KSVA

KSVA
Broadcast area
Albuquerque metropolitan area
Frequency920 kHz
BrandingLifeTalk Radio
Programming
FormatChristian radio
AffiliationsLifeTalk Radio
Ownership
OwnerLifeTalk Radio, Inc.
History
First air date
1947 (1947)
Former call signs
  • KQEA (1946)
  • KOAT (1947–1955)
  • KQUE (1955–1958)
  • KQEO (1958–1995)
  • KHTL (1995–2000)
Former frequencies
  • 1450 (1947–1951)
  • 1240 (1951–1957)
Call sign meaning
Sandia View Academy
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
11230
ClassB
Power
  • 1,000 watts (day)
  • 130 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
35°7′56.2″N 106°37′20.1″W / 35.132278°N 106.622250°W / 35.132278; -106.622250
Translator104.3 K282CD (Los Lunas)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.lifetalk.net

KSVA is a Christian radio station licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, named after the original Sandia View Academy campus it was founded on, broadcasting on 920 AM. The station is an owned-and-operated affiliate of LifeTalk Radio.

History

The station began broadcasting in 1947. The station's construction permit originally held the call sign KQEA, which was changed to KOAT on September 1, 1946; the new station initially broadcast on 1450 kHz. In 1951, the station moved to 1240 kHz. In 1955, the station's call sign was changed to KQUE as the station's original owner sold it in a fire sale to keep its recently-launched sister television station, KOAT-TV (channel 7) on the air. In 1957, the station moved to 920 kHz. In 1958, the station's call sign was changed to KQEO.

In the 1960s and 1970s KQEO aired a Top 40 format, and was for a time the leading Top 40 station in Albuquerque. In the early 1980s, the station aired an adult contemporary format, and by the mid-1980s the station was airing an oldies format. In the early and mid-1990s KQEO aired a news/talk format. On January 23, 1995, the station's call sign was changed to KHTL. As KHTL, the station aired a "Hot Talk" format.

LifeTalk Radio acquired the station in 2000, in a station swap with Citadel Communications, in which LifeTalk Radio received this station and $5 million in cash, in exchange for Albuquerque's AM 610. On April 17, 2000, the station's call sign was changed to KSVA.

References

  1. 1 2 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999, Broadcasting & Cable, 1999. p. D-288. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KSVA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ KSVA, fcc.gov. Accessed August 19, 2015
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 History Cards, fcc.gov. Accessed August 19, 2015
  5. ↑ "Radio Station KOAT Is Sold". The Albuquerque Tribune. October 23, 1954. p. 1. Archived from the original on November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 "KQEO Push on Inarts Contest", Billboard, May 6, 1967. p. 32. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ Hamilton, Bob. "Albuquerque, NM Archived 2015-08-27 at Archive-It", Radio Quarterly Report '76, Jan. 1-June 30, 1976. p. 279. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ratings of AC, Country Continue Growing", Billboard, September 12, 1981. p. 25. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  9. ↑ Television/Radio Age, Volume 33, Television Editorial Corporation, (1985)
  10. ↑ "Spring '92 Arbitrons", Billboard, August 15, 1992. p. 76. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Winter '94 Arbitrons", Billboard, May 14, 1994. p. 94. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  12. 1 2 Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Accessed August 19, 2015
  13. ↑ Dingmann, Tracy (June 21, 1998). "Radio show fans interest in film". Albuquerque Journal.
  14. ↑ "Radio Business", Radio & Records, Issue Number 1332, January 7, 2000. p. 6. Accessed August 19, 2015