KVLA-FM (90.3MHz) is apublicradio station owned byAmerican Public Media Group, through its Southern California Public Radio subsidiary.Licensed toCoachella, California, it servesPalm Springs, theCoachella Valley, and surrounding areas.

KVLA-FM generallysimulcasts 89.3 FMKPCC, based inPasadena, California. It carries suchNPR shows asAll Things Considered,Morning Edition andFresh Air, along with news and features from KPCC's news department.

The 90.3 frequency in Coachella was first filed for in March 1997. A construction permit was granted in February 2003, and the call sign KBXO was selected on February 18 as its owner readied it to become a fully licensed radio station. In February 2005, the station signed on with aChristian radio format from theOasis Network; it was owned by the Creative Educational Media Corp.^[3]

The Creative Educational Media Corp. sold KBXO to American Public Media Group for $1 million in June 2008.^[4] On August 22, 2008, the Christian format was dropped and the station started acting as asatellite for KPCC. The call sign was changed toKPCV with the change in format. The call sign was changed again on October 14, 2011, to the current KVLA-FM.

• Facility details for Facility ID 85911 (KVLA-FM) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• KVLA-FM inNielsen Audio's FM station database

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