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WBWA
Buffalo, New York;
Broadcast area	Buffalo
Frequency	89.9 MHz
Programming
Format	Contemporary worship music
Affiliations	Air1
Ownership
Owner	Educational Media Foundation
Sister stations	WBKV, WLKW
History
First air date	1989; 36 years ago
Former call signs	WBFR (1984–1985); WFBF (1985–2019); WBKV (2019–2023);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	20725
Class	B1
ERP	16,000 watts
HAAT	90 meters (300 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°41′19″N 78°45′15″W / 42.68861°N 78.75417°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	Air1.com

WBWA (89.9 FM) is a radio station in Buffalo, New York, broadcasting contemporary worship music from the Air 1 network without local deviation outside of station identification. It is owned by the Educational Media Foundation.^[2] Unlike most Buffalo stations, its signal is mostly audible only in the Southtowns, and has no over-the-air availability across Lake Ontario into the Greater Toronto Area; a weak signal and adjacent-channel interference from public radio stations WNJA and WPSX make the station inaudible in most of the western Southern Tier.

History

The station signed on in 1989^[3] as WFBF under the ownership of Family Stations, carrying its Family Radio network.^[4] In September 2019, Family Stations came to terms with the Educational Media Foundation to sell four stations, including WFBF, to that organization. Upon the sale's closing on November 22, 2019, the station became the Buffalo market's K-Love affiliate,^[5] and the station changed its call sign to WBKV.

In June 2023, EMF filed to move the WBKV call sign to WTSS (102.5 FM), which it was in the process of acquiring from Audacy, Inc.; the 89.9 facility was repurposed as Air1 station WBWA on June 16.^[6]