The Covenant Network is a network of
Catholic radio
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stations in the Midwestern United States. Covenant maintains 15 full-power radio stations and a further 25 dependent translators in Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
The Covenant Network maintains studios in
St. Louis, Missouri
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, where it owns two AM stations feeding three FM translators. Covenant stations carry
EWTN Radio
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programming as well as network productions and other Catholic radio shows.
History
Covenant was the brainchild of Tony and Teresa Holman, who met in St. Louis and felt a calling to share their faith. After looking for stations to buy, Covenant Network began broadcasting May 1, 1997, on
WRYT, licensed to
Edwardsville, Illinois
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. After using the Illinois studios acquired from WRYT, Covenant bought a former dance studio on Hampton Avenue in St. Louis
Continued
and began producing programming. In 1998, Covenant acquired its second station, the former WTIM in
Taylorville, Illinois
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History
Taylorville was founded on May 24, 1839, and was named after J ...
, and renamed it
WIHM.
In 2005, Covenant added a second frequency in the St. Louis area when it acquired KIRL in
St. Charles, Missouri
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and relaunched it as
KHOJ
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Film
* ''Khoj'' (1953 film), a Bollywood film of 1953
* ''Khoj'' (1971 film), an Indian Hindi-language drama film
* ''Khoj'' (1989 film), an Indian Hindi-language mystery thriller film
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.
In 2019, Covenant agreed to purchase
WQNA in Springfield, Illinois, from Capital Area Career Center for $47,000; Covenant was already heard there on two translators.
Stations
Covenant Network owns 16 full-power stations and 25 dependent translators:
References
External links
Covenant Network website
{{American broadcast radio
1997 establishments in Missouri
Christian radio stations in the United States
Catholic radio
Christian mass media companies