KJLV (97.7

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) is a non-commercial FM

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licensed to

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, owned by the

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. Its transmitter is located near Cupertino, California. It is the San Jose affiliate for the

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religious network. No local programming originates from the station, and it carries network programming full-time. KJLV's transmitter is located near

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. KJLV broadcasts in

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History

97.7 FM signed on the air on October 1, 1960 as KPGM. The station picked up the KPEN callsign in 1970 after they were dropped by KIOI in 1968. The callsign was changed to KLZE (Classy FM) in October 1984. In January 1988, 97.7 became KHQT ("Hot 97.7"), with a Rhythmic Top 40 format. They became very popular in the South Bay, competing with mainstream Top 40 station KWSS during its first few years. The format continued until August 7, 1995, when the station was sold to Susquehanna Radio and turned into a simulcast of KFOG as KFFG. Susquehanna was acquired by Cumulus Media in 2006. On February 16, 2017, KFFG filed an application for a

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to change the

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to San Jose. The application was accepted for filing on February 17, 2017. However, the station still maintains Los Altos as its city of license. On February 13, 2019, Cumulus Media announced it would sell 6 stations, including KFFG, to the Educational Media Foundation for $103.5 million, indicating that the KFFG will become a CCM station. EMF announced that the station will join their K-Love network upon the sale's closure. The sale was approved on May 13, and the deal closed at the end of the month. At 7:00 p.m. on May 31, 2019, after playing "High Hopes" by

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, the simulcast broke and KFFG flipped to CCM programming, joining K-Love. As part of the format change, KFFG's callsign became KJLV, which was transferred from a K-Love affiliate in Arkansas.

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