KVLR (92.5

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licensed to

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, and serving the

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. It is owned by the

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as the Austin

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for EMF's

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radio network, airing its Christian

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format. It does not carry commercials, instead making on-air appeals for contributions. The station also has two translators at 92.1 FM in

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and 92.9 FM in Del Valle. In the Austin area, Air1 programming is also heard on 92.1 KYLR in Hutto. KVLR broadcasts using

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carries programming from

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network.

History

The station first

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the air in . The station started as KKLB ("Club 92") with a

contemporary hits format. In the early 2000s, KKLB switched to Spanish Oldies as La Lupe 92.5 FM, but kept the KKLB

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. On February 23, 2007, the call letters were changed from KKLB to KXXS as part of a format switch to Spanish pop-formatted "Digital 92.5". "La Lupe" moved to

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. Digital 92.5 lasted until November 2, 2009. The format changed formats to

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ing KTTX 104.9 FM. On November 30, 2009, KXXS split from the KTTX simulcast and changed formats to

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, with programming from

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's "

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." On August 15, 2011, KXXS began simulcasting its oldies sound on 98.9 FM, KXBT. On September 3, 2011, the True Oldies format ended on KXXS, switching top KXBT. KXXS switched to Spanish-language sports as an

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affiliate. On July 2, 2012, the station again changed its call sign, this time to KVLR and changed to EMF's

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format as a result of a sale to Educational Media Foundation. The sale to EMF was consummated on October 17, 2012, at a purchase price of $750,000. KVLR also began broadcasting EMF's Air1 Christian Worship format on its HD2

. On November 1, 2020, EMF switched the K-Love format to newly acquired

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105.9 FM and moved Air1 programming to the primary channel on 92.5 FM.

References

External links

Digital 92.5 gets a simulcast on 104.9La Lupe Goes Digital
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