KPWJ

KPWJ and KKEE (107.7 FM, 101.3 FM) are a pair of radio stations airing a simulcasted Contemporary Christian Music format, licensed to Kurten, Texas, and Centerville, Texas respectively. The combined stations serve the Bryan – College Station metropolitan area as well as Madisonville, Buffalo, Jewett and points east of Bryan-College Station, and are owned by Bryan Broadcasting License Corporation.[1] The station's studios are located in College Station and the respective transmitters are in College Station and Centerville.

KPWJ
CityKurten, Texas
Broadcast areaBryan – College Station metropolitan area
Frequency107.7 FM MHz
BrandingPeace 107.7
Programming
FormatContemporary Christian Music
Ownership
OwnerBryan Broadcasting License Corporation
History
First air dateApril 6, 2010 (as KKLB Madisonville)
Call sign meaningKnow Peace With Jesus
Technical information
Facility ID166036
ClassA
ERP3,500 watts
HAAT100 m (328 ft)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitehttp://peace107.com/
KKEE
CityCenterville, Texas
Broadcast areaMadisonville, Buffalo
Frequency101.3 FM MHz
BrandingPeace 101.3
Programming
FormatContemporary Christian Music
Ownership
OwnerBryan Broadcasting License Corporation
Sister stationsKNDE, WTAW, WTAW-FM, KVMK, KWBC
History
First air dateJanuary 11, 2017
Technical information
Facility ID191507
ClassA
ERP5,200 watts
HAAT75.8 m (249 ft)
Transmitter coordinates31°14′36″N 95°58′40″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitepeace1013.com

KPWJ was first proposed by Katherine Pyeatt as a Class A facility, operating at 101.3 MHz, with an ERP of 3.1 kilowatts, and an elevation of 141 meters height above average terrain, from a transmission site northwest of Madisonville. The facility was sold and the construction permit transferred to Robert Clint Crawford on December 30, 2009, under the licensee name of Southwest Radio Broadcasting.[2]

Crawford applied to change the facility's operating channel to the current 107.7, with a power increase to the full 6 kilowatts allowed for a Class A facility, from a tower site near Texas State Highway 90 in Madisonville. The modifications were granted by the FCC on February 19, 2010, and the facility received its first License to Cover at the new Madisonville site on April 6, 2010.

Bryan Broadcasting Corporation purchased KKLB on July 23, 2012. As a part of purchasing the facility, Bryan Broadcasting filed an application to move the facility from Madisonville to its current transmit site, requesting a change of COL to Kurten. A change of the callsign to its current KPWJ was granted on September 3, 2012, and the station was licensed to operate from the current site on January 15, 2013.

KKEE began broadcasting from its current site on January 11, 2017, simulcasting the "Peace" programming of sister station KPWJ, assuming the former frequency, and most of the coverage area of the original KKLB construction permit proposal.

References
  1. "KPWJ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Accessed October 26, 2012
  2. Venta, Lance. Bryan/College Station Gets Peace Radio Insight. October 10, 2010. Accessed October 26, 2012


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