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| Broadcast area | Palm Springs, California |
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| Frequency | 105.1MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | K-Love |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Subchannels | HD2:KHCS simulcast HD3:Radio Nueva Vida HD4:CSN International |
| Affiliations | K-Love |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| KHCS | |
| History | |
First air date | December1996 (as KYHT at 105.3) |
Former call signs | KNKG (1992) KYHT (1992–2002) KJAT (2002–2003) KRSX-FM (2003–2014) KQCM (2014–2015) KVGH (2015–2016) KVGH-FM (2016–2017) |
Former frequencies | 105.3 MHz (1992–2014) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2316 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,050watts |
| HAAT | 175 meters (574 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°51′55.3″N116°26′12.8″W / 33.865361°N 116.436889°W /33.865361; -116.436889 |
| Translators | |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | klove.com |
KLXB (105.1FM) is anon-commercialradio station that islicensed toBermuda Dunes, California and broadcasts to thePalm Springsradio market in theCoachella Valley. The station is owned byEducational Media Foundation and airs that company'scontemporary Christianradio format known as "K-Love". KLXB is also heard on atranslator station,K247CL (97.3 MHz) inIndio, California.
The station first signed on in December 1996 as KYHT, originally broadcasting on 105.3 MHz andlicensed toYermo, California.[2] Owned by Antelope Broadcasting, itsimulcastKAVS inMojave and itstop 40 music format, branded as "Hot 97". When KAVS dropped top 40 in favor of amodern rock format, KYHT and KAVS rebranded as "High Desert Modern Rock 97.7 & 105.3".
In September 1998, Antelope sold its three stations — KYHT, KAVS, andKAVL — toJacor Communications for $4 million.[3] Jacor would be purchased byClear Channel Communications the following year. KAVS and KYHT dropped their modern rock programming and began simulcasting the top 40 format of sister stationKIIS-FM (102.7 FM) in Los Angeles part-time as "97.7 & 105.3 KIIS-FM". In the early days of Jacor/Clear Channel ownership, KYHT/KAVS featured local programming hosted by Chester The Arrester and held many on-air events in the Antelope Valley andBarstow areas. In early 1999, KYHT went off the air due to a windstorm that caused the transmitter building to buckle and become airborne; the station returned to the air after three days.
The grouping ofKIIS-FM (102.7 FM) in Los Angeles,KIIS (1220 AM) inSanta Clarita,[4] KAVS (97.7 FM) in the Antelope Valley, KYHT (105.3 FM) in Barstow/Victor Valley, andKFMS (101.9 FM) in Las Vegas created nearly continuous coverage of KIIS-FM between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. However, KFMS in Las Vegas was branded as "KISS" instead of "KIIS".
Following the Jacor/Clear Channel merger of 1999, KYHT moved its operations to 300 E. Grace Street in Barstow. The station began identifying as "105.3 KIIS-FM" and dropped KAVS's local programming, instead airing a localmodern rock-intensive top 40 music format on weekends.
In 2001, KYHT became a part of Clear Channel's Victor Valley cluster and began simulcastingKZXY-FM (102.3 FM), airing ahot adult contemporary music format full-time as "Y 102 & 105". This flip promptedKWID in Las Vegas to drop its simulcast of KIIS-FM and switch to all-local programming. The building where 105.3 KIIS-FM's local studio in Barstow resided became a factory for Hydropedes Glycerin-filled insoles, and later a church.
In 2002, KYHT changed itscall letters to KJAT and began simulcastingKATJ-FM (100.7), broadcasting acountry music format branded as "Cat Country 100.7 & 105.3". In 2004, KJAT adopted the KRSX-FM call sign, airing anoldies music formatsyndicated byJones Radio Network with the branding "Cruisin' Oldies 105.3".
In July 2007, KRSX-FM was one of 16 stations in California and Arizona which Clear Channel sold to El Dorado Broadcasters for $40 million.[5]
On December 7, 2009, El Dorado took KRSX-FMsilent in anticipation of a relocation toTwentynine Palms, California, citing a lack of listenership and revenue in the Barstow area.[6] In June 2010, the company sold the station to S & H Broadcasting for $100,000.[7] KRSX-FM returned to the air November 14, 2011, broadcasting to the Twentynine Palms area with a hybridtalk/sports format as "Talk 105.3".[8]
On January 1, 2014, KRSX-FM adopted the KQCM call letters andcontemporary hit radio format of a station on 95.5 FM in Twentynine Palms (nowKCLZ). With the move, the station rebranded as "KQ 105.3".
KQCM went silent once again on July 1, 2014. On June 5, 2015, KQCM changed its community of license toNorth Shore, California to serve thePalm Springs market. Its frequency also changed from 105.3 FM to 105.1 FM. Two weeks later, on June 19, KQCM changed its call sign to KVGH. After brieflystunting with Christmas music, on July 1, the station finally returned to the air with aclassic hits format and the branding "Valley 105.1".[9][10] The call letters changed again to KVGH-FM on February 23, 2016.
On November 3, 2016, S & H Broadcasting sold KVGH-FM toEducational Media Foundation (EMF) for $1.125 million. EMF intended to flip the station toK-Love, its nationally syndicatedChristian adult contemporary radio network, as a simulcast ofKLVR inMiddletown, California. The classic hits format remained on the station in the meantime and was simulcast onKVGH (AM) (1270 AM), for which S & H held aconstruction permit for newtranslator K293CL (106.5 FM) inThousand Palms.[11] On December 15, KVGH-FM's city of license changed toBermuda Dunes, California.
The sale closed on January 31, 2017,[12] at which point it changed call letters to KLXB, dropped its classic hits format, and began stunting. This lasted until February 27, when KLXB began broadcasting contemporary Christian music as K-Love.
KLXB broadcasts inHD Radio with four digital subchannels: