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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 100.3MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Network | K-Love |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| WLFV,WARV-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | December,1992[1] |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | K-Love Virginia |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 21826 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 4,500watts |
| HAAT | 116 meters (381 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°10′55.5″N77°23′59.9″W / 37.182083°N 77.399972°W /37.182083; -77.399972 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WKYV (100.3MHz) is a commercialFMradio station,licensed toPetersburg, Virginia and serving theGreater Richmond Region inVirginia.[4] The station is branded as "K-Love" and features aContemporary Christian format. The station is owned byEducational Media Foundation (EMF).[5] WKYV'stransmitter is located off Johnson Road in Petersburg.[6]
WKYV signed on November 27, 1992, as WSVV, and carried anurban AC format that was targeted towards its city of license, Petersburg.[7] In August 1994, it would change call letters to WSOJ, but continued with the urban AC format.[8]
On February 10, 1998, WSOJ began simulcasting on newly acquired sisterWVGO, which dropped its oldies format.[9]Radio One would buy the station in March 1999.[10] In October 1999, the WVGO/WSOJ simulcast ended, and Radio One began simulcasting their then-country station,WJRV ("105.7 The River") on WSOJ with new calls WARV-FM. In March 2001, Radio One sold the station to Honolulu Broadcasting, who would then lease it toCox Radio via alocal marketing agreement, and would split the simulcast by flipping WARV to a current-heavy country format as "Cat Country" to complement long-time powerhouseWKHK.[11][12]
In December 2002, Honolulu would terminate the LMA with Cox and sell the station to MainQuad Broadcasting, owners ofWBBT-FM, and flipped it toESPN Radio on April 1, 2003, after months ofstunting. On January 21, 2004, WARV dropped ESPN programming and flipped to a simulcast of WBBT, which would also adopt anoldies format on the same date.[13][14]
In December 2005, WBBT and WARV, along with sister stationsWWLB andWLFV, were purchased by Philadelphia-basedMain Line Broadcasting.[15]
On July 1, 2014, Main Line Broadcasting sold its Richmond stations to L&L Broadcasting, with the combined entity taking the nameAlpha Media.[16]
On October 20, 2014, WARV switched from simulcasting WBBT to sister WWLB, which aired a country format as "The Wolf".[17]
On December 5, 2016, EMF filed an application with the FCC to purchase both WARV-FM and WLFV for $2 million.[18]
On March 22, 2017, following the consummation of EMF's purchase, the station began stunting, directing listeners to sister station WWLB (the classic country-formatted "Hank FM").[19] On March 23, 2017, EMF re-launched the station as "K-Love".[20]
On April 24, 2017, WARV-FM became WKYV as part of a call letter exchange with its sister station on 90.1 FM in Colonial Heights (the WARV-FM calls were a better match for that station's new identity as part of EMF'sAir1 network).