WLJV

WLJV
City Spotsylvania, Virginia
Broadcast area Fredericksburg, Virginia
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Caroline County, Virginia
Branding K-Love
Slogan "Positive & Encouraging"
Frequency 89.5 MHz
First air date November 6, 2005
Format Contemporary Christian
Power 8,000 Watts
HAAT 151 meters (495 ft)
Class B1
Facility ID 90679
Transmitter coordinates 38°11′48.0″N 77°33′45.0″W / 38.196667°N 77.562500°W / 38.196667; -77.562500
Former callsigns WWED (2005-2014)
WYAU (2014-2017)
Owner Educational Media Foundation
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.klove.com

WLJV is a Contemporary Christian formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Spotsylvania, Virginia, serving the City of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania and Caroline counties in Virginia.[1] WLJV is owned by Educational Media Foundation, and broadcasts the programming of their K-Love network.[2]

History

Spotsylvania Courthouse-based ministry Educational Media Corporation signed on WWED in 2005. The station ran various sub-genres of contemporary Christian and gospel music until 2012, after which it changed to a classical format. During this time, WWED's programming was simulcast on WWEM in Rustburg, Virginia, serving the Lynchburg market.[3]

In June 2014, Educational Media Corporation sold both stations. American University announced a deal to purchase WWED for $375,000, making it a WAMU simulcast. WAMU purchased the station in order to compete with WVTF, who had signed on repeater WQIQ as the area's first NPR station the previous year.[4] The changeover to WAMU programming was made in October 2014, including a call-letter change to WYAU.

WAMU sold the station to Educational Media Foundation (not to be confused with Educational Media Corporation) on October 4, 2017, for $400,000. On December 7, WAMU took WYAU silent, as it was starting a pledge drive and believed it would be unethical to solicit pledges from those who would lose access to its programming.[5] The sale was granted on November 28 and closed on December 21, at which point the station changed its call sign to WLJV.[6][7] WLJV returned to air with K-Love programming on January 5, 2018.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ "WLJV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Spotsylvania WWED 89.5 FM to be sold to WAMU". Fredericksburg.com.
  4. ↑ "American University buys WWED-FM Fredericksburg". Radio+Television Business Report. June 17, 2014.
  5. ↑ "A Transition For WYAU Listeners". WAMU.
  6. ↑ "EMF Buys Another In Virginia". All Access.
  7. ↑ "Media Bureau Call Sign Actions" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ "WLJV Facility Data". FCCData.


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