KNOL (FM)

KNOL
Jean Lafitte, Louisiana;
Broadcast area	New Orleans, Louisiana
Frequency	107.5 MHz
Branding	K-Love
Programming
Format	Contemporary Christian
Ownership
Owner	Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date	December 31, 1965 (as KCIL-FM at 107.1)
Former call signs	KCIL-FM (1965–1969); KCIL (1969–2011); KXMG (2011–2015)
Former frequencies	107.1 MHz (1965–1986)
Technical information
Facility ID	25520
Class	C2
ERP	15,000 watts
HAAT	277 meters
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	klove.com

KNOL (107.5 FM), branded as "K-Love", is a contemporary Christian formatted non-commercial radio station serving the New Orleans metropolitan area. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation and broadcasts at 107.5 MHz with an ERP of 15 kW from Jean Lafitte, Louisiana.

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Although KNOL has been a country music formatted station for most of its existence under the call letters KCIL, the station was a Rhythmic Top 40 as "Hot 107" in the late 1980s.

In 2007, KCIL filed with the FCC to move its city of license to Jean Lafitte, in order to better serve New Orleans. The change was approved in May 2007.^[1]

On May 2, 2011, KCIL changed its call letters to KXMG. On July 1, 2011, KXMG changed its format to Spanish Contemporary Hit Radio, branded as "Mega 107.5". For most of 2011, reception quality for KXMG was inconsistent within the most heavily urbanized areas of the New Orleans metropolitan area and nearly non-existent north of Lake Pontchartrain.

KXMG was an affiliate of the New Orleans Saints radio network for Spanish-language broadcasting.^[2]

On March 17, 2015, KXMG changed their format to Educational Media Foundation's "K-Love" contemporary Christian format.^[3] The station changed its call sign to KNOL on May 12, 2015, after EMF acquired the station outright from Sunburst Media-Louisiana, LLC, at a purchase price of $3.2 million.^[4]