WJKV

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WJKV
KLOVE 2014.svg
Broadcast area Jacksonville metropolitan area
Frequency 90.9 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingK-LOVE
Programming
Language(s) English
Format Contemporary Christian
Subchannels
Affiliations K-LOVE
Ownership
Owner Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date
February 8, 1973;50 years ago (1973-02-08)
Former call signs
  • WFAM (1973-1985)
  • WKTZ-FM (1985-2015)
Former frequencies
91.1 MHz (1973–1980s)
Call sign meaning
Jacksonville's K-love
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 31936
Class C2
ERP 41,000 watts
HAAT 166 meters (545 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 30°16′36″N81°33′47″W / 30.27667°N 81.56306°W / 30.27667; -81.56306
Translator(s) See § Translators
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website klove.com

WJKV (90.9 FM) is a non-profit radio station in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF) and airs the national "K-Love" Christian contemporary music radio format.

Contents

WJKV broadcasts from a tower off Hogan Road in Jacksonville. [2] In addition, programming on the station is also heard on two translator stations: W208AV 89.5 MHz, San Jose (a neighborhood in Jacksonville), and W252DJ 98.3 MHz, licensed to Jacksonville Beach.

WJKV has been observed with HD1, HD2 ("Air1") and HD3 services in December 2018.

History

On February 8, 1973, the station signed on as WFAM, at 91.1 MHz. [3] It was owned by Jones College. WFAM had a different radio format for each part of the day. In the morning it played classical music, afternoons it was Top 40 and in the evening it was Jacksonville's only jazz station. The students staffed the station as part of their classes in broadcasting. In the 1980s, the station moved its frequency to 90.9, and also got a boost in power and coverage area.

In 1986, after easy listening station 96.1 WKTZ-FM switched to soft adult contemporary WLSC (now WEJZ), Jones College decided to acquire the intellectual property of WKTZ-FM and its call sign. [4] The new 90.9 WKTZ-FM would continue playing its soft, instrumental music, but as a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station.

As one of the last remaining beautiful music stations, WKTZ-FM had a loyal and devoted audience, which grew nationally after the advent of streaming via the internet on its website. Its AM counterpart, 1220 WKTZ, was also acquired by Jones College. It carried a syndicated adult standards format.

Facing declining broadcast ratings and the aging of its audience (83 percent of their listeners were over age 55), the stations' licenses were sold to religious broadcaster EMF for $3.375 million. EMF announced plans to re-launch the stations with Christian formats. At 3:30 PM on November 6, 2014, both 90.9 FM and 1220 AM went dark, however the online stream of 90.9's former programming continued under the branding "Jones College Radio". [5] A week later, WKTZ-FM and WKTZ returned to air as members of EMF's K-Love network. On July 21, 2015, WKTZ-FM changed its call letters to WJKV.

On August 1, 2018, EMF's Air1 network began airing on the HD2 subchannel. Air1 also airs on 89.5 FM W208AV.

In response to the sale, public radio station WJCT-FM added an easy listening format to one of its HD Radio subchannels, in an effort to placate WKTZ's former audience. [6]

EMF does not usually operate AM stations; as such, AM 1220 WKTZ was spun off to the American Family Association which airs its national Christian radio format on the station.

Translators

Broadcast translator for WJKV-HD2
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
W208DV89.5 FM San Jose, Florida 9191799181  m (594  ft)D LMS
Broadcast translator for WJKV-HD3
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
W252DJ98.3 FM Jacksonville Beach, Florida 1393991100  m (0  ft)D LMS

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WJKV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WJKV-FM Radio Station Coverage Map". radio-locator.com.
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1976 page C-39
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1987 page B-60
  5. ↑ "Jacksonville's Jones College Radio vanishes from the airwaves Thursday in wake of sale". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  6. ↑ Edgier easy listening returns to the air on Jacksonville's WJCT-FM's HD3 station. The Florida Times-Union , April 1, 2015.
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