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.

WRKV
Broadcast areaResearch Triangle Area
Frequency88.9 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingK-Love
Programming
FormatContemporary Christian music
NetworkK-Love
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
History
First air date
1968 (1968) (as WSHA)
Former call signs
WSHA (1968–2018)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID60028
ClassC2
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT139 meters (456 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
35°45′5.5″N 78°36′0″W / 35.751528°N 78.60000°W / 35.751528; -78.60000
Translator(s)102.1 W271BT (Rocky Mount)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.klove.com

WRKV broadcasts in the HD Radio format.[2]

History

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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]

Translators

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Broadcast translator for WRKV
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W271BT 102.1 FM Rocky Mount, North Carolina 156751 19 D 35°57′18.6″N 77°53′2.9″W / 35.955167°N 77.884139°W / 35.955167; -77.884139 (W271BT) LMS

References

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  1. ^ "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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