WKVP
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| City | Camden, New Jersey |
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| Broadcast area | Philadelphia |
| Branding | K-LOVE |
| Slogan | "Positive, Encouraging" |
| Frequency | 106.9 MHz |
| First air date | December 31, 1959 (as WKDN-FM) |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Audience share | 2.1 (June 2013, StationRatings.com) |
| ERP | 38,000 watts |
| HAAT | 168 meters (551 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 20842 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°54′33.00″N 75°6′0.00″W / 39.9091667°N 75.1000000°W |
| Callsign meaning | K-LOVE Philadelphia |
| Former callsigns | WKDN-FM (1959–1986) WKDN (1986–2012) WWIQ (2012-2013) |
| Affiliations | K-LOVE |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WKVP (106.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Camden, New Jersey that serves the Philadelphia media market. The station is owned and operated by Educational Media Foundation and is an affiliate of K-LOVE, EMF's contemporary Christian music network.
The station signed on the air on December 31, 1959 as WKDN-FM. In 1966, the station was airing a MOR music format and was co-owned with WKDN (800 AM), which changed calls to WTMR after the two stations were sold to separate owners in 1968.
Family Stations, Inc., the holding company for stations run by Harold Camping's Family Radio religious ministry, acquired WKDN-FM for $500,000 on July 23, 1968. Under Family Stations' ownership, programming on WKDN (the "-FM" suffix was dropped from the call sign in June 1986) consisted mainly of Christian radio and teachings from Family Radio, along with some public affairs programming on weekends.
On December 6, 2011, Merlin Media, LLC announced it would acquire WKDN from Family Radio, a sale that was completed on March 6, 2012. After the sale, Family Radio continued to program WKDN through a local marketing agreement while Merlin constructed new facilities for the station.
Family Radio programming ceased on WKDN at precisely Midnight on the morning of April 16, 2012; after about a half-hour of dead air, a continuous playing loop of "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M. began, likely a play on Camping's infamous rapture predictions. After 12 Noon on April 16, the station changed its stunt to round-the-clock airings of The Sean Hannity Show (live airings and repeats), complete with the branding of "Hannity @ 106.9." With this "all-Hannity" change, the station also adopted a new call sign, WWIQ. (Family Radio would move the WKDN call sign to its State College, Pennsylvania station on April 23.)
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