WFRE public inspection file

FM radio station licensed to Frederick, MD. FCC facility ID 31139.

What our last check found

Read from the FCC's public records on .

  • Quarterly issues/programs list: on file

    Q2 2026

    2 upload(s) in the Issues and Programs file between Apr 1 and the Jul 10 deadline; the Q2 2026 list appears to be on file.

  • Annual EEO report: needs a look

    EEO year to 2026-06-01

    no upload found in the EEO folder for the report year ending Jun 1, 2026. One report covers a whole station employment unit, so a co-owned station's report filed here would satisfy this. Units with fewer than five full-time employees are exempt; confirm headcount and unit before treating this as a gap.

  • FCC authorizations: needs a look

    continuous

    the FCC Authorizations folder is empty; the license may be filed under another folder, but an inspector looks here first.

  • Political file: on file

    2026 general

    outside the pre-general ad window (Sep 4 through Nov 3, 2026); last political-file activity Jul 7, 2026. Timeliness during ad windows can't be verified from timestamps alone; this check only watches for silence inside the window.

This describes what our scan saw in the folders the FCC publishes. It is not a compliance determination, and a record can be on file somewhere our check does not look. The station's own file is the authority: WFRE on publicfiles.fcc.gov.

What belongs in this file

Every licensed radio and television station keeps a public inspection file, hosted by the FCC and open to anyone without a login. The record the FCC reviews most closely is the quarterly issues and programs list, due January 10, April 10, July 10 and October 10, describing the community issues the station identified and the programming that addressed them. Those lists stay in the file until final action on the station's next license renewal.

A folder that looks empty does not always mean a station has not filed. The most common mistake we find is a finished list uploaded into the wrong folder, where it counts for nothing and nobody notices. Five things to know about your FCC public inspection file covers what goes where, and why nothing warns you when a list is missed.

RadioPaperwork is a compliance service, not a law firm, and this page is not legal advice. It is a reading of public FCC records, and the FCC's own file is the authority. If something here is wrong, write to [email protected] and we will correct it.

RadioPaperwork is a compliance service, not a law firm. It does not provide legal advice or certify FCC compliance. Filing on a station's behalf never happens without the station approving the document first, and does not shift responsibility: the licensee remains responsible for the contents of its public file, and the FCC provides no safe harbor for using an outside service. "No gaps found" means our checks found nothing missing, which is not the same as an FCC compliance certification.

Data source: publicfiles.fcc.gov, the FCC's own public API.

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