KNVO-FM (101.1 FM, "La Suavecita 101.1") is a

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to serve

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, United States. The station is owned by

Entravision Communications Entravision Communications Corporation is an American media company based in Santa Monica, California. Entravision primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community and owns television and radio stations and outdoor media, in several of ...

. KNVO-FM broadcasts a Spanish adult hits music format to the

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area. The Entravision studios are located in

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, with the transmitter near Rio Hondo.

History

After being approved in 1989, KVPA began broadcasting April 1, 1993, from studios on

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and airing a classic rock format. It was built by Charlie Trub, who had previously built up KRIO and

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. The station was sold to Sunburst Media and then, along with three other outlets, to Entravision in a $55 million acquisition in 2000. In 2003, KVPA's rhythmic contemporary hit radio format became KNVO-FM with a Spanish-language adult contemporary format under the brand . The station was assigned the KNVO-FM

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for the second time by the

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on October 2, 2007. The station was known as until early 2018, when the station renamed itself as .

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