WKVR (FM)


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Not to be confused with WKVR-FM, a defunct radio station in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.

WKVR (88.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Flint, Michigan, it is a member of the K-Love radio network.

WKVR
Broadcast area[1]
Frequency88.9 MHz
BrandingK-Love
Programming
FormatContemporary Christian
AffiliationsK-Love
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
History

First air date

September 1997

Former call signs

WGRI (1997–2001)
WAKL (2001–2019)
WKMF (2019–2022)
Technical information[1]

Licensing authority

FCC
Facility ID47686
ClassA
ERP380 watts
HAAT80.2 meters (263 ft)

Transmitter coordinates

42°58′49″N 83°34′40″W / 42.98028°N 83.57778°W
Links

Public license information

Websitewww.klove.com

The station signed on in September 1997[2] as WGRI with an urban gospel format. After Gospel Radio International sold the station to the Educational Media Foundation, WGRI joined K-Love on October 1, 2001,[3] and changed its call letters to WAKL on October 29.[4] The station became WKMF on May 31, 2019,[4] after EMF moved the WAKL call sign to a station it had acquired in the Atlanta market.[5]

The station changed its call sign to WKVR on December 6, 2022.

Broadcast translators for WKVR
Call sign Frequency City of license FID FCC info
W261BH 100.1 FM FM Flint, Michigan 139042 LMS
W292DA 106.3 FM FM Linden, Michigan 139040 LMS
  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKVR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-281. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "WAKL FM 88.9 Flint". Michiguide. October 20, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Call Sign History (WKVR)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  5. ^ Venta, Lance (May 27, 2019). "EMF Sets New Call Letters For Cumulus/Aloha Acquisitions; WRQX Moves To..." RadioInsight. Retrieved June 2, 2019.