It is the National Public Radio (NPR) network affiliate for the Greensboro - Winston-Salem - High Point media market, also called the Piedmont Triad.

Owned by Wake Forest University, WFDD serves 32 counties in Central North Carolina and South-Central Virginia.

The shows include Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, 1A, Here and Now, The World, On Point and Marketplace.

Freddie Jenkins hosts Back Porch on Friday and Saturday evenings, WFDD's folk, blues, bluegrass and acoustic music show.

[4] The signal boost resulted from efforts to raise funds after WYFS stopped playing classical music in May 1966.

The station returned to the air with reduced power, but did not fully cover the market until a new tower was completed in Welcome, North Carolina, which was shared with WWGL.

For many years, WFDD, like many public FM radio stations, aired a mix of NPR programming and classical music.

In 2005, WFDD began scheduling mostly news and talk programming from NPR, with no classical music during the day on most weekdays.

Students learn the basics of conducting interviews, how to operate professional sound editing software, and create their own stories to be broadcast.

WFDD shares some of its coverage area with 91.5 WUNC-FM in Chapel Hill, a public radio station owned by the University of North Carolina.

Its transmitter in Chatham County gives primary grade coverage to Greensboro and can also be heard in other parts of the Piedmont Triad.