Private company
Educational Media Foundation
American religious broadcaster
K-Love Inc. (formerly Educational Media Foundation, EMF Broadcasting, abbreviated EMF) is an American nonprofit Christian media ministry based in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville. EMF is the parent company of K-LOVE and Air1—the world's largest contemporary Christian music radio networks. As of 2022, EMF directly owns and operates more than 1,000 signals in all 50 U.S. states, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.2 Its revenue was $261 million in 2024.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrymass media1
- HeadquartersRocklin1
- Websitewww.emfmedia.com
- Legal form501(c)(3) organization1
- LEI5493006T0D3S97ZDOO733
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered addressC/O CORPORATE CREATIONS NETWORK INC., 95765 Rocklin, United States3
- Registered withSecretary of State, 10475503
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K-Love Inc. (formerly Educational Media Foundation, EMF Broadcasting, abbreviated EMF) is an American nonprofit Christian media ministry based in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville.2
Corporate structure
Educational Media Foundation sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Educational Media Foundation Rocklin, California, United States
- K-Love Classics Subsidiary
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Educational Media Foundation reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Products and brands
- radio
Listed on Wikidata.1
Current brands
Air1
Air1 is a Christian worship music format featuring songs that are popular in many contemporary Christian worship services. In 1986, KLRD began broadcasting Christian CHR/rock music format from Yucaipa, California, going by the on-air moniker "K-Lord". In 1994, KXRD signed on as a sister station to KLRD. In 1995, K-Lord changed its name to "Air1" and began broadcasting via satellite from St. Helens, Oregon. In 1999, Air1 joined Educational Media Foundation, and in 2002, it moved its headquarters to Rocklin, California. Air1 makes use of FM broadcast translators to spread its reach across much of the country. As of November 2011, the network lists 90 full-power radio stations and 125 translators collectively serving 40 states. On January 1, 2019, Air1 flipped from its longtime Christian CHR format to Christian worship.
AccessMore
In 2020, EMF launched a Christian podcast network.
K-LOVE
K-LOVE is a Christian adult contemporary radio programming service in the United States owned and operated by EMF as their flagship service. As of October 2022 K-LOVE's programming is simulcast on over 600 FM radio stations and translators in 50 states and three US territories. K-LOVE reaches about 12 million listeners each week in cities including New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Philadelphia, Nashville, San Antonio, Boston and Denver. It is also the sixth-most streamed online station in the world. The K-LOVE studios and offices are located in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville.
K-LOVE Classics
K-LOVE Classics was a Christian music radio programming service in the United States operated by EMF and was heard on full-powered FM stations and translators, including WAIW in Chicago. Airing Christian music from the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, the format debuted in June 2018 as an Internet-only station but quickly moved to terrestrial radio after a massive response. The format aired music by artists such as Bryan Duncan, Amy Grant, Keith Green, Petra, Michael W. Smith, Point of Grace, and 4Him.
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On November 2, 2020, K-LOVE Classics ceased its broadcast online, and the terrestrial stations that had formerly aired K-LOVE Classics began airing the seasonal brand K-LOVE Christmas. On January 1, 2021, K-LOVE Classics came back in some fashion with two separate streams online and the terrestrial stations: K-LOVE 90s and K-LOVE 2000s. In honor of its 40th birthday, in 2022, K-LOVE launched a series of decade-specific streams covering music from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s.
K-LOVE On Demand
In 2020, EMF launched a free streaming platform offering live concerts, original programming, and other exclusive content.
K-LOVE Kids
In 2026, EMF launched a kid oriented platform offering kid sung covers of popular christian songs, shows, merchandise, live events and more.
Former brands
Christian Music Planet magazine
Christian Music Planet was a magazine owned and operated by Educational Media Foundation from 2002 until 2007, when it was sold to Salem Communications Corporation.
God's Country Radio
God's Country Radio was a Christian radio network in the United States which launched in 2008. The network aired principally on stations owned by Educational Media Foundation and also on some independent stations. God's Country Radio Network played a blend of Southern gospel and Christian country music.
In November 2010, God's Country Radio Network ceased operations due to lack of financial support from its listeners sufficient to meet its expenses. It relaunched in January 2011 as an Internet-only broadcaster. After EMF discontinued its affiliation with God's Country Radio Network at that point, most of the affiliate stations flipped to Radio Nueva Vida, a Spanish-language Christian radio network owned and operated by California-based nonprofit organization The Association for Community Education, Inc.
World Wide Worship
World Wide Worship was a radio format that played contemporary worship music. It began in 1999 as an Internet-only station. In 2002, KWRC in Corpus Christi, Texas, became the first terrestrial EMF station to broadcast World Wide Worship. However, the format proved unsuccessful and, within a year, it was no longer broadcast on any terrestrial station or online.
From Wikipedia’s article on Educational Media Foundation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Subsidiaries and ownership
Also owns
From Wikidata.1
Revenue over time
As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.
Revenue
Timeline
- 1981Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.emfmedia.com1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/emfbroadcasting1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCgrVKw3kwULCQdWVoN7kgPQ1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/emf1
- WikipediaEducational Media Foundation
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ5341246
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