KQLV (FM)

Coordinates: 35°12′50″N 106°27′03″W / 35.2139°N 106.4509°W / 35.2139; -106.4509
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KQLV
Christian Contemporary
AffiliationsK-Love
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
KQRI, KQGC
History
First air date
1987
Former call signs
KSFR (1987–2007)
KSFQ (2007–2009)
Technical information
ClassC
ERP19,810 watts
HAAT1,261 meters (4,137 ft)
Links
Websiteklove.com

KQLV (90.7

radio station serving the Santa Fe and Albuquerque areas. It is a non-commercial station owned by Educational Media Foundation, broadcasting its K-Love
satellite Christian Contemporary music format.

History

90.7 started in 1987 as KSFR a community radio station for Santa Fe. It was a class A facility that broadcast at 3,000 watts. KSFR is owned by Santa Fe Community College and broadcasts non-commercial public radio programming.

When

Adult Album Alternative
format.

On June 29, 2007, KSFQ and

KSFR
(owned by Santa Fe Community College) announced that they intend on doing a frequency swap in the next three months, moving KSFQ to 90.7 FM and KSFR to 101.1 FM with KSFR expanding its broadcast area south into Albuquerque and north into Taos. When the transition was completed, KSFR simulcasted on both the 90.7 and 101.1 frequencies until the deal was approved by the FCC.

On July 19, 2007, the FCC accepted an application to move this station's transmitter to

Air 1
format.

K-Love in Albuquerque

K-Love was first heard in Albuquerque sometime in the late 1990s on FM translators K220GM Placitas (91.9) and now-defunct K213BT (90.5). Both had broadcast at just 10 watts. K-Love first gained a full powered station in the area in late 2004 on 105.5 Bosque Farms with callsign KQLV first assigned in 1998 when the station was based in Grants, New Mexico. Beginning on May 31, 2009 K-Love now airs on the full powered station at 90.7.

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35°12′50″N 106°27′03″W / 35.2139°N 106.4509°W / 35.2139; -106.4509