WKVU
FCC | |
| Facility ID | 54549 |
|---|---|
| Class | B |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 152 meters (499 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°08′40″N 75°10′32″W / 43.14444°N 75.17556°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WKVU (107.3
radio station broadcasting a Christian adult contemporary format. Licensed to Utica, New York, United States, the station serves the Utica–Rome metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by the Educational Media Foundation, and is an affiliate of the K-Love
network.
History
WKVU signed on in 2001, on 100.7 FM, when Bethany Broadcasting sold its religious station broadcasting on that frequency, WVVC, to the Educational Media Foundation. Upon acquiring WVVC, EMF changed its call sign to WKVU and began simulcasting its K-Love satellite format of Christian adult contemporary music on the station.
Its current frequency was previously owned by
Clear Channel Communications' Utica cluster, including WRCK's rival, WOUR. WOUR's signal was deemed to be stronger and more favorable than WRCK's and so WRCK was spun off to EMF. Some of WRCK's former staff moved to WOUR.[2] EMF then announced that it would keep the WRCK call letters and simulcast their Christian rock satellite format Air1 on the station. WRCK's last song as Rock 107 was Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" before the Air1
satellite feed was picked up.
Back during the early 1980s, the WRCK calls belonged to
WLS-AM
, while the WRCK calls went to 107.3 FM.
On December 15, 2010, WRCK swapped frequencies with WKVU, with WRCK (and its
soft adult contemporary format then heard on sister stations WUTQ and WADR, which assumed the WRCK callsign. EMF then moved its Air1 affiliation to WOKR
, which would change its call sign to WARW in January 2015.
Former on-air staff
- Gomez and Dave (Mornings as under the classic rock format)
- Paul Szmal
- Bill Keeler (Morning announcer under the Top 40 & classic rock formats)
- Gary Spears
- Frank McBride
- J.P. Marks
- Bill Whiteman
- 'Big' Larry Williams (deceased)
- B.B. Good (She worked on Radio Disney)
- Bud in the Night Time
- John Carucci
- JR Jim Reitz (deceased)
- Karen Hanna (deceased)
- Scott Burton
- Ugly Michaels Mike Hotaling
- Kevin Quinn
- Cheri Kendall
- Rich Lundy Bramley
- Nick at Night Norod
- Kelly Steve Abel
- Rick Pendleton
- Becky Williams
- Janet Bauer
- Kym Charmicheal
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKVU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- Observer Dispatch. October 25, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2008.
- ^ "WLS Chicago Radio Timeline Page". Archived from the original on November 27, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
External links
- WKVU in the FCC FM station database
- WKVU in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 54549 (WKVU) in the REC Networks database