KLVM (88.9
MHz) is an
FM radio station broadcasting a
Contemporary Christian music
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format
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. Licensed to
Santa Cruz, California,
United States, the station is an affiliate of the
K-LOVE Christian music radio network and is owned by
Educational Media Foundation
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EMF is the parent company of K-LOVE and Air1—the world's largest ...
. The signal covers much of California's Central Coast.
Pataphysical Broadcasting Foundation, 1972
David Freedman
and
Lorenzo Milam started KUSP, as ''Pataphysical Broadcasting Foundation, Inc.'' on 89.1 MHz in 1972, broadcasting from downtown
Santa Cruz. In May 1974, it moved the transmitter to the much higher Mt. Toro, increased power from 10 watts to 1,250 watts
ERP and changed
frequency from 89.1 to 88.9 MHz.
It broadcast music, programs of local interest and later added programs from
NPR.
On November 1, 2015, the format changed to
adult album alternative, with a few news and information programs.
On August 1, 2016, KUSP ceased programming and on August 12 declared bankruptcy.
KUSP.org Files for Bankruptcy
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Educational Media Foundation, 2016
On December 19, 2016, Educational Media Foundation filed an application with the FCC to purchase the license for $605,000. The application was granted on February 6, 2017, and the purchase was consummated on March 16, 2017.
Educational Media Foundation resumed operation of KUSP on April 5, 2017. On April 5, 2017, it filed applications with the FCC to sell the licenses of the K207CN, K217EK and K237EV translators to California State University, Monterey Bay (owner of KAZU Kazu is a Japanese given name for both sexes. Notable people with the name include:
*, wife of 14th shōgun Tokugawa Iemochi
*, Japanese footballer, often called Kazu
*, Japanese swimmer
*, Japanese Paralympic athlete
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) for $5,000. The applications were consummated on June 30, 2017, and July 7, 2017.
On April 21, 2017, KUSP was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit
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to move the transmitter site of translator K206BQ .708 miles to Fremont Peak and decrease the effective radiated power from 200 watts to 150 watts. The station changed its call sign to KLVM on January 22, 2018. KLVM broadcasts 1 HD subchannel on 88.9 HD2 airing the K-Love Classics
K-Love Classics was a Christian classic hits radio network owned by Educational Media Foundation (EMF) and was carried over FM stations, translators, and HD subchannels in the United States. Such stations include WAIW 88.1 in Wheaton, Illinois ...
format.
References
External links
K-LOVE website
FCC History Cards for KLVMKUSP history by Don Mussell
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LVM
Radio stations established in 1972
1972 establishments in California
Educational Media Foundation radio stations
K-Love radio stations
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