KKIM-FM is a commercial radio station

Radio station

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 located in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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, broadcasting to the Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...

 area. KKIM-FM airs religious programming simulcasted from KKIM-AM 1000 in Albuquerque.

History

The station (formerly KBOM) has had numerous formats in recent years from the long-running "K-Bomb" oldies

Oldies

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 format that had relocated from 106.7 FM KZNM (now KDLW) after it was sold in late 2000, to Rhythmic Top 40 as "The Bomb" from 2002-2004, smooth jazz

Smooth jazz

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 in 2004-2005, and simulcasting the news and talk format from sister station KAGM-FM

KAGM

KAGM is a commercial radio station located in Los Lunas, New Mexico, broadcasting to the Albuquerque, New Mexico area on 106.3 FM. KAGM airs a Rhythmic contemporary music format branded as "Power 106" and features a Hip-Hop leaning direction....

 106.3 in Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico

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. In September 2006 listeners were asked to vote for the new format on a website that had been set up after the KAGM simulcast was discontinued. The result would be "High Altitude Rock" a mix of classic rock

Classic rock

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, alternative

Alternative rock

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, and adult album alternative

Adult album alternative

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 aimed at outdoor enthusiasts. The format was planned to move to KVSF-FM

KVSF-FM

KVSF-FM is a radio station in Pecos, New Mexico, broadcasting to the Santa Fe, New Mexico, area.KVSF-FM is owned by Hutton Broadcasting and shifted to the "Project 101.5" branding on July 1, 2007. The format consists of rock and pop music from 1965 to today. Its modern selections include rock...

101.5 which was purchased by Hutton Broadcasting but had instead changed to "Project 101.5".

On June 29, 2007, 94.7 became KKIM-FM with a religious format.