KWIL
Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Template:DMCA Template:DMCA
Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.Page Template:Infobox radio station/styles.css has no content.
| Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content. | |
Broadcast area | Willamette Valley |
|---|---|
| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 790 kHz |
| Branding | KWIL For Christ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Extra Mile Media, Inc. |
| KHPE | |
| History | |
First air date | Script error: No such module "Date time".[1] |
Former frequencies | 1240 kHz (1941–1953) |
Call sign meaning | Willamette Valley |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 837 | |
| Class | B |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| [[Broadcast relay station|TranslatorTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Template:Radio Relay |
| Links | |
Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | kwilforchrist |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
KWIL (790 AM, "KWIL For Christ") is a commercial radio station licensed to Albany, Oregon, United States, and serving the Willamette Valley with a Christian format.[3][4] Owned by Extra Mile Media, Inc., studios and transmitter are located on Santiam Highway SE (U.S. Route 20).
Programming is also heard over low-power FM translator K245DI at 96.9 MHz in Albany.
History
KWIL signed on the air on January 14, 1941.[5] It originally was powered at 250 watts, broadcasting on a frequency of 1240 kHz.[6] The station was owned and operated by the Central Willamette Broadcasting Company.[6] KWIL was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System.
On October 15, 1947, KWIL added an FM sister station, KWIL-FM at 101.7 MHz.[7] Management saw little chance of making the station profitable and it was taken off the air on August 21, 1956.[8]
In 1953, KWIL changed frequencies to 790 kHz. The lower dial position allowed its signal to expand; it increased its power to 1,000 watts but also had to use a directional antenna with different daytime and nighttime coverage patterns.[9]
KWIL was acquired by Larry Gordon's Albany Radio Corporation on July 1, 1957.[1] KWIL added a new FM station to its facilities. The second KWIL-FM began broadcasting at 107.9 MHz in 1969. Today, that station is co-owned WHPE, with a Christian Contemporary format.
Christian broadcaster Integrity Media acquired KWIL and KHPE in 1980. Integrity Media changed its name to Extra Mile Media, Inc., in 2005.[4]
Previous logo
File:KWIL-AM logo.png (KWIL's logo under previous "The Word" branding)
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-179.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KWIL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sale of Eugene's KEED planned". Christian News Northwest. February 4, 2005.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-171. Retrieved Nov. 21, 2024.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Directory of Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States". 1944 Broadcasting-Telecasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1944. p. 142.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KWIL-FM Albany, Oregon Commences Broadcasting" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 27, 1947. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Existing FM Stations" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 27, 1956. p. 116. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Directory of the AM and FM stations of the United States". 1954 Broadcasting Yearbook-Marketbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1954. p. 264.
External links
- FCC History Cards for KWIL
- KWIL official website
- Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility
- KWIL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Template:Salem Albany Corvallis Radio Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found.
