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| Broadcast area | Portland metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 97.9MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | K-Love |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Subchannels |
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| Affiliations | K-Love |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | December 26, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-12-26) (as KFMY in Eugene) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | K-LoVePortland |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 12501 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP |
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| HAAT | 387 meters (1,270 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°29′20″N122°41′40″W / 45.48889°N 122.69444°W /45.48889; -122.69444 |
| Translator(s) | 97.5 K248BS (Newberg, relays HD2) 103.9 K279BO (Portland, relays HD3) 95.9 K240CZ (Tigard, relays HD4) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website | www www |
KLVP (97.9FM) is anon-profitradio stationlicensed toAloha, Oregon, and serving thePortland metropolitan area. The station is owned, and thebroadcast license held, by theEducational Media Foundation. It airs the nationalcontemporary Christianradio format known as "K-Love."
Thetransmitter is on SW Fairmount Court inPortland's West Hills, amid the towers for other FM and TV stations. KLVP has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 54,000watts.[2]
KLVP is considered a "move-in" station, established outside the Portland metropolitan area, but later moved in to serve the large Portlandradio market. It began inEugene, 100 miles (160 km) south of Portland. On December 26, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-12-26), the station firstsigned on asKFMY.[3]
The station was owned by a company calling itself KFMY Music, Inc. Its studios and offices were in the penthouse at the Eugene Medical Center. Initially, KFMY was powered at 3,600 watts. In the late 1960s, KFMY became aprogressive rock station and anABC FMNetwork affiliate.
In 1978, KFMY was acquired by the same company that ownedKUGN (AM 590). On August 9,1978, thecall sign was changed toKUGN-FM, and flipped to acountry music format.[4]
In 1997, Citadel Communications acquired KUGN-AM-FM. To give it a separate identity from the AM station, the call sign for the FM station was changed toKKTT on March 16,1998. The KKTT call letters matched the new “Cat Country 98” branding. In 2000, Citadel Communications was merged intoCumulus Media.
On August 15,2001, Cumulus flipped KKTT to thealternative rock format and branding formerly heard on 95.3 FM, as KKTT’s call sign becameKNRQ-FM.[5]
TheEducational Media Foundation (EMF) had acquired an FM station located about 40 miles (64 km) north of Eugene, KXPC-FM (103.7) inLebanon. With its 100,000 watt transmitter, it could be heard in the Eugene area. However, EMF wanted to have itsK-LoveContemporary Christian format heard in the larger Portland media market.
On August 31, 2012, it was announced that the Educational Media Foundation would sell KXPC-FM to Cumulus, allowing it to move its alternative station, KNRQ, to 103.7. Cumulus would then give up 97.9 so EMF could relocate that station to the suburbs of Portland.[6] On July 28, 2013, at Midnight, Cumulus moved KNRQ's programming to 103.7 FM. TheKXPC call letters were then switched to 97.9, and a new Portland-area transmitter began testing the signal on 97.9 MHz withautomated music. The swap between EMF and Cumulus was completed on August 1, 2013.[7]
KXPC-FM's former 103.7 frequency was granted aU.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)construction permit to change itscity of license toHarrisburg, and move its tower closer to Eugene.
On September 30,2013, KXPC returned to the air on 97.9 FM, withAloha as its new city of license, airing the K-Love network. On October 29, 2013, KXPC changed its call letters toKLVP.
KLVP airs EMF'sAir 1 Christian worship format on its HD2 subchannel andK-Love Classics (contemporary Christian hits from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s) on its HD3 subchannel. On May 9, 2019, KLVP-HD3 began simulcasting on translator K279BO (103.7 FM), replacing the "Legend" classic country format (which is still airing on KFBW-HD3).[8]
On July 20, 2021, KLVP-HD3/K279BO changed their format from K-Love 90s to Christian rhythmic, branded as "Boost Radio".[9]