KKIM (1000

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) is a

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in Albuquerque, New Mexico, broadcasting a Christian talk and teaching

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. The station is owned by Robert Wilkins, through licensee Wild West Radio Corporation. National religious leaders heard on KKIM include

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, Charles Stanley, John MacArthur and

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. KKIM uses a

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system, where hosts pay a fee for their time on the air and may use their shows to seek donations to their ministries. KKIM's studios are located in Northeast Albuquerque. By day, KKIM is powered at 10,000

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s non-directional. But because

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is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A KNWN

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and

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Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

, KKIM must greatly reduce power to 53 watts at night to avoid interference. The

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tower is on Arno Street SE near the

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History

KKIM first

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the air on . The station was originally a

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, required to go off the air at sunset. Since its earliest days, it has broadcast a Christian radio format. The original owner was Christian Enterprises, Inc. In 1976, an FM station was added,

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88.3 FM. On September 23, 2014, American General Media sold KKIM and

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in Bakersfield, California, to

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-based Christian broadcaster Wilkins Radio. This gave Wilkins ownership of another station in the Albuquerque

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, along with KXKS 1190 AM. The sale was consummated on December 31, 2014, at a price of $587,500. Wilkins had briefly leased KXKS to Rock of Talk LLC which changed the format to

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on April 1, 2015. However this was discontinued in July. KXKS began

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ing KKIM until KXKS switched to Spanish-language Christian programming in September 2015.

References

External links

FCC History Cards for KKIM

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Radio stations established in 1973 1973 establishments in New Mexico

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