WLVO (FM)

WLVO
Broadcast areaProvidence metropolitan area and Southeastern Massachusetts
Frequency95.5 MHz
BrandingK-Love
Programming
FormatContemporary Christian
AffiliationsK-Love
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
WKIV, WTKL, WKVB
History
First air date
June 5, 1955; 69 years ago (1955-06-05)
Former call signs
  • WPFM (1955–1965)
  • WBRU (1965–2017)
Call sign meaning
"Love"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID7313
ClassB
ERP18,500 watts
HAAT139 meters (456 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°49′40.3″N 71°22′7.1″W / 41.827861°N 71.368639°W / 41.827861; -71.368639
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.klove.com

WLVO (95.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary Christian music format as an affiliate of the K-Love network. Licensed to serve Providence, Rhode Island, United States, it serves the Providence metropolitan area, as well as Boston’s southern suburbs. It first began broadcasting in 1955 under the call sign WPFM, and from 1966 until 2017 operated under the ownership of Brown Broadcasting Service (a non-profit organization run by Brown University students but independent of the university) as alternative rock radio station WBRU (now an Internet radio station). The station is currently owned by the Educational Media Foundation.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLVO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.