Contents

KSVA

KSVA is a Christian radio station licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, named after the original Sandia View Academy campus it was founded on, broadcasting on 920 kHz AM. The station is an owned-and-operated affiliate of LifeTalk Radio.^[2]

The station began broadcasting in 1947.^[1] The station's construction permit originally held the callsign KQEA, which was changed to KOAT on September 1, 1946; the new station initially broadcast on 1450 kHz.^[3] In 1951, the station moved to 1240 kHz.^[3] In 1955, the station's callsign was changed to KQUE.^[3] In 1957, the station moved to 920 kHz.^[3] In 1958, the station's callsign was changed to KQEO.^[3]

In the 1960s and 1970s KQEO aired a Top 40 format,^[4][5] and was for a time the leading Top 40 station in Albuquerque.^[4] In the early 1980s, the station aired an adult contemporary format,^[6] and by the mid 1980s the station was airing an oldies format.^[7] In the early and mid 1990s KQEO aired a news/talk format.^[8][9] On January 23, 1995, the station's callsign was changed to KHTL.^[10] As KHTL, the station aired a "Hot Talk" format.^[11]

LifeTalk Radio acquired the station in 2000, in a station swap with Citadel Communications, in which LifeTalk Radio received this station and $5 million in cash, in exchange for Albuquerque's AM 610.^[12] On April 17, 2000, the station's callsign was changed to KSVA.^[10]

• KSVA Radio's website
• FCC History Cards for KSVA
• LifeTalk Radio's website

• KSVA in the FCC AM station database
• KSVAinNielsen Audio's AM station database