KIHC (890 AM) is a

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that is

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Arroyo Grande, California Arroyo Grande (Spanish for "Big Creek") is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 18,441 as of the 2020 census, up from 17,252 as of the 2010 Census. History The earliest inhabitants of the Arroyo Gran ...

and broadcasts to the

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and

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areas. The station is owned by Relevant Radio, Inc. and broadcasts the

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talk and teaching

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of its nationally syndicated

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network.

History

The station first signed on September 1, 2002, as KLFF. The

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station, owned by Jerry J. Collins, broadcast a

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format and was branded "K-Life". After years of financial difficulties, KLFF went off the air on November 1, 2012. Collins, who had been leasing the station to the previous management, donated the station's license to

IHR Educational Broadcasting IHR Educational Broadcasting dba Immaculate Heart Radio operates a network of radio stations in the Western United States, airing Roman Catholic religious programming. The network provides a 24-hour a day schedule consisting of call-in ta ...

. The tangible property was transferred for $1 and the station was converted to

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status. On January 1, 2013, IHR assumed control of KLFF and changed its

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to KIHC; the company's

talk and teaching format, branded Immaculate Heart Radio, began airing four days later. The donation was consummated on March 26, 2013. KIHC rebranded as

when IHR Educational Broadcasting and Starboard Media Foundation consummated their merger on July 3, 2017.

References

External links

* * Arroyo Grande, California Mass media in San Luis Obispo County, California Relevant Radio stations IHC {{California-radio-station-stub