IHR Educational Broadcasting dba Immaculate Heart Radio operated a network of

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s that aired

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. The network provided a 24-hour a day schedule consisting of call-in

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, interviews and broadcasts of the

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. Hosts periodically asked for financial donations to fund the network and the operation of its stations. Immaculate Heart Radio's headquarters were located in Loomis, California. This location also served as its main broadcasting studio, where programming and production work was done for the stations within the network. The organization got its name from the Catholic devotion to the

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. In October 2016, Immaculate Heart Radio and another Catholic radio network,

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, announced plans to merge operations. Immaculate Heart Radio served the

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and had more than 30 stations in

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and

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, including 930 KHJ

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, 1260

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, 1000

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and 1310 KIHP Phoenix. Relevant Radio's network was based mostly in the

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and

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. The merger was consummated on June 30, 2017; all the station licenses were assigned to Immaculate Heart Media, Inc., while the Relevant Radio name became the on-air branding for the network going forward.Relevant Radio Immaculate Heart Radio Complete Merger
/ref> The corporate name was changed to Relevant Radio, Inc. in February 2020.

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Current official website

Archive of original website

Archived photo of front desk

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