been broadcasting 24/7 since

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, 2002.

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