KAWA (FM)

KAWA
City	Sanger, Texas
Broadcast area	Denton/McKinney/Fort Worth/Gainesville/ Sherman/Denison/Southern Oklahoma
Branding	89.7 WAY-FM
Slogan	"Uplifting, Upbeat, Real."
Frequency	89.7 MHz
First air date	1999
Format	Contemporary Christian music (CCM)
ERP	14,000 Watts (Construction permit to increase power to 45,000 Watts.)
HAAT	518 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	76285
Transmitter coordinates	33°33′36″N 96°57′35″W / 33.56000°N 96.95972°W / 33.56000; -96.95972
Callsign meaning	WAy-FM
Former callsigns	KBJV (1998-1999) KTPW (1999-2004) KVRK (2004-2015)
Affiliations	WAY-FM Network
Owner	Way Media, Inc.

KAWA is a contemporary Christian music (CCM) formatted radio station located in Dallas, Texas. It is a WAY-FM Network owned and operated station through Way Media, Inc. (a non-profit entity) and broadcasts on 89.7 FM. As a non-profit under previous ownership of Research Educational Foundation, Inc., it annually hosted two fund-raising drives to remain on the air. It broadcasts at 14,000 Watts from a tower in Sanger, Texas.

History

After a two-year stay in Florida, Eldred and Raye Nell Thomas returned to the Dallas area and decided to start a Christian radio station. Through other business interests, Mr. Thomas learned of KVTT, now KKXT, an existing station that operated as an extension of Elkins Institute, a broadcasting training facility. With retirement looming, Bill Elkins, the founder and president of the Elkins Institute, wanted to find someone to continue with the station he had operated since 1950. In March 1976, Mr. Thomas became the president of Research Educational Foundation, Inc. and General Manager of KVTT. (Eldred and Raye Nell Thomas are now both deceased and KVTT's FM 91.7 frequency was sold to local public broadcaster KERA in 2009.)

In 1994, KVTT applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to begin broadcasting a full-time Christian rock station for the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Around the same time, 1995, the station began to target the area youth with their music programming in the evenings with "Power Mix" on weeknights, "Youth Wake" (later "Lighthouse 21") on Saturday nights and Spin 180 on Sunday nights. It took over four years for the application to be processed and granted by the FCC. On January 18, 1999, a license was granted to broadcast at 14,000 watts as KTPW and transmit from a tower north of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Sanger, Texas. The new station began broadcasting on July 27, 1999.

In 2004 REF Inc. released its responsibility to KVTT and became responsible only for Power FM. The KVRK call letters were established on June 14, 2004. Power FM also had a TV show on JCTV called FM.

Previous Power FM ident used until 2015.

In May 2015, WAY-FM announced plans to acquire the station.^[1] The said acquisition was completed effective on September 16, 2016, at a purchase price of $2 million. The call sign was changed to KAWA on September 24, 2015, and a slight format change from Christian Rock to CCM was made.^[2]^[3] The previous "Power FM" format is still available to stream live through its internet presence and their app.^[4]

As of late September 2016, KAWA holds a construction permit to increase power from 14,000 to 45,000 watts and an application to further increase to 90,000 watts.

References

↑ http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/article21030195.html
↑ "FCC Call Sign Query". FCC Call Sign Query. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
↑ 5 Things Dallas and Fort Worth Need to Know About WAY-FM (accessed December 2, 2015)
↑ Power FM (accessed December 2, 2015)

External links

Power FM (station's former website)

Query the FCC's FM station database for KAWA

Radio-Locator information on KAWA

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KAWA
89.7 WAY-FM Facebook Page
Power FM Facebook Page
JCTV
DFW Radio/TV History

Radio stations in the Sherman/Denison, Texas area
By AM frequency	750 1420 1500 1580 1700
By FM frequency	89.7 90.5 91.5 92.1 93.1 94.5 95.3 97.5 99.3 100.7 102.5 103.3 104.9 106.3 107.3
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475
By callsign	K257EV KAWA KESN KFYN KGAF KHA99 KHYI KJIM KKLF KLAK KLBC KMAD-FM KMKT KSEO KSOC KTXG KWRD-FM KXEZ KYFB KZMP-FM WXK22 KQDR
Nearby radio markets Dallas–Fort Worth Lawton Oklahoma City Paris Tyler–Longview Wichita Falls See also List of radio stations in Texas

Religious radio stations in the state of Texas
KHCB Radio Network	KHCB-FM – Houston (English) KHCB – Galveston (Spanish) KHCH – Huntsville (Spanish & Asian) Satellite Stations KANJ – Giddings KHCJ – Jefferson KHCP – Paris KHIB – Bastrop KHKV – Kerrville KHML – Madisonville KHPO – Port O'Connor KHTA – Wake Village KHVT – Bloomington KKER – Kerrville KRTG – Carthage
EWTN Radio affiliates	Guadalupe Radio Network: KLPF – Midland KATH – Frisco KBKN – Lamesa KBMD – Marble Falls KJMA – Floresville KVDG – Midland (Spanish) KJON – Carrollton (Spanish) KWMF – Pleasanton (Spanish) Other affiliates: KDJW – Amarillo KOLF-LP – Plainview KPIA-LP – Huntsville
Other religious stations	K274BA - Paris K237EE - Childress KABA – Louise KACB-LP – College Station KACD-LP – Midland KAFR – Conroe KAGC – Bryan KAMY – Lubbock KANI – Wharton KAQD – Abilene KATG – Athens KAVO – Pampa KAVW – Amarillo KAVX – Lufkin KAYK – Victoria KBAH – Plainview KBBW – Waco KBCX – Big Spring KBJS – Jacksonville KBMM – Odessa KBNR – Brownsville KBRZ-FM – Victoria KBUB – Brownwood KCAS – McCook KCKT – Crockett KCRN – San Angelo KCRN-FM – San Angelo KCTA – Corpus Christi KDAE – Sinton KDEI – Port Arthur KDKR – Decatur KDRY – Alamo Heights KDSH-LP – Borger KELP – El Paso KEOE-LP – Lufkin KEPI – Eagle Pass KFGG-LP – Marble Falls KFLB – Odessa KFLB – Odessa KGLY – Tyler KGOD-LP – Tenaha KGWP – Pittsburg KHSP – Killeen KIBL – Beeville KIJN – Farwell KIJN-FM – Farwell KIXL – Del Valle KJAK – Slaton KJHV – Killeen KJRN – Keene KJRT – Amarillo KKHT – Winnie KLBW – New Boston KLDS – Falfurrias KMAT – Seadrift KMEO – Mertzon KMOC – Wichita Falls KNNK – Dimmitt KNRB – Atlanta KOIR – Edinburg KOKE-FM – Thorndale KPAS – Fabens KPDR – Wheeler KPXI – Overton KQUE-FM – Bay City KRBG – Umbarger KRCM – Shenandoah KRIO-FM – Roma KRYH – Temple KSGR – Portland KSLR – San Antonio KTAA – Big Sany KTEK – Alvin KTER – Rudolph KTMR – Edna KTMR – Converse KTMU – Muenster KTXB – Beaumont KTYR – Trinity KVJS – Arroyo KVMV – McAllen KWAS – Borger KWRD-FM – Highland Village KXAI – Refugio KXOI – Crane KXVX-LP – Sulphur Springs KYFB – Denison KYFP – Palestine KYFS – San Antonio KYJC – Commerce KYZQ – Mount Pleasant KZFT – Fannett
Defunct	KKVI – Overland
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Coordinates: 33°33′36″N 96°57′36″W / 33.560°N 96.960°W / 33.560; -96.960

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Radio stations in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex market
By AM frequency	540 570 620 660 700 730 770 820¹ 850² 870² 890 910 970 990 1040² 1080¹ 1110² 1140 1160 1190 1220 1270 1310 1340 1360 1390 1420 1440 1460 1480 1540 1570 1600 1630 1700
By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.5 88.7 89.1 89.3 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.1 (Dallas) 92.1 (Denton) 92.1 (Glen Rose) 92.1 (Farmersville) 92.5 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.5 (Las Colinas) 95.5 (Arlington) 95.5 (South Dallas) 95.5 (Seagoville) 95.7 95.9 (Jacksboro) 95.9 (Garland) 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.5 (Dallas) 97.5 (Ft. Worth) 97.5 (Tom Bean) 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 99.9 (Irving) 99.9 (McKinney) 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.7 102.1 102.5 (Ft. Worth/KEFW-LP) 102.5 (Ft. Worth/K273CS) 102.5 (University Park) 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.1 (Dallas) 104.1 (McKinney) 104.1 (Ft. Worth) 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.5 106.7 106.9 107.1 (Benbrook) 107.1 (Garland) 107.5 107.9
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 (Dallas) 162.525 (Corsicana) 162.525 (Mineral Wells) 162.55 (Fort Worth)
Digital radio	570 1080 1270 1700 88.5-1 89.3-1 91.7-1 92.5-1 92.5-2 94.1-1 94.5-1 96.3-1 96.3-2 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.5-1 97.9-1 97.9-2 98.7-1 98.7-2 98.7-3 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 101.1-1 102.1-1 102.1-2 102.9-1 102.9-2 103.7-1 103.7-2 105.3-1 105.3-2 105.3-3 106.1-1 106.1-2 107.1-1 107.5-1 107.5-2 107.5-3 107.9-1 107.9-2
By callsign	K273BJ KAAM KAND KATH KAWA KBEC KBFB KBOC KBXD KCBI KCLE KDFT KDGE KDKR KDMX KDXX KEC55 KEC56 KEGL KEOM KERA KESN KESS-FM KEXB KFCD KFJZ² KFLC KFWR KFXR KFZO KGGR² KHFX KHKS KHSE KHVN KHYI KJKK KJON² KJRN KKDA KKDA-FM KKGM KKLF KKXT KLAK KLIF KLIF-FM KLNO KLTY KLUV KMNY KMQX KMVK KNON KNOR KNTU KPIR KPLX KPYK KRLD¹ KRLD-FM KRNB KRVA KRVF KSCS KSKY KSOC KSQX KTCK KTCK-FM KTCU-FM KTFW-FM KTNO KTXG KTXV KVCE KVIL KVTT² KWRD-FM KXEZ KXI87 KYDA KYQX KZEE KZMP KZMP-FM KZPS KZZA WBAP¹ WNG651 WRR
Defunct	KTDK-FM 104.1 The Indie-Verse
Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 225 Sirius Channel 154 Nearby radio markets Abilene Brownwood Killeen–Temple Lawton Oklahoma City Paris Sherman–Denison Tyler–Longview Waco Wichita Falls See also List of radio stations in Texas ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = Daytime-only AM radio station.