WBKV (FM)

WBKV
City	Buffalo, New York
Broadcast area	Buffalo
Frequency	89.9 MHz
Programming
Format	Christian contemporary
Affiliations	K-Love
Ownership
Owner	Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date	1989; 33 years ago
Former call signs	WBFR (1984–1985); WFBF (1985–2019)
Call sign meaning	W-Buffalo K-Love
Technical information
Facility ID	20725
Class	B1
ERP	16,000 watts
HAAT	90 meters (300 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°41′19″N 78°45′15″W / 42.68861°N 78.75417°W
Links
Website	KLove.com

WBKV (89.9 FM) is a radio station in Buffalo, New York, broadcasting K-Love's contemporary Christian format without local deviation outside of station identification. It is owned by the Educational Media Foundation.^[1] Unlike most Buffalo stations, its signal is mostly audible only in the Southtowns, and has no over-the-air availability across Lake Ontario into the Greater Toronto Area; a weak signal and adjacent-channel interference from public radio stations WNJA and WPSX make the station inaudible in most of the western Southern Tier..

The station signed on in 1989^[2] as WFBF under the ownership of Family Stations, carrying its Family Radio network.^[3] In September 2019, Family Stations came to terms with the Educational Media Foundation to sell four stations, including the then-WFBF, to that organization. Upon the sale's closing on November 22, 2019, the station became the Buffalo market's K-Love affiliate,^[4] and the station changed its call sign to WBKV.

References[]

^ "WBKV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-373. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
^ The Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 (PDF). 1990. p. B-209. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
^ "Family Stations Sells 4 FMS, 1 Translator to EMF".

External links[]

WBKV in the FCC FM station database
WBKV on Radio-Locator
WBKV in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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[1] "WBKV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

[by2009-2] Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-373. Retrieved January 2, 2020.

[by1990-3] The Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 (PDF). 1990. p. B-209. Retrieved January 2, 2020.

[4] "Family Stations Sells 4 FMS, 1 Translator to EMF".

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