the icao code khvn see tweed new haven regional airport . khvn city fort worth texas broadcast area dallas fort worth metroplex branding heaven 97 slogan taking you higher in praise . frequency 970 khz first air date 1946 as kwbc format urban contemporary gospel power 1 000 watts daytime 270 watts nighttime class b callsign meaning heaven former callsigns kwbc 1946 1953 knok 1953 1982 ksax 1982 1985 owner mortenson broadcasting mortenson broadcasting co. of texas inc. sister stations kggr k273bj kkgm krva ktno website khvnam.com khvn is an am urban contemporary gospel radio station that serves the dallas fort worth metroplex . the station has had its gospel format since 1985 and is owned by mortenson broadcasting . it is the sister station to daytimer kggr . the station is licensed in fort worth texas but khvn has applied to move its broadcasting activities to bedford . contents 1 history 2 some churches featured on khvn 3 notes 4 external links history edit this station started out as daytimer kwbc in 1946 with a variety ethnic format that comprises mostly local amateur and public service programming under the ownership of associated broadcasters . in 1950 j. dean mcclain joined the station with his hour long blues at sunrise . program . by the late 1950s mcclain was program director and later was station manager and general manager . 1 by 1953 most commercial billings were from ethnic shows so their owners reimaged the station as knok to serve an african american audience . by 1954 knok changed the format to r & b with country and spanish language programming on weekends . after 1957 knok became a full time r & b station and was the first station in the dfw area to exclusively do so . in the late 1960s the african american clay smothers who later served in the texas house of representatives was the station news editor known for his conservative commentary . 2 from 1957 to 1979 it simulcasted to its fm sister station of the same callsign . in 1979 knok transferred its r & b format to knok fm and changed its format to jazz . three years later the station was renamed as ksax callsign to have stood for saxophone while maintaining its jazz format before making its final switch to a black gospel formatted station as khvn in 1985 . there have been rumors that khvn 970 would be scheduled to go dark by new year s eve 2007 as part of the fcc s dial expansion program of 1989 in exchange for a frequency with a full day night schedule on kkgm 1630 . this move was scheduled for 1998 but infinity cbs radio sold the frequency . since mortenson owns 970 and 1630 the divesting could feasibly still happen . as of 2010 it has not taken place . some churches featured on khvn edit brenda cherry along with jim blackwell on the robert ashley show on khvn . this article is incomplete . please help to improve it or discuss the issue on the talk page . february 2009 victory international church fort worth tx 3 new pilgrim rest missionary baptist church dallas texas east st. paul baptist church fort worth texas heaven s embassy church desoto texas church of the living waters garland texas love chapel church of god in christ grapevine texas evergreen baptist church irving texas owens chapel church of god in christ mckinney texas hebron community church grand prairie texas st. emmanuel missionary baptist church denton texas first baptist church of hamilton park richardson texas bear creek community church irving texas the glorious anointing church of god in christ arlington texas praise fellowship worship center frisco texas logos fellowship church cedar hill texas new day church bedford texas notes edit j. dean mcclain broadcaster s signature show brought r & b to d fw radio dallas morning news april 17 2006 doris eastman harris smothers ... new voice of a silent majority october 2 1970 . the malakoff texas news . retrieved october 11 2013 . victoryreport.com external links edit official website dfw radio tv history dfw radio archives query the fcc s am station database for khvn radio locator information on khvn query nielsen audio s am station database for khvn v t e radio stations in the dallas fort worth market 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 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.7 106.9 107.1 107.5 107.9 by am frequency 540 570 620 660 700 730 770 820 850 870 890 910 970 990 1040 1080 1110 1140 1160 1190 1220 1270 1310 1340 1360 1390 1420 1440 1460 1480 1540 1570 1600 1630 1700 noaa weather radio frequency 162.400 dallas 162.525 corsicana 162.525 mineral wells 162.550 fort worth digital radio 570 1080 1270 1700 88.5 1 89.3 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 kfjz kflc kfwr kfxr kfzo kggr khfx khks khse khvn khyi kjkk kjon kjrn kkda kkda fm kkgm kklf kkxt klak klif klif fm klno klty kluv kmny kmqx kmvk knon knor kntu kpir kplx kpyk krld krld fm krnb krva krvf kscs ksky ksoc ksqx ktck ktck fm ktcu ktfw ktno ktxg ktxv kvce kvil kvtt kwrd fm kxez kxi87 kyda kyqx kzee kzmp kzmp fm kzps kzza wbap 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 clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage . daytime only am radio station . coordinates 32 47 56 n 97 17 43 w 32.79889 n 97.29528 w 32.79889 ; 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