WLVN (FM)
 | |
| Broadcast area | Nashville metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 104.9 MHz |
| Branding | K-Love |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Affiliations | K-Love |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| WAIV, WKTH, WLFM, WLVU | |
| History | |
First air date | 1991 |
Former call signs | WLMM (1991–1994) WBOZ (1994–2024) |
Call sign meaning | "K-Love Nashville" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 15531 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters (330 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°49′33.00″N 86°9′28.00″W / 35.8258333°N 86.1577778°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | klove.com |
WLVN (104.9 MHz), is a FM radio stations broadcasting in the Middle Tennessee area licensed to Woodbury with the stations serving the Nashville metropolitan area. It is currently branded as K-LOVE, repeating a satellite-delivered contemporary Christian format. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation and is one of the two flagship stations of the K-Love brands based in nearby Franklin, Tennessee. (The other being WLVU)
History
[edit]The station was established as a construction permit under the call sign of WLMM on August 23, 1991.[2] The station would not officially sign on until June 1, 1994, under the call sign of WBOZ, and began broadcasting a Southern gospel format, branded as "Solid Gospel 105", in which it broadcast the national Solid Gospel format, which would later rebrand to Singing News Radio. The station was then considered to be the Flagship Station for the Network.[3]
In December 1999, the stockholders of Reach Satellite Network agreed to sell the company and its broadcast assets to Salem Communications. (Now doing business as Salem Media Group.) At the time of the sale, Reach Satellite Network held the broadcast licenses for WBOZ and WVRY (105.1 FM in Waverly, Tennessee), as the Solid Gospel format was simulcasted on both Stations at the time. The FCC approved the transfer of control on February 15, 2000, and completion of the transaction took place on March 31, 2000. On March 9, 2007, Salem sold WVRY to Grace Broadcasting Services, for a total of $900,000. The deal gained FCC approval on May 23, 2007, and was completed on May 29, 2007. But however, Salem retained WBOZ.[4][5]
WBOZ would broadcast the Southern gospel format from 1994 until July 2012, when the station began simulcasting Salem Media's "The Fish" Contemporary Christian Format, which was heard on WFFH (Now Air1 Station WAIV on 94.1 FM) and WFFI (93.7 FM).[6]
On March 21, 2024, Salem Media Group announced that they were selling their Nashville Christian AC "Fish" brands to Educational Media Foundation for $7 million, those stations being WFFH, WFFI and WBOZ. A Network Affiliation Agreement took effect on May 1 ahead of closing the sale.
At the stroke of midnight on May 1, 2024, WBOZ, along with then sister station WFFI began airing the national K-LOVE radio feed without explanation, following the implementation of a local marketing agreement between Salem Media and Educational Media Foundation. The LMA between Salem Media and EMF was in place until the sale of the stations was finalized on June 7, 2024.[7] Also in the process, the call sign for WBOZ was then changed to WLVN.[8] Salem's Today's Christian Music/The Fish format continues to be heard online only at The Fish Website.[9][10][11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLVN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "The M Street Journal Vol. 10 No.27" (PDF). www.worldradiohistory.com. 1993-07-07.
- ^ "WBOZ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Application Search Details". licensing.fcc.gov.
- ^ "Application Search Details". licensing.fcc.gov.
- ^ "Nashville's Fish Grows From Simulcast To Trimulcast". AllAccess.com. 2012-07-16.
- ^ "Draft Copy « License Modernization « FCC".
- ^ "Facility Details « Licensing and Management System Admin « FCC".
- ^ "Salem Sells Fishes In Nashville & Honolulu To EMF". March 21, 2024.
- ^ "Welcome Fish Nashville and Hawaii Listeners!".
- ^ "Nashville CCM Station WFFH "94 FM The Fish" Signs Off". Insideradio.com. May 1, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 15531 (WLVN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WLVN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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