WNKV (103.5 FM, "103.5 K-Love”) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to

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. It serves Western Pennsylvania including part of Greater Pittsburgh, as well as the West Virginia Panhandle and Eastern Ohio. It is owned by

Educational Media Foundation Educational Media Foundation (formerly EMF Broadcasting, abbreviated EMF) is an American nonprofit Christian media ministry based in Franklin, a suburb of Nashville. EMF is the parent company of K-LOVE and Air1—the world's largest contempor ...

(EMF) and is an affiliate of

K-Love K-Love (stylized as K-LOVE) is an American Christian radio network. Owned by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF), a non-profit Christian ministry, it primarily broadcasts contemporary Christian music. As of June 2019, the network's progr ...

, EMF's

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network. WNKV has an

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(ERP) of 19,500

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s. The

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is on Burr Avenue in

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, near the

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. It shares a

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with

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History

On May 1,

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, the station

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as WSTV-FM. It was originally licensed to

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, co-owned with WSTV (

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). The two stations mostly

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, although WSTV went

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in 2011. In the 2000s and early-mid 2010s, 103.5 was part of a multi-station

known as " Froggy".

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s included the "Froggyland"

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WOGI "Froggy 104.3",

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"Froggy 94.9" and WFGI-FM "Froggy 95.5". The station had Froggy-oriented

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s, WOGE in 2000 and WOGH from 2000 to 2017. The "Froggy" stations carried a

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format.

Willie 103.5

On April 11, 2017, WOGH split from the "Froggy" simulcast and flipped to classic country, branded as "Willie 103.5." On April 17, 2017, WOGH changed its call letters to WLYI, to go with the "Willie 103.5" branding. WLYI had an application with the

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(FCC) to move its

location from

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, to an area near Imperial, Pennsylvania, thus giving it complete coverage within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. However that application was dismissed by the FCC for failing to provide FAA registration data for the application.

Froggy returns

On August 1, 2022, WLYI flipped back to country, once again as part of "Froggy". The station changed its call letters back to WOGH with the change.

Sale to EMF

On November 8, 2024, Forever Media announced that it was selling WOGH to Educational Media Foundation, which announced plans to bring the K-Love Christian contemporary music format to the signal, giving the network full coverage in the Pittsburgh market (supplementing

WPKV WPKV (98.3 FM Broadcasting, FM, "98.3 K-LOVE") is a non-commercial radio station that is licensed to serve Duquesne, Pennsylvania and is located in the Pittsburgh media market. The station is owned and operated by Educational Media Founda ...

) and the upper Ohio Valley. The station officially flipped from country to the K-Love format in March 2025. On March 19, 2025, the call sign was changed to WNKV, which was moved from WRNV in Norco, Louisiana.

References

External links

* NKV Christian adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1947 1947 establishments in Pennsylvania K-Love radio stations Educational Media Foundation radio stations {{Pennsylvania-radio-station-stub