Broadcast area | Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 102.5 MHz |
Branding | "K-Love" |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Christian adult contemporary |
Network | K-Love |
Ownership | |
Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
WBWA, WLKW | |
History | |
First air date | November 11, 1946 |
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Former frequencies |
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Call sign meaning | "Buffalo's K-Love" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 34382 |
Class | B |
ERP | 110,000 watts |
HAAT | 355 meters (1,165 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°39′33.2″N 78°37′32.1″W / 42.659222°N 78.625583°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | klove |
WBKV (102.5 FM) is a radio station in Buffalo, New York. It is owned by Educational Media Foundation and is a part of its K-Love network.
The license currently on 102.5 has been operating since 1946, with predecessors dating to 1932; it is grandfathered as a “superpower” station, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 110,000 watts, more than double the FCC limit, but comparable to Buffalo's other legacy FM licenses WBUF and WDCX. The transmitter site is on Center Street in Colden, New York, on the WIVB-TV Tower.[2]
From August 1974 to June 2023, the station operated as a contemporary music station, the last 23 years of the format branded as Star 102.5, using the call sign WTSS. In that month, the station was sold to Educational Media Foundation, which installed its flagship K-Love network and WBKV call sign (previously heard on 89.9 FM, now WBWA) on the signal.