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WLKU
WLKU is a radio station licensed to Rock Island, Illinois, with a Christian contemporary format. The station's frequency is 98.9 MHz, and broadcasts at an effective radiated power of 39,000 watts, from a transmitter located near Orion, Illinois. WLKU is owned by the Educational Media Foundation and is affiliated with the K-Love network.
History of 98.9 MHz.
History of 98.9 MHz Early history.
The Rock Island allocation of 98.9 MHz represents many milestones in Quad Cities' radio broadcasting. First
. The final section of a song to ever be played on "All Hit 98.9" was "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" by Boyz II Men. The 98.9 frequency went silent at midnight on February 3rd, returning to the air with the satellite K-LOVE format the following evening. Five days later, the station adopted its current call letters, WLKU.
References.
- Anderson, Frederick I, editor. "Joined By a River: Quad Cities." Lee Enterprises, 1982