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.KSVA, fcc.gov. Accessed August 19, 2015
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.History Cards, fcc.gov. Accessed August 19, 2015 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,"KQEO Push on Inarts Contest", Billboard, May 6, 1967. p. 32. Retrieved August 3, 2018.Hamilton, Bob. "Albuquerque, NM ", Radio Quarterly Report '76, Jan. 1-June 30, 1976. p. 279. Retrieved June 11, 2018. and was for a time the leading Top 40 station in Albuquerque. In the early 1980s, the station aired an adult contemporary format,"Ratings of AC, Country Continue Growing", Billboard, September 12, 1981. p. 25. Retrieved August 3, 2018. and by the mid-1980s the station was airing an oldies format.Television/Radio Age, Volume 33, Television Editorial Corporation, (1985) In the early and mid-1990s KQEO aired a news/talk format."Spring '92 Arbitrons", Billboard, August 15, 1992. p. 76. Retrieved August 3, 2018."Winter '94 Arbitrons", Billboard, May 14, 1994. p. 94. Retrieved August 3, 2018. On January 23, 1995, the station's call sign was changed to KHTL.Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Accessed August 19, 2015 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."Radio Business", Radio & Records, Issue Number 1332, January 7, 2000. p. 6. Accessed August 19, 2015 On April 17, 2000, the station's call sign was changed to KSVA.
References
External links KSVA Radio's website FCC History Cards for KSVA LifeTalk Radio's website