WOKL

Infobox Radio station
name = WOKL


city = Troy, Ohio
area = Dayton
slogan =
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frequency = 96.9 MHz
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format = Contemporary Christian
power =
erp = 3,000 watts
haat = 96.0 meters
class = A
facility_id = 69990
coordinates = coord|40|1|41.00|N| 84|11|28.00|W|region:US_type:city
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former_callsigns = WTRJ (1989-1996)
WRNB (1996-2003)
owner = Educational Media Foundation
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webcast = [http://www.klove.com listen live]
website = [http://www.klove.com klove.com]
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WOKL "K-LOVE" is an FM station operating at 96.9 mHz licensed to Troy, Ohio. It is a repeater of KLOV 89.3 FM in Winchester, Oregon (its originating station) airing Contemporary Christian Music for Dayton, its northern suburbs and the Upper Miami Valley region of Miami, Clark, Shelby, Champaign, Darke and surrounding counties in West Central Ohio. Its local offices are located on south Main in Dayton.

History

Originally WTRJ which first signed-on with Satellite Music Network programming in the summer of 1991, then later switching from Adult Contemporary to gospel music. It was purchased in 1996 by Dayton-based Hawes-Saunders Broadcasting becoming WRNB which continued satellite programming services using ABC Radio's "Solid Gold Soul" format as a sister to WROU "U-92" licensed to West Carrollton. WRNB also aired the Tom Joyner Morning Show from ABC Radio. Financial difficulties forced Hawes-Saunders to sell WROU to Radio One and the Troy station WRNB to EMF Broadcasting in 2003 now airing K-LOVE programming as WOKL.

In 2007 WOKL began low-power simulcasting on translators W231AZ 94.1 mHz northeast of Sidney and W269BP 101.7 mHz in Richmond,Indiana. Additional translators are planned for Springfield(96.7 and 107.1) and Urbana.(103.7)

K-LOVE programming is also heard on WKLN 102.3 in Wilmington (the former WSWO-FM) serving the south Dayton and northern Cincinnati suburbs as well as WNLT 104.3 licensed to Harrison serving Fairfield and metropolitan Cincinnati. In addition,WOAR 88.3 located in the eastern Clark County community of South Vienna(And a translator in the SW Clark County village of Enon at 103.3) aired K-LOVE programming,but has since switched and now airs Air One Christian programming for Springfield, London, Urbana, Mechanicsburg, Marysville and Grove City as well as Fairborn,Medway,Donnelsville,and Yellow Springs. WVSO was formerly an affiliate of American Family Radio.

The WSWO-FM calls have moved to a low power FM station in Huber Heights, Ohio with the WRNB calls transplanted to an FM station in the Philadelphia market which is also owned by Radio One.

Translators

In addition to the main station, WOKL is relayed by an additional 8 translators to widen it's broadcast area.RadioTranslators
call1 = W269BP
watts1 = 27
class1 = D
freq1 = 101.7
city1 = Richmond, Indiana
call2 = W253AJ
watts2 = 38
class2 = D
freq2 = 98.5
city2 = Elida, Ohio
call3 = W277AO
watts3 = 19
class3 = D
freq3 = 103.3
city3 = Green Meadows, Ohio
call4 = W292CO
watts4 = 55
class4 = D
freq4 = 106.3
city4 = Middletown, Ohio
call5 = W231AZ
watts5 = 27
class5 = D
freq5 = 94.1
city5 = Sidney, Ohio
call6 = W244BR
watts6 = 17
class6 = D
freq6 = 96.7
city6 = Springfield, Ohio
call7 = W296BO
watts7 = 20
class7 = D
freq7 = 107.1
city7 = Springfield, Ohio
call8 = W279BB
watts8 = 13
class8 = D
freq8 = 103.7
city8 = Urbana, Ohio

External links

*FM station data|WOKL