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'''K-Love Classics''' was a [[Contemporary Christian music|Christian]] [[classic hits]] [[radio network]] owned by [[Educational Media Foundation]] (EMF) and iswas carried over [[FM broadcasting|FM]] stations, [[Broadcast relay station|translators]], and [[HD Radio|HD]] subchannels in the United States. Such stations include [[WLWX (FM)|WAIW]] 88.1 in [[Wheaton, Illinois]]. The network was one of the formats produced by EMF.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/kloveradio/posts/k-love-classics-is-our-brand-new-radio-stream-that-features-your-favorite-christ/10157525036794056/|title=K-LOVE Radio|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-02}}</ref> Airing Christian music from the 1980s, 1990s, and early in the decade of the 2000s, the K-Love Classics format debuted in June 2018 as an [[Internet radio|internet-only station]] but quickly moved to terrestrial radio<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/emf-places-k-love-classics-on-illinois-fm/article_0dcfc940-a17e-11e8-8df7-a714ac8fd08a.html|title=EMF Places ‘K'K-Love Classics’Classics' On Illinois FM.|work=Insideradio.com|access-date=2018-10-02|language=en}}</ref> on FM and [[HD Radio]] subchannels after a large response to the new format.
 
On November 2, 2020, K-Love Classics was discontinued.,<ref>{{Cite web|title=EMF Shuts Down K-Love Classics|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/201114/emf-shuts-down-k-love-classics/|access-date=2020-11-09|website=RadioInsight|date=9 November 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> and was subsequently replaced by new decade-specific networks devoted to the 1990s and 2000s.
 
==History==
K-Love Classics was launched in June 2018 as an [[Internetinternet radio|online-only station]] station featuring classic [[Contemporary Christian music|Christian songs]] (CCM) from the 1980s, 1990s, and the early part of the decade of the 2000s, akin to the secular [[classic hits]] format.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/169969/emf-launches-christian-classic-hits-k-love-classics/ |last=Venta |first=Lance |title=EMF Launches Christian Classic Hits "K-Love Classics" |website=RadioInsight |publisher=RadioBB Networks |date=August 15, 2018 |access-date=August 18, 2018 }}</ref> In response to popular demand, [[Educational Media Foundation]] (EMF) began airing the format over its nationwide network of full-power [[FM broadcasting|FM]] stations, low-power [[Broadcast relay station|translators]], and [[HD Radio]] subchannels. In August 2018, [[WLWX (FM)|WAIW]] in [[Wheaton, Illinois]] (a suburb of [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]) became the first terrestrial radio station to broadcast K-Love Classics.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/emf-places-k-love-classics-on-illinois-fm/article_0dcfc940-a17e-11e8-8df7-a714ac8fd08a.html |title=EMF Places 'K-Love Classics' On Illinois FM |website=Inside Radio |location=Atlanta, Georgia |date=August 16, 2018 |access-date=August 18, 2018 }}</ref>
 
More stations were added over the next several weeks, including in [[Palm Springs, California]] as well as subchannels of [[WLVU (FM)|WLVU]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] and [[KLVB]] in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]. For a brief period starting in August 2018, K-Love Classics was available in [[Los Angeles]] on [[KKLQ (FM)|KKLQ]]-HD3, but the following month it was replaced with [[Radio Nueva Vida]] programming. However, in August 2020, K-Love Classics came back to the Los Angeles airwaves on KYLA-HD3 and KYRA-HD3.
 
On November 2, 2020, K-Love Classics was discontinued; the stationsnetwork began carrying the"K-Love network[[Christmas flippedmusic#Radio tobroadcasting aof transitional [[Christmas music|Christmas]] program" as ''K-Lovea Christmas''temporary format, with the EMF stating plans for new programming to premiere in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=EMF Shuts Down K-Love Classics|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/201114/emf-shuts-down-k-love-classics/|access-date=2020-11-14|website=RadioInsight|date=9 November 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> On January 1, 2021, K-LOVE launched K-LOVE 90's and K-LOVE 2000's across the network of stations that had previous been K-LOVE Classics.
 
On January 1, 2021, the K-Love Classics network was divided into two new networks—"K-Love 90's" and "K-Love 2000's"—devoted to CCM from the 1990s and 2000s respectively. In September 2022, as part of the 40th anniversary of K-Love's launch, the EMF added additional internet radio stations devoted to CCM from the 1970s, 1980s, and 2010s, as well as the "K-Love Birthday Blend", which carries CCM spanning the network's 40-year history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-16 |title=Industry News Bits Thu 9-15-22 |url=http://www.hisair.net/industry-news-bits-thu-9-15-22/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=HisAir.Net |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==List of stations==
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| [[KLXF]]-HD3 || 90.5-3 || [[California]] || [[Modesto, California|Modesto]] || [[Modesto, California|Modesto]] || K-LOVE 2000's
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| K208CW || 89.5 || [[California]] || [[Monterey, California|Monterey]] || [[Monterey, California|Monterey]] || K-LOVE 90'sSOLD
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| K275CU || 102.9 || [[California]] || [[Monterey, California|Monterey]] || [[Monterey, California|Monterey]] || K-LOVE 2000's
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| [[KLVM (FM)|KLVM]]-HD2 || 88.9-2 || [[California]] || [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]] || [[Salinas, California|Salinas]]-[[Monterey, California|Monterey]] || K-LOVE 2000's
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| [[KSQT|KNVM]]|| 89.7 || [[California]] || [[Prunedale, California|Prunedale]] || Salinas-Monterey || K-LOVE 90'sSOLD
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| [[KJLVKWAI (FM)|KJLVKWAI]]-HD3 || 97.7-3 || [[California]] || [[Los Altos, California|Los Altos]] || [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] || K-LOVE 90's
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| K205BN || 88.9 || [[California]] || [[Los Gatos]] || [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] || K-LOVE 90's
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| [[WLWX (FM)|WLWX]]|| 88.1 || [[Illinois]] || [[Wheaton, Illinois|Wheaton]] || [[Chicago]] || K-LOVE 90's
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| [[WCKL (FM)|WCKL]]-HD3|| 97.9-3 || [[Illinois]] || [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] || [[Chicago]] || BOOST Radio
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| WLAI-HD2 || 107.1-2 || [[Kentucky]] || [[Wilmore, Kentucky|Wilmore]] || [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] || K-LOVE 90's
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| [[WARW (FM)|WARW-HD2]] || 96.7-2 || [[New York (state)|New York]] || [[Port Chester, New York|Port Chester]] || [[New York City]] || K-LOVE 2000's
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| [[WPLJ (FM)|WPLJ-HD2]] || 95.5-2 || [[New York (state)|New York]] || [[New York City, New York|New York City]] || [[New York City]] || K-LOVEAIR 1 90's
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| [[WKFV]]-HD3 || 107.3-3 || [[North Carolina]] || [[Clinton, North Carolina|Clinton]] || [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]] || K-LOVE 2000's
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| [[WWLV]]-HD3 || 94.1-3 || [[North Carolina]] || [[Lexington, North Carolina|Lexington]] || [[Winston-Salem]] || K-LOVE 2000's
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| [[WRCM]]-HD3 || 91.9-3 || [[North Carolina]] || [[Wingate, North Carolina|Wingate]] || [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]] || K-LOVE 90's
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| W205CP || 88.9 || [[North Carolina]] || [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]] || [[Winston-Salem]] || AIR 1
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| KLVU-HD3 || 107.1-3 || [[Oregon]] || [[Sweet Home, Oregon|Sweet Home]] || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || K-LOVE 90's
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| KLMD-HD2 || 101.51-2 || [[Oregon]] || [[Talent, Oregon|Talent]] || [[Medford, Oregon|Medford]] || K-LOVE 90's
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| K243AF || 96.5 || [[Oregon]] || [[Medford, Oregon|Medford]] || [[Medford, Oregon|Medford]] || K-LOVE 90's
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| [[WLVU (FM)|WLVU]]-HD3 || 97.1-3 || [[Tennessee]] || [[Belle Meade, Tennessee|Belle Meade]] || [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] || K-LOVE 90's
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| [[KFMK]]-HD3 || 105.9-3 || [[Texas]] || [[Round Rock, Texas|Round Rock]] || [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] || K-LOVERADIO 90'sNUEVA VIDA
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| [[KFMK]]-HD2 || 105.9-2 || [[Texas]] || [[Round Rock, Texas|Round Rock]] || [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] || K-LOVE 2000's
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