KWIL

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KWIL
Broadcast area Willamette Valley
Frequency 790 kHz
BrandingKWIL For Christ
Programming
Format Christian radio
Ownership
OwnerExtra Mile Media, Inc.
KHPE
History
First air date
January 14, 1941 (1941-01-14) [1]
Former frequencies
1240 kHz (1941–1953)
Call sign meaning
 Willamette Valley
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 837
Class B
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 44°37′54″N123°00′57″W / 44.63167°N 123.01583°W / 44.63167; -123.01583
Translator 96.9 K245DI (Albany)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website kwilforchrist.com

KWIL (790 AM, "KWIL For Christ") is a commercial radio station licensed to Albany, Oregon, United States, and serving the Willamette Valley with a Christian format. [3] [4] Owned by Extra Mile Media, Inc., studios and transmitter are located on Santiam Highway SE (U.S. Route 20).

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Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator K245DI at 96.9 MHz in Albany.

History

KWIL signed on the air on January 14, 1941. [5] It originally was powered at 250 watts, broadcasting on a frequency of 1240 kHz . [6] The station was owned and operated by the Central Willamette Broadcasting Company. [6] KWIL was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System.

On October 15, 1947, KWIL added an FM sister station, KWIL-FM at 101.7 MHz. [7] Management saw little chance of making the station profitable and it was taken off the air on August 21, 1956. [8]

In 1953, KWIL changed frequencies to 790 kHz. The lower dial position allowed its signal to expand; it increased its power to 1,000 watts but also had to use a directional antenna with different daytime and nighttime coverage patterns. [9]

KWIL was acquired by Larry Gordon's Albany Radio Corporation on July 1, 1957. [1] KWIL added a new FM station to its facilities. The second KWIL-FM began broadcasting at 107.9 MHz in 1969. Today, that station is co-owned WHPE, with a Christian Contemporary format.

Christian broadcaster Integrity Media acquired KWIL and KHPE in 1980. Integrity Media changed its name to Extra Mile Media, Inc., in 2005. [4]

KWIL-AM logo.png (KWIL's logo under previous "The Word" branding)

References

  1. 1 2 "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-179.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KWIL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. 1 2 "Sale of Eugene's KEED planned". Christian News Northwest. February 4, 2005.
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-171. Retrieved Nov. 21, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Directory of Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States". 1944 Broadcasting-Telecasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1944. p. 142.
  7. ↑ "KWIL-FM Albany, Oregon Commences Broadcasting" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 27, 1947. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Existing FM Stations" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 27, 1956. p. 116. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Directory of the AM and FM stations of the United States". 1954 Broadcasting Yearbook-Marketbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1954. p. 264.
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