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WKJV (AM)

WKJV
City Asheville, North Carolina
Broadcast area Asheville
Slogan "Pure Gospel"
Frequency 1380 kHz
Format Religious
Power 25,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Class B
Transmitter coordinates 35°36′19″N 82°35′31″W / 35.60528°N 82.59194°W / 35.60528; -82.59194
Callsign meaning W King James Version
Owner International Baptist Outreach Missions
Website wkjv.com

WKJV is a listener supported Christian radio station licensed in Asheville, North Carolina. It broadcasts at the frequency of 1380 AM and serves Buncombe, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Haywood, Henderson, Yancey, and Transylvania 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.

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, since WLOS-FM moved into the WLOS-TV building, WLOS was sold to Greater Asheville Broadcasting Co., owned by the John Jenkins family of Huntington, West Virginia. The call letters were changed to WKKE, and the format was MOR/Top 40.

In 1977, WKKE became WRAQ and played adult rock. In 1982, Sid Highes became program director and the format changed to Southern Gospel.


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