WJKV

WJKV
City	Jacksonville, Florida
Broadcast area	Jacksonville metropolitan area
Frequency	90.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	K-LOVE
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Contemporary Christian
Affiliations	K-LOVE
Ownership
Owner	Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date	February 8, 1973 (as 91.1 WFAM)
Former call signs	WFAM (1973-1985); WKTZ-FM (1985-2015)
Former frequencies	91.1 MHz (1973–1980s)
Call sign meaning	W Jacksonville's K-LoVe
Technical information
Facility ID	31936
Class	C2
ERP	41,000 watts
HAAT	166 meters (545 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	30°16′36″N 81°33′47″W / 30.27667°N 81.56306°W
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	KLove.com

WJKV (90.9 MHz) is a non-profit FM 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.

WJKV broadcasts from a tower off Hogan Road in Jacksonville.^[1] In addition, programming on the station is also heard on two translator stations: W208AV 89.5 MHz, San Jose (a neighborhood in Jacksonville), and W281AM 104.1 MHz, Macclenny.

WJKV has been observed with HD1, HD2 ("Air 1") and HD3 services in December 2018.

History[]

On February 8, 1973, the station signed on as WFAM, at 91.1 MHz.^[2] 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.^[3] 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".^[4] 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.

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.^[5]

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 translators of WJKV
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP (W)	Height (m (ft))	Class	FCC info
W208AV	89.5	San Jose, Florida	91917	99	181 m (594 ft)	D	FCC LMS
W281AM	104.1	Macclenny, Florida	151393	99	267 m (876 ft)	D	FCC LMS

References[]

^ Radio-Locator.com/WJKV
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1976 page C-39
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1987 page B-60
^ Dixon, Drew. "Jacksonville's Jones College Radio vanishes from the airwaves Thursday in wake of sale". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
^ Edgier easy listening returns to the air on Jacksonville's WJCT-FM's HD3 station. The Florida Times-Union, April 1, 2015.

External links[]

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

[1] Radio-Locator.com/WJKV

[2] Broadcasting Yearbook 1976 page C-39

[3] Broadcasting Yearbook 1987 page B-60

[4] Dixon, Drew. "Jacksonville's Jones College Radio vanishes from the airwaves Thursday in wake of sale". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 2020-09-13.

[5] 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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