WKJV (AM)
| 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 |
| 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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