WPFB is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a adult album alternative

Adult album alternative

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 format. Licensed to Middletown, Ohio

Middletown, Ohio

Middletown is an All-America City located in Butler and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Formerly in Lemon, Turtlecreek, and Franklin townships, Middletown was incorporated by the Ohio General Assembly on February 11, 1833, and became a city in 1886...

, USA, the station serves the Dayton area. The station is currently owned by Northern Kentucky University

Northern Kentucky University

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 and is currently simulcasting WNKU

WNKU

WNKU is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Album Alternative format. Licensed in Highland Heights, Kentucky, USA, it serves the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati area. The station is currently owned by Northern Kentucky University...

 89.7 FM.

History

WPFB first signed on in 1947 as a daytime-only station but a few months later received a permission from the FCC to also broadcast in the evening. Throughout much of its history, WPFB had several format switches from middle of the road, country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

, adult standards

Adult standards

Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...

 to talk radio

Talk radio

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 and classic country

Classic country

Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades.This genre generally follows one of two formats: those specializing in hits from the 1920s through the early 1970s, and focus primarily on innovators and artists from country music's Golden...

. The station, along with co-owned WPFB-FM and WPAY-FM in Portsmouth, Ohio, was purchased in January of 2011 by Northern Kentucky University

Northern Kentucky University

|type = Public|president= Dr. James C. Votruba|city = Highland Heights|state = KY|country = U.S.|endowment = $68 million|students = 15,405|undergrad = 13,206|postgrad = 2,199|faculty = 1,159...

 (NKU), the owners of WNKU

WNKU

WNKU is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Album Alternative format. Licensed in Highland Heights, Kentucky, USA, it serves the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati area. The station is currently owned by Northern Kentucky University...

. WPFB-FM, who's call letters have been changed to WNKN, currently serves as a repeater station of WNKU and NKU has indicated that they intend to sell WPFB-AM to help fund the purchase of the two FM stations. In the meantime, WPFB-AM also serves as a repeater station of WNKU.