KWIL

KWIL broadcasts a religious radio format including Christian ministry, religious education, and Bible teaching programs.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |title=Station Information Profile}} National religious leaders heard on KWIL include Greg Laurie, Adrian Rogers, Jim Daly, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, John MacArthur, David Jeremiah, Alistair Begg, Chuck Swindoll, Rick Warren and J. Vernon McGee.

KWIL uses a brokered programming plan, where hosts buy time on the station and may use their programs to seek donations to their ministries.

KWIL signed on the air on {{Start date and age|1941|1|14}}.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-171. Retrieved Nov. 21, 2024.] It originally was powered at 250 watts, broadcasting on a frequency of {{nowrap|1240 kHz}}.{{cite book |title=1944 Broadcasting-Telecasting Yearbook |chapter=Directory of Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C. |date=1944 |page=142}} The station was owned and operated by the Central Willamette Broadcasting Company. KWIL was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System.

On October 15, 1947, KWIL added an FM sister station, KWIL-FM at 101.7 MHz.{{cite news|title=KWIL-FM Albany, Oregon Commences Broadcasting|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1947/1947-10-27-BC.pdf|access-date=October 17, 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=October 27, 1947}} But few people owned FM receivers in that era. Management saw little chance of making the station profitable and it was taken off the air on August 21, 1956.{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1956/1956-08-27-BC.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=August 27, 1956|access-date=January 16, 2020|page=116|title=Existing FM Stations}}

In 1953, KWIL changed frequencies to {{nowrap|790 kHz}}. The lower dial position allowed its signal to expand. It increased its power to 1,000 watts. But it also had to use a directional antenna with different daytime and nighttime coverage patterns.{{cite book |title=1954 Broadcasting Yearbook-Marketbook |date=1954 |page=264 |chapter=Directory of the AM and FM stations of the United States |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C.}}

KWIL was acquired by Larry Gordon's Albany Radio Corporation on July 1, 1957.{{cite book |title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 |date=1979 |page=C-179 |chapter=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C.}} KWIL added a new FM station to its facilities. The second KWIL-FM began broadcasting at 107.9 MHz in 1969. Today, that station is co-owned WHPE, with a Christian Contemporary format.

Christian broadcaster Integrity Media acquired KWIL and KHPE in 1980. Integrity Media changed its name to Extra Mile Media, Inc., in 2005.{{cite news |work=Christian News Northwest |title=Sale of Eugene's KEED planned |url=http://www.cnnw.com/articles/articles02-05-4.html |date=February 4, 2005}}

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• [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=45275 FCC History Cards for KWIL]
• [http://www.kwilforchrist.com/ KWIL official website]

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