WKVI
Encyclopedia
WKVI is a radio station in Knox, Indiana
owned by the Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company. WKVI Radio consists of WKVI-FM "K99.3", with a Hot AC format at 99.3 MHz FM
and WKVI-AM 1520 kHz AM
, which operates as "KVI Kountry
". WKVI serves the Kankakee Valley
area with news, music, and local high school
sports.
Knox, Indiana
Knox is a city in Center Township, Starke County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,704 at the 2010 census. Knox is also within the Chicago Metropolitan Area along with the City of Valparaiso. The city is the county seat of Starke County. The city was founded in 1851 and is named after...
owned by the Kankakee Valley Broadcasting Company. WKVI Radio consists of WKVI-FM "K99.3", with a Hot AC format at 99.3 MHz FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
and WKVI-AM 1520 kHz AM
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
, which operates as "KVI Kountry
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
". WKVI serves the Kankakee Valley
Kankakee River
The Kankakee River is a tributary of the Illinois River, approximately long, in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois in the United States. At one time the river drained one of the largest wetlands in North America and furnished a significant portage between the Great Lakes and the...
area with news, music, and local high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
sports.