KLVE
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History
Early years
On May 2, 1959, the station first signed on as KBBI owned by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles.[3] Airing a Christian radio format, it marked a re-entry to radio operations for the Bible Institute since selling off KTBI (1300 AM) in 1931;[4] now known as KWKW (1330 AM), that station remains the oldest surviving radio station in the United States to have been signed on by a religious institution.[5] In 1970, the Bible Institute, then doing business as Biola Schools and Colleges, sold KBBI and sister station KBBW in San Diego to PSA Broadcasting, a subsidiary of San Diego–based Pacific Southwest Airlines, for $1.15 million.[6] PSA changed KBBI's call sign to KPSA in 1971, followed by KEZM in 1973. PSA operated four stations in California, all with easy listening formats; KPSA was marketed primarily to women, complete with an in-house poet.[7]
KLVE – "K-Love"
On September 4, 1974, the station changed its call letters to KLVE and began airing a soft rock format, using the slogans "Something to Love", and "Get Your Rock Soft". In September 1975, K-Love Broadcasting Inc. bought the station. By the late 1970s, the new ownership ushered in the first Spanish-language FM station in Los Angeles.[8]
KLVE has consistently been the market's leading Spanish-language station for decades. It has maintained that lead with the advent of Arbitron's Portable People Meter (PPM) electronic ratings measurement. With a weekly audience of nearly two million people, KLVE is among the most listened-to Spanish-language radio stations in the U.S., usually second to WSKQ in New York City, according to Nielsen Audio.[9]
The KLVE studio was located in Hollywood from 1975 to 1999. In 2000, it moved to Glendale, on Central Avenue south of the CA-134 Freeway. In 2013, as part of Univision Radio, KLVE joined sister radio stations KTNQ (1020 AM), KSCA (101.9 FM), KRCD (103.9 FM and KRCV (98.3 FM) at the Univision Los Angeles Broadcast Center west of the I-405 Freeway in Los Angeles.
KLVE is unrelated to K-Love, an English-language Christian radio network owned by the non-profit Educational Media Foundation (EMF) based in Rocklin, California. Within California, the EMF's trademark for "K-Love" does not apply in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Inyo, western portions of San Bernardino, San Diego, eastern portions of Kern, and western portions of Riverside, where Univision holds exclusive rights to the name under its own trademark registration.[10][11] When the EMF acquired Los Angeles's KSWD as part of Entercom's merger with CBS Radio, the broadcaster was required to reach an agreement with Univision in order to use the "K-Love" brand within networked programming on the station; although details were not specified, the station is promoted locally under the name "Positive, Encouraging 100.3", with the positioning statement "the K-Love for Christian music".[12][13]
On-air personalities
As of March 31st, 2025
Monday Thru Friday's:
- Buena Vibra: 5AM-10AM
-Featuring Luis Sandoval, Erika Reyna, Alejandra Espinoza, Y Orlando Panda
- Donaji: 10AM-3PM
- La Chula Y La Bestia: 3PM-7PM
-Featuring Denise Reyes Y Paco Rodriguez
- Orlando Panda: 7PM-12AM
HD Radio
KLVE broadcasts four channels in HD.[14] While the primary channel simulcasts the station’s FM signal, channels HD2 and HD3 air Armenian-language programming and channel HD4 airs Russian-language programming.
References
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- ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KLVE
- ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KLVE-1
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-117
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- ↑ U.S. Trademark 75,771,362
- ↑ U.S. Trademark 75,430,440
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". HD Radio Guide for Los Angeles
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External links
- FCC History Cards for KLVE
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Notes
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- 1975 establishments in California
- Hispanic and Latino American culture in Los Angeles
- Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
- Mass media in Los Angeles County, California
- Radio stations established in 1975
- Radio stations in Los Angeles
- Spanish-language radio stations in California
- Univision Radio Network stations