Broadcast area | Knoxville, Tennessee |
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Frequency | 89.1 MHz |
Branding | Air1 |
Programming | |
Format | Christian worship |
Affiliations | Air1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
History | |
First air date | February 14, 1993 |
Former call signs | WYLV (1987–2011) |
Call sign meaning | "Worship FM" |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 22014 |
Class | C2 |
ERP | 1,850 watts |
HAAT | 427 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°0′13″N83°56′34″W / 36.00361°N 83.94278°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | air1.com |
WOFM (89.1 MHz) is a non-commercial, non-profit Christian FM radio station in the Knoxville, Tennessee area owned by Educational Media Foundation. [2] [3]
WYLV began in February 1993 broadcasting on 89.1 FM with programming from the Morning Star network. In September 1999, the station changed to a local format with onsite staff and DJs.
In 2016, WOFM had the 6th most social media activity in Knoxville. It was one of the radio stations which took up 6 out of 10 spots in the Knoxville social media rankings for that year, and made the most social media posts of those stations. [4]
On January 1, 2011, WOEZ became an affiliate of the Air 1 network after being sold to Educational Media Foundation. Later in January, the WYLV call letters were moved to the 88.3 frequency, as an affiliate of the K-LOVE network. At that time, Air1 moved to WOFM, which had been WYLV.
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