WKFV

WKFV
Broadcast area
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Frequency107.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingK-Love
Programming
FormatContemporary Christian music
Subchannels
  • HD2: Air1
  • HD3: K-Love Eras
  • HD4: Boost Radio
NetworkK-Love
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
History
First air date
1984 (1984)
Former call signs
WCLN-FM (1984–1991)
WMXS (1991–1994)
WCLN-FM (1994–2017)
Call sign meaning
K-Love for Fayetteville
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
11066
ClassC3
ERP9,200 watts
HAAT163 meters
Transmitter coordinates
35°07′37″N 78°35′19″W / 35.12694°N 78.58861°W / 35.12694; -78.58861
Translators
  • 102.1 W271DR (Fayetteville)
  • HD2: 102.9 W275BW (Fayetteville)
  • HD4: 97.3 W247BS (Hope Mills)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.klove.com

WKFV (107.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary Christian music format. Licensed to Clinton, North Carolina, United States, it serves the Fayetteville area. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation, airing its K-Love format.

History

WKFV signed on as WCLN-FM in 1984. At one time, its format was urban contemporary, and the call letters were once WMXS.

Larry Carr of Clinton, North Carolina, operated WCLN, a daytime-only station on 1170, and WCLN-FM (then at 107.1 FM) prior to the 1991 purchase of the 16-year-old stations by Willis Broadcasting Corp. of Norfolk, Virginia. The stations' format would be adult contemporary music and oldies.

WCLN and WCLN-FM were Christian when the FM station increased its power from 3000 to 25,000 watts and moved to 107.3 FM to better cover Fayetteville.

By 1997, WCLN was airing southern gospel music separately from the FM.

In 2000, WCLN-FM relocated its tower from Salemburg to near Stedman. In conjunction with the tower relocation, the station was granted FCC approval to relocate its main studio to Fayetteville.

After leadership changes to the station in 2004, the format drifted from inspiration to adult contemporary Christian music, becoming a Radio & Records reporting station in early 2005.

Effective December 15, 2017, Educational Media Foundation closed on the purchase of WCLN-FM from Christian Listening Network for $1.2 million. The same day, the station changed its call sign to WKFV.

References

  1. ↑ "Call Sign History (WCLN-FM)". Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKFV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Raleigh-Durham FM Dial". Archived from the original on February 1, 2003. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Virginia Firm Buys Clinton Radio Station," The Fayetteville Observer, July 13, 1991.
  5. ↑ Michael Futch, "It's All Christmas, All the Time at WFLB," The Fayetteville Observer, December 9, 1994.
  6. ↑ "The Cape Fear Region's Information Resources," The Fayetteville Observer, March 22, 1997.
  7. ↑ On The Air, "Stations on the Move," The Fayetteville Observer, September 20, 2000.
  8. ↑ Radio and Records, Reporting Stations, http://www.radioandrecords.com Archived 2006-07-07 at the Wayback Machine.