KSVA
Broadcast areaAlbuquerque metropolitan area
Frequency920 AM kHz
BrandingLifeTalk Radio
Programming
FormatChristian radio
AffiliationsLifeTalk Radio
Ownership
OwnerLifeTalk Radio, Inc.
History
First air date
1947[1]
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
Facility ID11230
ClassB
Power1,000 watts day
130 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
35°07′56″N 106°37′18″W / 35.13222°N 106.62167°W / 35.13222; -106.62167
Translator(s)K282CD (104.3 MHz, Los Lunas)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitehttp://www.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 kHz AM. The station is an owned-and-operated affiliate of LifeTalk Radio.[2]

History

The station began broadcasting in 1947.[1] The station's construction permit originally held the callsign KQEA, which was changed to KOAT on September 1, 1946; the new station initially broadcast on 1450 kHz.[3] In 1951, the station moved to 1240 kHz.[3] In 1955, the station's callsign was changed to KQUE.[3] In 1957, the station moved to 920 kHz.[3] In 1958, the station's callsign was changed to KQEO.[3]

In the 1960s and 1970s KQEO aired a Top 40 format,[4][5] and was for a time the leading Top 40 station in Albuquerque.[4] In the early 1980s, the station aired an adult contemporary format,[6] and by the mid 1980s the station was airing an oldies format.[7] In the early and mid 1990s KQEO aired a news/talk format.[8][9] On January 23, 1995, the station's callsign was changed to KHTL.[10] As KHTL, the station aired a "Hot Talk" format.[11]

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.[12] On April 17, 2000, the station's callsign was changed to KSVA.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999, Broadcasting & Cable, 1999. p. D-288. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ KSVA, fcc.gov. Accessed August 19, 2015
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 History Cards, fcc.gov. Accessed August 19, 2015
  4. 1 2 "KQEO Push on Inarts Contest", Billboard, May 6, 1967. p. 32. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Ratings of AC, Country Continue Growing", Billboard, September 12, 1981. p. 25. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ Television/Radio Age, Volume 33, Television Editorial Corporation, (1985)
  8. ↑ "Spring '92 Arbitrons", Billboard, August 15, 1992. p. 76. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Winter '94 Arbitrons", Billboard, May 14, 1994. p. 94. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  10. 1 2 Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Accessed August 19, 2015
  11. ↑ Dingmann, Tracy (June 21, 1998). "Radio show fans interest in film". Albuquerque Journal.
  12. ↑ "Radio Business", Radio & Records, Issue Number 1332, January 7, 2000. p. 6. Accessed August 19, 2015
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