WRKV

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WRKV
Broadcast area Research Triangle Area
Frequency 88.9 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingK-Love
Programming
Format Contemporary Christian music
Network K-Love
Ownership
Owner Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date
1968 (1968) (as WSHA)
Former call signs
WSHA (1968–2018)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 60028
Class C2
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 139 meters (456 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 35°45′5.5″N78°36′0″W / 35.751528°N 78.60000°W / 35.751528; -78.60000
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.klove.com

WRKV (88.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian music format. Licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Research Triangle. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation and features programming from K-Love.

Contents

WRKV broadcasts in the HD Radio format. [2]

History

In 1968, Shaw University became the first black college to own a radio station, broadcasting a Jazz/Gospel/Community Interest format as WSHA. At first, the station used an antenna on top of a building on the downtown campus, but in the late 1990s, a new tower was built in southeast Raleigh near Interstate 40. WFSS in Fayetteville, North Carolina, moved from 89.1 FM to 91.9 FM to allow WSHA to increase power. WFSS was bought by WUNC and now is part of the WUNC network. [3]

In March 2018, Shaw University announced that it would sell the WSHA broadcast license to the Educational Media Foundation. The sale did not include the station's tower, call letters, or equipment; the university's interim president, Paulette Dillard, stated that Shaw intended to continue to stream jazz music on WSHA's website as an Internet radio station. [4]

On July 26, 2018, the sale took effect. On August 7, 2018, the call letters were changed to WRKV. [5]

References

  1. ↑ '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000002-QINU`"' "Facility Technical Data for WRKV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "HD Radio station guide for Raleigh–Durham, NC". Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Raleigh-Durham FM Dial". Archived from the original on February 1, 2003. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
  4. ↑ Cain, Brooke (March 23, 2018). "Shaw University sells WSHA-FM radio station – and a piece of history". The News & Observer . Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ "FCC Call Sign History".
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