KVLX
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Broadcast area | College Station area |
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Frequency | 103.9MHz |
Branding | K-LOVE |
Programming | |
Format | Contemporary Christian |
Affiliations | K-Love |
Ownership | |
Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
History | |
First air date | February 22, 1982 (Construction Permit granted) June 26, 1986 (as Class A KCRM) |
Former call signs | KCRM (1982–1993) KHLR (1993–2001) KXCS (2001–2007) KJXJ (2007–2018) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 72718 |
Class | C3 |
ERP | 8,700watts |
HAAT | 167.5 m (550 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°53′5″N96°32′29″W/ 30.88472°N 96.54139°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | www |
KVLX(103.9FM,"K-LOVE" ) is aradio stationowned byEducational Media Foundation(EMF)[2]licensed toFranklin, Texaswith studios inBryan, Texas.The station carries EMF's K-LOVE contemporary Christian music format. The transmitter is located inHearne, Texas.
History
[edit]The station first existed asKCRMfrom June 1, 1982 to December 27, 1993, before changing its call sign toKHLR.On April 9, 2001, the station's call sign becameKXCS,which it kept until receiving the call sign ofKJXJon March 29, 2007.[3]
KXCS
[edit]KXCS used the slogans "103.9 XCS, Everything That Rocks" and "Aggieland's New Rock Alternative, 103.9 The X", and once carried theLex and TerryandLovelineprograms.[citation needed]
Transition to KJXJ
[edit]On the evening of March 19, 2007, DJs announced that the station was changing from the Rock/Alternative Rock format. The last DJs that night were Kira McKinney (on-air moniker: "The Queen of Rock" ) to 10 PM, and Dex Peck from 10 PM-midnight. The last songs under the old format: "I Ran (So Far Away)"byA Flock of Seagulls;"Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)"byCobra Starship;"Joker and the Thief"byWolfmother;"Teenage Dirtbag"byWheatus;and "Another One Bites the Dust"byQueen,dedicated by Dex to a list of staffers.[citation needed]
The transition day of March 20 was a confusing and motley collection of music not conforming to a single genre. Across the course of the day, listeners heard a bizarre mixture of rap, classic rock, show tunes, TV theme songs, reggae, easy listening, and others.[citation needed]Shortly after midnight, the audio feed abruptly cut off in the middle of a long string of Irish Drinking Songs, and suddenly new programming came over the air, identifying the broadcast as aJack FMstation.[citation needed]On April 3, 2007, this station began identifying itself as KJXJ.
Return to rock
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c2/KJXJ_logo.png/220px-KJXJ_logo.png)
On September 20, 2010, KJXJ abandoned the Jack format and became "Rock 103.9."[4]
ESPN Aggieland
[edit]On March 2, 2015, KJXJ changed their format from rock to sports, branded as "ESPN Aggieland".[5]
103.9 The Wolf
[edit]On October 17, 2016, KJXJ changed their format from sports to classic rock, branded as "103.9 The Wolf".[6]
Sale to Educational Media Foundation
[edit]On March 29, 2018, it was announced thatEducational Media Foundationwould purchase KJXJ from Brazos Valley Communications for $325,000. On April 6, a modification was filed with the FCC which changed the facility from commercial to non-commercial status, as required by law, given EMF's status as a non-commercial operator. The purchase closed on June 26, 2018, at which point EMF changed the station's call sign to KVLX, as "103-9 The Wolf" transitioned to Bryan-College Station's full powered "K-Love" affiliate.
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for KVLX".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"KVLX Facility Record".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.
- ^"KVLX Call Sign History".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.
- ^"Brazos Valley Communications Launches" Rock 103.9 "".kbtx.Archived fromthe originalon 2010-09-21.
- ^ESPN Radio Debuts in AggielandRadioinsight - March 2, 2015
- ^Classic Rock Wolf Debuts in College StationRadioinsight - October 19, 2016
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 72718 (KVLX)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KVLXinNielsen Audio's FM station database