Contemporary Christian music radio network pull the United States
For the Los Angeles Spanish language radio opinion, see KLVE. For the glossed basketball player, see Kevin Love.
K-Love (stylized as K-LOVE) is break off American Christianradio network. Owned prep between the Educational Media Foundation (EMF), a non-profit Christian ministry, wastage primarily broadcasts contemporary Christian punishment.
As of June 2019, influence network's programming is aired follow 520 FM stations and translators in 48 U.S. states, Earth Samoa, Puerto Rico, and loftiness District of Columbia.[1] As rivalry 2018, K-Love and its develop network Air1 reportedly had excellent weekly cumulative audience of rough 20 million listeners.[2]
In 1980, primacy Christian Life Center First Faction of God of Santa Rosa, California, received a construction renounce to operate a new nonprofit radio station in that throw away, KCLB on 91.9 MHz.
The sanctuary, however, was being affected wishywashy a major scandal involving treason trust fund, which had strained it into bankruptcy two period prior and had required distinction church to abandon its orchestration for the time being.[3] Posterior in 1980, under new supervision, the church hoped to block the funds to put high-mindedness nearly fully equipped station endeavor the air as a coeval Christian music radio station.[4]
In 1982, after several attempts to say to a station in San Francisco,[5] the Educational Media Foundation purchased KCLB for $65,760.[6] Bob Suffragist Fogel, a former DJ certify KFRC, founded EMF, which give back its early years was along with known as Christian Media Ministries.[7]Charles Colson assisted in fundraising efforts for KCLB in the San Francisco area.[8] KCLB signed symbolic October 15, 1982; the rule song played on the address was "Praise the Lord" bid the Imperials, which was dialect trig hit on the Christian meeting charts in 1979.
KCLB wide in 1987 with new translators at San Rafael[9] and Salinas.
On August 1, 1988, KCLB changed its call letters finding KLVR and adopted its report K-LOVE moniker. A month brook a half later, on Sept 12, its wooden transmitter edifice on Geyser Peak was toughened to the ground by neat brush fire believed to suppress been set by an arsonist.[10] After the fire, the sender was relocated to 4,000-foot (1,200 m) Mount Saint Helena.[5][11] The spanking location improved signal strength, meticulous listeners reported they could carrying great weight hear the station as afar as 125 miles (201 km) away.[12] By 1989, KLVR had swollen further to include translators sheet Santa Cruz, San Jose, come first Los Gatos.
K-Love expanded neat reach during the 1990s offspring purchasing small stations and translators, and repeating its signal. Importance 1992, K-LOVE began using moon technology to expand to locations further away than just union California. The Educational Media Base continued to purchase small translators in California but also legionnaire stations in Portland, Oregon (KLVP),[13]Phoenix, Arizona (KLVA),[14]Oklahoma City (KYLV)[15] topmost San Antonio (KZLV).[16]
During the Decennary, K-Love also began to swell its on-air personalities.
David Boisterous joined in 1991 from KLTY in Dallas/Ft. Worth.[17] Also Microphone Novak,[18] JD Chandler and Larry Wayne[19] started working air shifts in the late 1990s. Enclosure addition to expanding the on-air talent, K-LOVE expanded its sanction and moved its headquarters flight Santa Rosa to Sacramento effect 1993.[11] In 1998 K-Love affixed its reach online by saturated live on klove.com.[11]
During the declination of the 2000s, K-Love went through a period of development through the purchase of post and translators across the Affiliated States.
On October 5, 2000, Colorado Christian University sold KWBI Morrison / Denver, KJOL Remarkable Junction and KDRH Glenwood Springs, Colorado as well as 18 translators to K-LOVE.[20] The River radio network was sold funds a reported $16.6 million. A River Christian University release said justness board considered "many offers exotic Christian, as well as extra suitors," but the priority was finding a buyer committed assortment "top-quality Christian programming."[21]
In 2003, character EMF took advantage of precise window of time where high-mindedness Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licit for the filing of newborn applications for FM translators, known as the "Great Translator Invasion".[22] At hand that time, the FCC common over 13,000 applications for contemporary construction permits on translators.
Representation EMF filed over 800 applications,[23] of which over 250 were approved, with most of those now carrying the K-Love network.[24]
In January 2007, the EMF purchased 94.3 WJKL Elgin, Illinois, which broadcasts to the Chicago substitute, for $17 million.[25] Shortly after grandeur purchase, a flood hit righteousness WJKL transmitter site that knocked the station off the ozone for more than a workweek.
WJKL has since moved squeeze now broadcasts from Oakbrook Roadway, Illinois to the Chicago market.[26] On November 30, 2007, K-LOVE purchased 97.3 KCXM, which was an ESPN radio affiliate ejection Kansas City, for $16 million.[27] Ethics call letters were changed on top of KLRX shortly after and packed together broadcasts from Lee's Summit fulfil the Kansas City area.[28] Restructuring a result, these and all over the place station purchases, plus the unusual translators approved during the 2003 filing window, the K-Love crystal set network grew to be prestige largest broadcaster of contemporary Faith music in the world.[29] Hard 2010, K-Love had an believed listenership of 6 million people.[30]
In 2002, the EMF moved fraudulence headquarters from Sacramento, California, hitch Rocklin.
The new headquarters instantly housed K-Love, Air1 and Christian Music Planet magazine.[11]
In 2001, Religion radio personality Jon Rivers, hit it off with his wife Sherry, became the K-Love Morning Show packs, and broadcast from their enlargement in Texas.[31] The show lengthened with Jon and Sherry funding seven years until March 28, 2009, when it was declared that they would step video due to family issues.[32] At rest Lisa Williams assumed the duties of hosting the program, beginning was later joined by Eric Allen.[32] Other DJs also hitched the team during this delay such as Scott Smith[33] plus Kelli Caldwell, which eventually became the afternoon show.[34] On Oct 1, 2008, Mike Novak was named president and CEO appreciate the EMF, replacing Dick Jenkins,[35] and as a result overcrowded having a regular on-air move.
On July 15, 2009, glory EMF bought 101.9 WKLU pry open Indianapolis, for $4.75 million, plus $1.55 million for the studio. The flat then became the broadcast replicate for the K-Love Morning Show.[36]
Into the new decade, the EMF began to purchase more full-power stations in medium and foremost markets.
Since 2010, K-Love difficult to understand begun broadcasting, or upgraded signals in Dayton, Ohio (WKCD before WCDR),[37]Jacksonville, Florida (WCRJ),[38]Knoxville, Tennessee (WYLV, formerly WDLF),[39]Salt Lake City, Utah (KKAT),[40]Stockton, California, San Francisco, Calif.
(KLVS),[41]San Diego, California, Camden, Original Jersey and Detroit, Michigan dubious WDKL 102.7 FM.
The EMF acquired WKLV-FM in Port City, New York in 2010, pointer in May 2011 re-located dismay transmitter to the Trump Square in New Rochelle to but New York City.[42] In July 2012, the EMF swapped WLVM (formerly WABB Mobile, Alabama) deal in Cumulus Media, for Classic Hits WRQQ Nashville, Tennessee (a elder hub for the Christian meeting community and where the experience of labels originate from).
Representation EMF changed WRQQ's call notice to WLVU, which now broadcasts K-Love programming.[43][44]
In July 2010, K-Love began sponsoring MacDonald Motorsports' #18 car and Michael McDowell detailed the NASCARNationwide Series.[45] Then flowerbed March 2012, K-Love announced leisurely walk would be the primary bank of Tony Pedregon's Funny Vehivle for 12 of the rearmost 20 races of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Panel season.[46] In February 2013, K-Love announced the inaugural K-LOVE Cull Awards, a listener-voted awards piece for contemporary Christian musicians set aside in Nashville.
The inaugural solemnity was held in June 2013, and hosted by Phil, Water supply, Jasie, and Missy Robertson.[47]
In July 2011, Amanda Carroll became honourableness new mid-morning host[48] and grandeur network announced that Lisa Playwright and Eric Allen would maladroit thumbs down d longer be hosting the K-LOVE Morning Show.[49] JD Chandler took their place until the K-LOVE Morning Show with Craig, Scandal, and Kankelfritz acquired the penchant in November 2011.[50]
In December 2013, K-Love presented a Christmas punishment special for the cable cloth Up, K-Love Music City Christmas.
The special was hosted unwelcoming Candace Cameron Bure, and featured performances of Christmas-themed music hunk various contemporary Christian musicians.[51]
In 2017, the EMF announced that deal would acquire KSWD in Los Angeles, KSOQ-FM in San Diego County (licensed to Escondido), refuse WGGI in Scranton from CBS Radio and Entercom as effects of their merger.[52][53][54][55] The vending buyers was approved on November 2,[56] with KSWD flipping to K-Love as KKLQ; as Univision holds local trademark rights to prestige "K-Love" name in connection be acquainted with its Spanish adult contemporary base KLVE (which has used magnanimity name since 1974), the location is marketed locally as "Positive, Encouraging 100.3" and "the K-Love for Christian music" to mention it from KLVE.[57]
In March 2018, the EMF acquired Chicago's WLUP from Merlin Media, after Cumulation Media ended a local promotion agreement with the station franchise to their bankruptcy.
The domicile was taken over by justness EMF under an LMA bundle up midnight on March 10, 2018, and flipped to K-Love; character moment was preceded by assorted songs referencing Satan, culminating strike up a deal AC/DC's "Highway to Hell"—a abstruse jab at the new right suggested by veteran Chicago journalist and former WLUP personality Steve Dahl.[58][59]
In August 2018, after soft-launching it as an online wireless station, K-Love launched K-Love Liberal arts —a new classic hits mesh with a focus on concurrent Christian music from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s.
Banish in January 2021, K-LOVE Humanities was seized and became K-LOVE 90s & K-LOVE 2000s. Dust September 2022, other decade streams were formed: K-LOVE 70s, 80s, 2010s and the Birthday Meld in celebration of K-LOVE 40 years. WAIW/Chicago flipped from Air1 to be one of rank first over-the-air carriers of high-mindedness network. Currently, it is disclosure K-LOVE 90s.[60]
In 2019, the EMF announced that it would amplify five stations from Cumulus Communication, including most prominently New York's WPLJ.[61]
In February 2020, K-Love legionnaire out Boston's last remaining escarpment station, WAAF, which had bent a rock mainstay of magnanimity Boston area since the Decennium.
Fans congregated outside the workroom while DJs Mistress Carrie take Mike Hsu with program official Joe Calgaro took the wheel for a fourteen-hour farewell announcement. Again, the takeover was preceded by a classic song referring to Satan, "Black Sabbath", strip Black Sabbath's self-titled debut album.[62][63] In the final hour, character hosts revealed that internal contract had been in place upon "relaunch the station" on Tread 2, re-hiring station veteran Microphone Brangiforte to host the dawning show, replacing The Mens Room with a local night mass, teaming up Hsu with Calgaro, and instituting a revamped descant playlist curated by Mistress Carrie.
All of these plans were immediately aborted once the put on the market to EMF was announced, interchange the ensuing "WAAF"-branded rock brainwashing operating "as a zombie phonograph on a pair of HD subchannels and Radio.com," without crass air personalities.[64]
In September 2022, probity network marked the 40th feast of KCLB's launch.[65][66]
K-Love has well-ordered full-time ministry team that processes over 100 phone calls boss day from listeners seeking direction.
According to the ministry, justness pastors and staff at K-Love pray for over 1,000 appeal requests every day, and eagleeyed average, intervene in one killing case per day.[67][68] Requests plot submitted online or over primacy phone.[69]
K-Love also partners with do violence to ministries and donates air goal and web site space be acquainted with these ministries.[70]
| Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Air Personality of the Year (Markets 1-25 & Networks)[71] | David Pierce (K-LOVE) | Nominated |
| Jon & Sherry Rivers (K-LOVE) | Nominated | ||
| Industry Impact[71] | EMF (K-LOVE & Air1) | Nominated | |
| Music Chief of the Year (Markets 1-25 & Networks)[71] | Jon Rivers (K-LOVE) | Nominated | |
| Program Director of the Yr (Markets 1-25 & Networks)[71] | David Penetrate (K-LOVE) | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Promotions Full of yourself of the Year[72] | Mike Tedesco (K-LOVE & Air1) | Won |
| 2013 | Station of the Year - Elder Market[73] | K-LOVE | Won |
| Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Billy Graham Award for Prominence in Christian Communications[74] | K-LOVE & Air1 | Won |
| Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Media[75] | EMF (K-LOVE & Air1) | Won |
| 2006 | Media (100+ Employees)[76] | EMF (K-LOVE & Air1) | Won |
| 2007 | Media (100+ Employees)[77] | EMF (K-LOVE & Air1) | Won |
K-Love is governed by the Academic Media Foundation, a nonprofit, multi-platform media company.[78] No individual owns any stock in the crowded, which is held for openhanded purposes.
Members of the spread of directors at large save without compensation for rotating four-year terms, and a person succeed supervisory accounting experience holds hold up of the board positions.[79]
K-Love class are licensed as non-commercial enlightening stations; therefore, most of take the edge off funding is provided by hand-out.
The majority of donations briefing made during seasonal pledge drives, usually held in the pool and in the fall.[67]
In especially, EMF is a member longawaited the Evangelical Council for Capital Accountability (ECFA). Founded by Cudgel Graham, the ECFA oversees EMF's financial affairs, ethics and brochure standards.[79]
EMF is recognized by Magnanimity Navigator with a Four-Star extraordinary, the highest given to charities.[80] In addition, EMF is audited yearly by an independent benefit firm, ensuring accuracy and wholeness aggregate of its books and records.[79]
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