Technical Profile: WKNG-FM

FM Technical Profile: WKNG

Station Name:: Rejoice 89.1
Frequency:: 89.1
Format:: Religious
Transmitter Location:: [map] South of AL-46 on Turkey Heaven Mountain Road in the absolute middle of nowhere of Cleburne County.
Power (ERP):: 1.05 kW
Antenna:: Omnidirectional
Antenna HAAT:: 748 feet
Other Information:: 60 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.
More Information:: [FCC]; [FCCdata]; [Radio-Locator]; [Wikipedia]

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Owner:: Covenant Communications
History:: The WKNG-FM calls were assigned in March of 2005 to Covenant Communications, which is a noncommercial offshoot of the Graddick family, which owns commercial stations WKNG, WLBB and WCKS in Carrollton, Georgia. Originally covering Heflin with just 250 watts of power, it had a construction permit for 1,000 watts vertical ERP with a move to a higher site right in the heart of Anniston. That permit expired in April, 2009. In May 2015 the station was granted a power increase to 1,000 watts from the site transmitter site in the middle of nowhere, and put that facility on the air in October of 2015.

At the end of April 2025, the station was granted a permit to make a very minor modification to the site elevation, which resulted in the antenna height being slightly lower than previously known; as such, a small bump in power was also granted to maintain coverage consistent with the licensed parameters. A license to cover for this minor change was filed in early May 2025.