KIHC (890 AM) is a

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that is

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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. 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

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