WLFW

Radio station in Johnston, South Carolina

Johnston, South Carolina

Broadcast areaAugusta, GeorgiaFrequency92.7 MHzBrandingThe Life 92.7ProgrammingFormatSouthern GospelOwnershipOwnerThe Power FoundationHistory

First air date

August 26, 1985

Former call signs

WTQY (9/1984-10/1984, CP)
WKSX-FM (1984–2020)Technical informationFacility ID18656ClassAERP1,800 wattsHAAT176 metersLinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitethelife927.com

WLFW is a Southern gospel-formatted radio station located in Johnston, South Carolina, and is part of the Augusta, Georgia, radio market (mostly on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River). The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast at 92.7 FM with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1.8 kW.

History

WLFW signed on August 26, 1985, as WKSX-FM, the FM to 1190 WJES—Johnston, simulcasting full-time. Both stations had a mostly satellite-fed adult contemporary format, with local high school sports. For a time in the late 1980s/early 1990s, the station would feature album rock at night, but was gone by the fall of 1991, replaced with oldies. The station segued into oldies full-time by 1992 as "Oldies 92.7".

In 1996, WKSX-FM was paired with 92.1 WJRQ in Saluda, South Carolina. WJRQ became WJES-FM and both stations became "The Twins", still with an oldies format. This lasted until 2004, when WJES-FM was sold and moved to Irmo, South Carolina, becoming WWNU. Since the sale, WKSX-FM continued with the Oldies format and featured Carolina Beach Music programming on the weekends. The station's news and sports programming included NBC Radio News, South Carolina Radio Network and USC Gamecocks athletics.

The station was owned by Michaelsen Communications LLC until it was sold effective October 8, 2020, to the Power Foundation, owner of The Life FM network, which changed the format to Southern Gospel. Power Foundation paid $180,000 to acquire WKSX-FM.^[1] The station changed its call sign on October 9 to WLFW.

References

^ "Power Foundation Buys WKSX 92.7FM/Johnston, SC". Radio-Online. 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2020-11-13.

External links

WLFW in the FCC FM station database
WLFW in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Radio stations in the Augusta metropolitan area (Georgia)

By AM frequency

By FM frequency

LPFM	100.3
Translators	101.9 103.7 104.7 106.3

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

By call sign

Defunct

WCHZ (1480 AM)
WRDW (1630 AM)

Nearby regions: Atlanta; Central Georgia; Charleston; Columbia; Greenville-Spartanburg; Hilton Head; Macon; Savannah

See also: List of radio stations in Georgia

v t e Religious radio stations in the state of South Carolina
Stations	WABB – Belton WAGP – Beaufort WAHP – Belton WAYA-FM – Ridgeville WBAJ – Blythewood WBPB – Pickens WCFJ – Irmo WCKI – Greer WDLL – Dillon WELP – Easley WSHP-FM – Easley WFCH – Charleston WHQA - Honea Path WHQB - Gray Court WHRT-FM – Cokesbury WHRZ-LP – Spartanburg WIAR-LP – Hilton Head Island WKCL – Ladson WKVG – Greenville WLFJ-FM - Greenville WLFW – Johnston WLPG – Florence WPOG – Saint Matthews WRHJ-LP – Rock Hill WSSC – Sumter WTBI-FM – Greenville WVOY-LP – Jefferson WWOS – Walterboro WWOS-FM – St. George WYCJ-LP – Simpsonville WYFG – Gaffney WYFH – North Charleston WYFV – Cayce
Defunct	WASD-LP – Aiken WSCM-LP – Moncks Corner
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