[2] WRFL is operated at all times by volunteer deejays, consisting largely of University of Kentucky students and also of some Lexington community members.

Music played on WRFL is strictly "alternative," here defined as material which cannot be heard on other radio stations or through traditional, commercial outlets.

[4] The station has ties to the noise music community as several of its current and former DJs are members of bands such as Hair Police and Wolf Eyes.

The station is thanked in the liner notes of recent Apples in Stereo albums, and has ties to the Elephant Six Collective.

[5] WRFL has used many slogans throughout its history, many of which allude to its broadcast frequency on the leftmost portion of the dial and its unofficial social and political tendencies.