WLFW is a

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-formatted

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located in

Johnston, South Carolina Johnston is a town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,362 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia, metropolitan area. The town's official welcome sign states that it is "Peach Capital of the Wor ...

, and is part of the

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, radio market (mostly on the South Carolina side of the

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). The station is licensed by the

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(FCC) to broadcast at 92.7 FM with an

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(ERP) of 1.8 kW.

History

WLFW signed on August 26, 1985, as WKSX-FM, the FM to 1190 WJES—Johnston, simulcasting full-time. Both stations had a mostly satellite-fed

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

format, with local high school sports. For a time in the late 1980s/early 1990s, the station would feature

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at night, but was gone by the fall of 1991, replaced with

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. The station segued into oldies full-time by 1992 as "Oldies 92.7". In 1996, WKSX-FM was paired with 92.1 WJRQ in

Saluda, South Carolina Saluda is a town in Saluda County, South Carolina, United States, along the Little Saluda River. The population was 3,565 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Saluda County. Geography Saluda is located at (34.003131, -81.771691). Accordi ...

. WJRQ became WJES-FM and both stations became "The Twins", still with an oldies format. This lasted until 2004, when WJES-FM was sold and moved to

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, becoming WWNU. Since the sale, WKSX-FM continued with the Oldies format and featured Carolina Beach Music programming on the weekends. The station's news and sports programming included NBC Radio News, South Carolina Radio Network and USC Gamecocks athletics. The station was owned by Michaelsen Communications LLC until it was sold effective October 8, 2020, to the Power Foundation, owner of

The Life FM The Life FM is a network of Christian radio stations in the United States, broadcasting southern gospel music.The Life FM

network, which changed the format to
Southern Gospel Southern gospel music is a genre of Christian music. Its name comes from its origins in the southeastern United States. Its lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as ...
. Power Foundation paid $180,000 to acquire WKSX-FM. The station changed its call sign on October 9 to WLFW.

See also
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Media in Augusta, Georgia Media outlets in the Augusta, Georgia (United States) market include eight television stations, 24 FM radio stations, nine AM radio stations, one Internet radio station and numerous print media. Television All broadcast television stations are ...

References

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* LFW Radio stations established in 1986 1986 establishments in South Carolina Gospel radio stations in the United States LFW {{SouthCarolina-radio-station-stub