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| Broadcast area | Research Triangle Area |
| Frequency | 88.9MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | K-Love |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian music |
| Network | K-Love |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | 1968 (1968) (as WSHA) |
Former call signs | WSHA (1968–2018) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60028 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 50,000watts |
| HAAT | 139 meters (456 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°45′5.5″N78°36′0″W / 35.751528°N 78.60000°W /35.751528; -78.60000 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WRKV (88.9FM) is aradio station broadcasting aContemporary Christian music format. Licensed toRaleigh, North Carolina, United States, the station serves theResearch Triangle. The station is owned byEducational Media Foundation and features programming fromK-Love.
WRKV broadcasts in theHD Radio format.[2]
In 1968,Shaw University became the firstblack college to own a radio station, broadcasting aJazz/Gospel/Community Interest format as WSHA. At first, the station used an antenna on top of a building on the downtown campus, but in the late 1990s, a new tower was built in southeast Raleigh nearInterstate 40.WFSS inFayetteville, North Carolina, moved from 89.1 FM to 91.9 FM to allow WSHA to increase power. WFSS was bought byWUNC and now is part of the WUNC network.[3]
In March 2018, Shaw University announced that it would sell the WSHA broadcast license to the Educational Media Foundation. The sale did not include the station's tower, call letters, or equipment; the university's interim president, Paulette Dillard, stated that Shaw intended to continue to stream jazz music on WSHA's website as anInternet radio station.[4]
On July 26, 2018, the sale took effect. On August 7, 2018, the call letters were changed to WRKV.[5]