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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 94.3MHz |
| Branding | K-Love |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Affiliations | K-Love |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| WLVW,WTCF,WAIW | |
| History | |
First air date | November 2, 1978; 46 years ago (1978-11-02) |
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| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 16819 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,000watts |
| HAAT | 175 meters (574 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°44′21″N77°50′08″W / 38.73917°N 77.83556°W /38.73917; -77.83556 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | klove |
WLZV (94.3FM) – brandedK-Love – is anon-commercialcontemporary Christianradio station licensed to serveBuckland,Virginia. Owned and operated by theEducational Media Foundation, WLZV does not broadcast any local programming, functioning as theNorthern Virginianetwork affiliate forK-Love; WLZV also services the southwestern portion of theWashington metropolitan area.
WQRA signed on November 2, 1978, as a local station servingWarrenton, Virginia withmiddle-of-the-road music and local news coverage.[3]
In 1996, the station was sold by Dettra Broadcasting to Bill Parris' Radio Broadcasting Communications, owner ofWINX (1600 AM,Rockville, Maryland).[4] Parris flipped the station in September 1996 to WINX-FM, a simulcast of WINX'soldies music.[5]
The station became WTOP-FM in September 1997; it was the first FM outlet of all-newsWTOP, which at the time was on1500 AM.[6] In February 1998,Bonneville International, the owner of WTOP, bought it from Parris. Bonneville then traded this station and cash to Syd Abel for his higher-powered107.7 FM.[7] The transaction was completed the next month, and Abel moved over his "rockingcountry" format, branded as WUPP "Up Country".[8] One year later, on April 28, 1999, Abel flipped the station to WPLC "The Pulse", playinghot adult contemporary crossed withalternative rock hits.[9]
Mega Communications purchased the station in 2000. Mega first broadcast a format of Spanish love songs, renaming the station WPLC-FM as they added a simulcast with1050 AM in Washington, which became WPLC.[10] The following year, Mega changed the callsign to WBPS-FM and joined it withWBZS-FM (92.7 FM,Prince Frederick, Maryland) in a Spanishadult contemporary simulcast branded as "La Nueva Mega". In 2005, the stations switched to Spanisholdies as "Mega Clasica".[11]
Washington Redskins ownerDaniel Snyder bought the two stations, as well as Mega'sWKDL (730 AM,Alexandria, Virginia), in 2006. The new three-station network ran a new simulcast as "Triple XESPN Radio", creating an ESPN Radio-basedsports talk competitor toWTEM (980 AM). 94.3 changed to WWXX to reflect the branding.[12] In 2008, Snyder bought WTEM itself, and the network became simply "ESPN 980" with no other changes to the two FM stations.[13]
Snyder began selling off his radio properties during 2017;Educational Media Foundation bought 94.3 FM and flipped it to WLZV with their nationalK-Lovecontemporary Christian music programming.[14]