WLKW (FM)
K-LOVE | |
Programming | |
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Format | Christian adult contemporary |
Ownership | |
Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
WBKV, WBWA | |
History | |
First air date | October 27, 2011 |
Former call signs | WLKW-FM (2011–2018) |
Call sign meaning | W LaKeWood formerly shared with AM station WLKW |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 189508 |
Class | A |
ERP | 2,500 watts |
HAAT | 10.1 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°05′46″N 79°14′35″W / 42.096°N 79.243°W |
Links | |
Website | klove |
WLKW (95.3
Programming
WLKW carries no local programming and, with rare exceptions, has never done so.
History
As a commercial station
WLKW signed on in 2011, initially with an "-FM" suffix attached to its call sign, as an AM station in Rhode Island also held the call sign at the time. Until March 14, 2016, News Talk 95.3 The Lake aired
On March 14, 2016, WLKW began airing programming from
Sale to Educational Media Foundation
In August 2018, Cross Country announced plans to exit the Jamestown radio market. Under the terms of the sale, Media One Group, the owners of all other commercial radio stations in Jamestown, would purchase sister station WKZA. To comply with ownership caps, WLKW-FM would instead be spun off to Educational Media Foundation, which would introduce its K-Love contemporary Christian music format to the region, entering a crowded Christian music field against locally originated competitors such as Family Life Network and Dove FM.[2] The sale to EMF closed on October 31, 2018, at which time the -FM suffix was dropped.
References
- ^ "WLKW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (August 20, 2018). NERW 8/20/18: Media One Grows in Jamestown. NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
External links
- WLKW in the FCC FM station database
- WLKW in Nielsen Audio's FM station database