WKJV is a listener supported
Christian radio station licensed in
Asheville, North Carolina. It broadcasts at the
frequency
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of 1380 AM and serves
Buncombe,
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,
McDowell,
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,
Yancey, and
Transylvania
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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.
In 1969, WLOS was sold to Greater Asheville Broadcasting Co., owned by the John Jenkins family of
Huntington, West Virginia. As the previous owners retained
WLOS-FM and
WLOS-TV
WLOS (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Asheville, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting ABC and MyNetworkTV programming to Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which pr ...
, the call letters were changed to WKKE; the format was
MOR/
Top 40
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.
In 1977, WKKE became WRAQ and played
adult rock
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. 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
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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 Baptist Broadcasting, which also runs
WGCR, took over the station and the call letters WKJV were selected, referring to the
King James Version
The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an Bible translations into English, English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and publis ...
of
the Bible
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.
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
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
and
Tennessee
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.
On July 17, 2013, the former WFGW, after being purchased by I.B.O.M., became
WKJW
WKJW (1010 AM, "Christian 1010") is a commercial conservative gospel radio station broadcasting at 47,000 watts in Black Mountain, North Carolina, operated by International Baptist Outreach Missions, Inc. of Asheville, North Carolina, Dr J. Wende ...
.
References
External links
WKJV official websiteFCC History Cards for WKJV
KJV
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Wometco Enterprises
KJV
The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of K ...
Radio stations established in 1947
1947 establishments in North Carolina
Southern Gospel radio stations in the United States
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