WKJV (AM)

For the FL radio station in Bristol, Virginia, United States, see WKJV-LP.

WKJV
City	Asheville, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Asheville
Slogan	"Pure Gospel"
Frequency	1380 kHz
Format	Religious
Power	25,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	B
Transmitter coordinates	35°36′19″N 82°35′31″W / 35.60528°N 82.59194°W / 35.60528; -82.59194
Callsign meaning	W King James Version
Owner	International Baptist Outreach Missions
Website	wkjv.com

WKJV is a listener supported Christian radio station licensed in Asheville, North Carolina. It broadcasts at the frequency of 1380 AM and serves Buncombe, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Haywood, Henderson, Yancey, and Transylvania Counties. WKJV is a ministry of International Baptist Outreach Missions, Inc., a not-for-profit organization. The station's programming features Southern gospel music and preaching from the King James Bible. WKJV has a daytime non-directional power of 25,000 watts and a night-time directional power of 1000 watts.

History

WLOS began broadcasting August 11, 1947, as a Mutual affiliate on 1380 kHz with power of 5 KW (daytime) and 1 KW (night). The station was licensed to Skyway Broadcasting Corporation.^[1]

In 1969, since WLOS-FM moved into the WLOS-TV building, WLOS was sold to Greater Asheville Broadcasting Co., owned by the John Jenkins family of Huntington, West Virginia. The call letters were changed to WKKE, and the format was MOR/Top 40.

In 1977, WKKE became WRAQ and played adult rock. In 1982, Sid Highes became program director and the format changed to Southern Gospel.

In 1988, GHB Broadcasting purchased the station and changed its letters to WTOO. In 1992, WTOO was not profitable and a format change to rock and roll was planned. Hearing this news, Pastor Doug Roland of Maple Ridge Baptist Church in Candler told some area pastors about the problem, and the decision was made to buy the station by asking listeners to contribute. In five days, $53,000 was raised. Anchor Bapitst Broadcasting, which also runs WGCR, took over the station and the call letters WKJV were selected, referring to the King James Version of the Bible.

International Baptist Outreach Missions took over in 1997. In September 2001 the signal increased to 25,000 watts. WKJV can now be heard in parts of South Carolina and Tennessee.^[2] On July 17, 2013 the former WFGW, after being purchased by I.B.O.M., became WKJW.

References

↑ "WLOS Gets Underway as Fulltime Outlet" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 25, 1947. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
↑ http://www.wkjv.com/history_page.html, Retrieved on 2009-06-13.

External links

WKJV official website

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Radio stations in the Asheville, North Carolina market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 90.1 90.5 91.3 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.5 94.9 96.5 98.1 98.9 99.9 100.7 100.7 101.5 102.5 103.3 103.7 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.9

By AM frequency	540 570 720 880 970 1010 1230 1310 1350 1380 1450 1460 1590 1600

By callsign	W251AO WAEZ WBHN WCQS WEPR WESC-FM WFBC-FM WGCR WGTK-FM WHBK WHKP WISE WKJV WKJW WKSF WLFA WMIT WMYI WNCW WOXL-FM WPEK WPVM-LP WQNQ WQNS WQUT WRES-LP WRGC WSFM-LP WSKY WSPA-FM WTIJ-LP WTMT WTPT WTZQ WWNC WYQS WYSE WZGM

North Carolina radio markets Asheville Charlotte Fayetteville Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Greenville–New Bern–Jacksonville Raleigh–Durham Other North Carolina radio regions Elizabeth City–Nags Head Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Rocky Mount–Wilson Wilmington See also List of radio stations in North Carolina

Religious radio stations in the state of North Carolina

Stations	WAAE – New Bern WADE – Wadesboro WAGR – Lumberton WBFJ – Winston-Salem WBFY – Pinehurst WBKU – Ahoskie WCGC – Belmont WCLW – Eden WCRU – Dallas WDJD – Elizabethtown WDRU – Wake Forest WDVV – Wilmington WELS-FM – Kinston WFWC-LP – Fremont WGAS – Gastonia WGHJ – Fair Bluff WGHW – Lockwoods Folly Town WGTI – Windsor WHGW – Morganton WHPE-FM – High Point WHPY – Clayton WHVN – Charlotte WIAM – Williamston WICE-LP/97.1: Henderson WJCV – Jacksonville WJOF – Liberty WJRM – Troy WKJW – Black Mountain WLGP – Harkers Island WLGT – Washington WLLY – Wilson WLSG – Wilmington WMIT – Black Mountain WMYT – Carolina Beach WOBX – Wanchese WOGR – Charlotte WOGR-FM – Salisbury WOTJ – Morehead City WPET – Greensboro WPFJ – Franklin WPIP – Winston-Salem WPJL – Raleigh WRAE – Raeford WSKY – Asheville WSTS – Fairmont WTRU – Kernersville WUBN-LP – Wilson WVBS – Burgaw WVCB – Shallotte WVRL – Elizabeth City WVRP – Roanoke Rapids WWGT – Lincolnton WWIL – Wilmington WWIL-FM – Wilmington WWOL – Forest City WWQT – Tryon WWQY – Yadkin County WXBE – Beaufort WYAL – Scotland Neck WYBJ – Newton Grove WYDU – Red Springs WYFL – Henderson WYFQ – Charlotte WYFQ-FM – Wadesboro WYHW - Wilmington WYTR – Robbins WYZD – Dobson WZKB – Wallace

Defunct	WDLV-LP – Simpson WPTP-LP – Marble

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Carolina See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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