Editing WKVB (FM) (section)

{{short description|Radio station in Westborough, Massachusetts}}
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{{For|the station that used the WKVB call sign from 2005 to 2020|WKPA (FM)}}
{{Distinguish|WKLB-FM|WKLB (AM)|WKBV}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WKVB
| city = [[Westborough, Massachusetts]]
| country = US
| logo = K-Love 107.3 logo.png
| logo_upright = .75
| area = {{ubl|[[Greater Boston]]|[[Worcester, Massachusetts]]}}
| frequency = {{Frequency|107.3|[[Hertz#SI multiples|MHz]]}} {{HD Radio}}
| branding = K-Love
| format = [[Contemporary Christian]]
| subchannels = {{ubl|HD2: [[Air1]]|HD3: K-Love 2000s}}
| network = [[K-Love]]
| owner = [[Educational Media Foundation]]
| sister_stations = {{hlist|[[WCCC (FM)|WCCC]]|[[WKMY (FM)|WKMY]]|[[WLVO (FM)|WLVO]]|[[WNKC]]}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1961|06|15|p=y|br=yes}}<ref name="airdate">{{Cite web |date=1963 |title=WAAB-FM |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1963/1963-BC-YB.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313200017/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1963/1963-BC-YB.pdf |archive-date=March 13, 2021 |access-date=February 19, 2020 |website=Broadcasting Yearbook |page=B-89 (291)}}</ref>
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WAAB-FM (1961–1968)|WAAF (1968–2020)|WBZU (2020)}}
| callsign_meaning = "K-Love Boston"
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id = 74467
| class = B1
| erp = 2,100 [[watt]]s
| haat = {{Convert|321|m|ft|sp=us}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|42|23|2.7|N|71|29|35.3|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| webcast = {{listenlive|http://www.klove.com/listen/player}}
| website = {{URL|klove.com}}
}}

'''WKVB''' (107.3&nbsp;[[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[Non-commercial educational station|non-commercial]] [[radio station]] licensed to serve [[Westborough, Massachusetts]], United States, carrying a [[contemporary Christian]] format known as "K-Love". Owned by the [[Educational Media Foundation]] (EMF), WKVB does not broadcast any local programming but functions as the [[network affiliate]] for [[K-Love]] in [[Greater Boston]] and [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]]. With its transmitter located in [[Hudson, Massachusetts|Hudson]], 20 miles west of Boston, its signal is supplemented by [[WNKC]] (104.9 FM) in [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]], which serves the [[North Shore (Massachusetts)|North Shore]] and [[Merrimack Valley]], and [[WLVO (FM)|WLVO]] (95.5 FM) from [[Providence, Rhode Island]], which covers [[Southeastern Massachusetts]]. The station also has [[Booster station|boosters]] in [[Boston]], [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]], and [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]]. In addition to a standard [[analog transmission]], WKVB broadcasts in [[HD Radio]] and is available online.

Historically, this station is perhaps best known as '''WAAF''', which carried a [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial]] [[rock music]] format for nearly 50 years in various forms of the genre, with an [[active rock]] orientation between 1989 and 2020. The station also featured personalities including [[Bob Rivers]], [[Liz Wilde]] and [[Greg Hill (radio)|Greg Hill]], and was the first high-profile radio home for ''[[Opie and Anthony]]'' in the mid-1990s. The station was sold by Entercom (now known as [[Audacy, Inc.]]) to the Educational Media Foundation on February 18, 2020.  WAAF's former programming continues on HD Radio subchannels of [[WWBX]] and [[WEEI-FM]] and on the [[Audacy]] platform.<ref name="ri-saletoemf">{{Cite news |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=February 18, 2020 |title=Entercom Sells WAAF Boston To Educational Media Foundation |work=RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/184545/entercom-sells-waaf-boston-to-educational-media-foundation/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218224743/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/184545/entercom-sells-waaf-boston-to-educational-media-foundation/ |archive-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref>