KVBV (1450 AM) was a radio station

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, United States. The station, which operated from 1986 to 2024, was last owned by High Plains Radio Network, LLC. KVBV broadcast a

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format.

History

The beginning

This station received its original

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from the

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on March 5,

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. The new station was assigned the KDMN

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by the FCC on April 10, 1986. KDMN received its license to cover from the FCC on September 29, 1986. In August 1987, Buena Vista Broadcasters reached an agreement to sell this station to Robert D. & Marjorie M. Zellmer. The deal was approved by the FCC on September 15, 1987, and the transaction was consummated on October 21, 1987.

The 1990s

In January 1989, Robert D. & Marjorie M. Zellmer, reached an agreement to sell this station to Randall S. & Dorothy J. Jacobson. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 16, 1989, and the transaction was consummated on April 10, 1989. In December 1989, Randall S. & Dorothy J. Jacobson applied to transfer the broadcast license for KDMN to the Alpine Broadcasting Corporation. The transfer was approved by the FCC on March 21, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on May 16, 1990. In October 1995, Alpine Broadcasting Corporation reached an agreement to sell this station to Rocky Mountain Radio Network, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 6, 1996, but the deal was never consummated and control of KDMN remained with Alpine. In September 1997, Alpine Broadcasting Corporation reached a new agreement to sell this station, this time to Pilgrim Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 11, 1997, and the transaction was consummated on May 18, 1998.

Change to KSKE

The station was assigned new

KSKE on September 9, 2004. The change accompanied a format change to business

. In December 2008, Pilgrim Communications, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Rocky Mountain Radio, LLC. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 26, 2009, but was never consummated. Effective June 5, 2017, Pilgrim Communications sold KSKE to High Plains Radio Network, LLC for $35,000. The call letters were changed to KVBV on June 25, 2020. The KVBV license was canceled on May 5, 2025, as the station had been silent for a year.

God's phone number

In May 2003, KDMN and its Radio Colorado Network

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s became a target of

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s when the

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'' revealed God's phone number in several scenes. The number, 776–2323, was coincidentally the same as the station group's call center and several other people across the United States. The station group turned the unexpected attention into a contest with callers asked "what they would say to God" if it were actually possible to call him on the telephone.

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{{AM station data, 1153, KVBV VBV Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1986 1986 establishments in Colorado Radio stations disestablished in 2025 2025 disestablishments in Colorado VBV Chaffee County, Colorado