WLKB
Broadcast area | Saginaw-Bay City-Midland |
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Frequency | 89.1 MHz |
Branding | K-LOVE |
Programming | |
Format | Contemporary Christian |
Affiliations | K-LOVE |
Ownership | |
Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
History | |
First air date | July 1993 |
Former call signs | WTRK (7/23/93-12/18/06) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 5064 |
Class | C2 |
Power | 50,000 watts |
HAAT | 113 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°33′42″N 83°58′52″W / 43.56167°N 83.98111°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | http://www.klove.com/ |
WLKB (89.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Bay City, Michigan, it is a member of the K-LOVE radio network. The transmitter is located on Hotchkiss Drive near Delta College, and its signal reaches from the West Branch area southward to north of Flint and westward to Mount Pleasant.
The station began broadcasting in July 1993 as "The Rock" WTRK, a locally-originating Christian CHR/Rock station. The station was popular in local ratings due to providing an edgier-styled Christian music format not available elsewhere in the area at the time. However, with only 2,000 watts of power the station's signal did not reach far outside Bay City.
WTRK dropped local programming in 2004 to affiliate with Educational Media Foundation's Air 1 format. Two years later, EMF purchased the station outright and began the process of upgrading WTRK's signal from 2,000 to 50,000 watts. In December 2006, WTRK swapped programming and calls with K-Love sister station WLKB 90.9 FM licensed to Freeland, Michigan.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 5064 (WLKB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WLKB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLKB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.