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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WKVV
| logo             = KLOVE 2014.svg
| city             = [[Searsport, Maine]]
| country          = US
| area             = [[Bangor, Maine]]
| branding         = K-LOVE
| frequency        = 101.7 MHz
| repeater         =
| airdate          = {{start date|1994|10|10}}<ref name="by1999">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|year=1999|page=D-201|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-AL-NE-BC-YB-1999..pdf|access-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref>
| format           = [[Contemporary Christian]]
| power            = 
| erp              = 2,650 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|306|m|sp=us}}
| class            = B1
| facility_id      = 59505
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|44.5809|N|68.8970|W|type:landmark_region:US-ME_source:FCC|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = "K-Love"
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WZYA (1992–1993)|WBYA (1993–2001)|WFZX (2001–2009)}}
| owner            = [[Educational Media Foundation]]
| licensee         = 
| sister_stations  = 
| webcast          = 
| website          = [https://www.klove.com klove.com]
| affiliations     = [[K-Love]] 
}}
'''WKVV''' (101.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[radio station]] licensed to [[Searsport, Maine]], United States. Established in 1994 as WBYA, the station serves the [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor]] area.  The station is owned by the [[Educational Media Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WKVV |title=WKVV Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref> The station carries [[Educational Media Foundation]]'s [[K-Love]] Christian music format, simulcasting co-owned [[WKVZ]].

== History ==
During the 1990s, the station was known as "The Wave" with the call letters WBYA (no relation to the current [[WBYA]] 105.5 in [[Camden, Maine]]) simulcasting the [[classical music]] of [[WBQX|WAVX]] in [[Thomaston, Maine|Thomaston]]. Later, the station was owned by Moonsong Communications, owners of [[WVOM-FM|WVOM]] where it was an [[adult album alternative]] station and simulcast WVOM for a time.

After being sold to [[Clear Channel Communications]] and becoming WFZX "The Fox", from January 2001 to August 2006 the station primarily focused on [[classic rock]] artists such as [[The Eagles]], [[The Beatles]] and [[The Rolling Stones]]. In September 2006, a shift in programming occurred, playing newer acts such as [[Nickelback]], [[Three Doors Down]], [[Buckcherry]] and [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] and still playing harder edged classic rock artists like [[Aerosmith]]. A year later, the station would dump the general rock format for Bangor's first modern rock station since the demise of [[WBFB|97X]] in the 1990s. From 2001 to 2003 and 2004 to 2006 WFZX was simulcast on 97.7 [[WNSX]] in [[Winter Harbor, Maine|Winter Harbor]]. The station also carried [[New England Patriots]] football from 2002 to 2005 and [[NASCAR]] racing from [[Motor Racing Network]]. Over Clear Channel's nearly seven years of ownership, amidst its format shifts, WFZX's morning show was the [[radio syndication|syndicated]] ''[[Bob & Tom Show]]''.

The station would carry the modern rock format until Clear Channel sold their entire Maine group to Blueberry Broadcasting. Because of ownership limits in the Bangor market, [[WKVZ|WGUY]] and WFZX were to be sold off, carrying an [[oldies]] format from September 2008 to February 2009 before adopting the current [[K-Love]] format.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|59505|WKVV}}
*{{FMARB|WKVv}}

{{Bangor Radio}}
{{Mid-Coast Maine Radio}}
{{K-LOVE}}

[[Category:Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1995]]
[[Category:K-Love radio stations]]
[[Category:Searsport, Maine]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Maine]]
[[Category:Educational Media Foundation radio stations]]
[[Category:Christian radio stations in Maine|KVV]]


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