WNED-FM's studios and offices are at Horizons Plaza on Lower Terrace in Buffalo, and the transmitter is off Zimmerman Road in Boston, New York.

Under current U.S. Federal Communications Commission rules, Class B FM stations are not allowed to exceed 50,000 watts ERP.

[5] In 1975, the Western New York Educational TV Association bought it and AM 970 WEBR, turning both stations into non-commercial operations.

[8] While the rebranding in part reflected WNED-TV's significant Canadian viewership and financial support, WNED officials told The Buffalo News that the organization's radio stations have minimal listenership in Canada.

[11][12][13] WNED-FM has an extensive music library, which allows the station to produce local programming for most of its broadcast day.

JazzWorks had previously been heard on WBFO's subchannel before it launched an adult album alternative feed in its place in 2021.