KHVN

Infobox Radio station
name = KHVN


city = Fort Worth, Texas
area = Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
branding = "Heaven 97"
slogan =
airdate = 1946 as KWBC
frequency = 970 kHz
format = Urban Contemporary Gospel
power = 1,000 watts daytime
270 watts nighttime
erp =
class = B
callsign_meaning = HeaVeN
former_callsigns = KWBC (1946–1953), KNOK (1953–1982), KSAX (1982–1985)
owner = Mortenson Broadcasting
licensee = Mortenson Broadcasting Co. of Texas, Inc.
webcast =
website = [http://khvnam.com khvnam.com]
affiliations =
sister_stations = KGGR, KKGM, KRVA, KTNO

KHVN is an AM urban contemporary gospel radio station that serves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station has had its gospel format since 1985, and is owned by Mortenson Broadcasting. It is the sister station to daytimer KGGR. The station is licensed in Fort Worth, Texas, but KHVN has applied to move its broadcasting activities to Bedford.

History

This station started out as Daytimer KWBC in 1946 with a Variety/Ethnic format that comprises mostly local, amateur, and public service programming under the ownership of Associated Broadcasters.

In 1950, J. Dean McClain joined the station with his hour-long "Blues at Sunrise". program. By the late 1950s McClain was program director, and later was station manager and general manager. [ [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/obituaries/stories/DN-mcclainobit_17met.ART0.North.Edition2.911f486.html J. Dean McClain: Broadcaster's signature show brought R&B to D-FW radio] , Dallas Morning News, April 17, 2006]

By 1953, most commercial billings were from Ethnic shows, so their owners reimaged the station as KNOC to serve an African American audience.

By 1954, KNOK changed the format to R&B with Country and Spanish language programming on weekends. After 1957, KNOK became a full time R&B station and was the first station in the DFW area to exclusively do so. From that time period to 1979, it simulcasted to its FM sister station of the same callsign. In 1979, KNOK transferred its R&B format to KNOK-FM and changed its format to Jazz. Three years later, the station was renamed as KSAX (callsign to have stood for SAXophone) while maintaining its Jazz format before making its final switch to a Black Gospel formatted station as KHVN in 1985.

There have been rumors that KHVN 970 would be scheduled to go dark by New Year's Eve 2007 as part of the FCC's dial expansion program of 1989, in exchange for a frequency with a full day/night schedule on KKGM 1630. This move was scheduled for 1998 but Infinity/CBS sold the frequency. Since Mortenson owns 970 and 1630, the divesting could feasibly still happen. As of 2008, it has not taken place.

ome churches featured on KHVN

* Victory International Church, Fort Worth, TX [http://www.victoryreport.com]
* New Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas
* East St. Paul Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas
* Heaven's Embassy Church, DeSoto, Texas
* Church of the Living Waters, Garland, Texas
* Love Chapel Church of God in Christ, Grapevine, Texas
* Evergreen Baptist Church, Irving, Texas
* Owens Chapel Church of God In Christ, McKinney, Texas
* Hebron Community Church, Grand Prairie, Texas
* St. Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church, Denton, Texas
* First Baptist Church of Hamilton Park, Richardson, Texas
* Bear Creek Community Church, Irving, Texas
* The Glorious Anointing Church Of God In Christ, Arlington, Texas
* Praise Fellowship Worship Center, Frisco, Texas
* Logos Fellowship Church, Cedar Hill, Texas
* New Day Church, Bedford, Texas

Notes

External links

* [http://khvnam.com/ khvnam.com (the station's official website)]
* [http://www.knus99.com/amlist.html DFW Radio History - AM Stations]
* [http://www.dfwradioarchives.com DFW Radio Archives]

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