KSTN-FM
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KLVS is a radio station
broadcasting a Contemporary Christian music
format from K-LOVE
, licensed to Stockton, California
, USA. The station is currently owned by San Joaquin Broadcasting Company.
KLVS signed on the air in 1962 as KSTN-FM, carrying a full-time Classical Music
Format. The following year, they added some Regional Mexican
Music and by 1965, They dropped Classical Music
entirely and expanded the Spanish
programming with some simulcast of the Top 40 music of its AM sister Station at 1420. KSTN-FM was Mono sound from its inception in 1962 until 1996 when they went Stereo
sound.
On February 22, 2010, KSTN-FM dropped its Regional Mexican format in favor of an English-language Contemporary Christian music
format, via satellite from K-LOVE
. The station would later change its calls to KLVS in March 2010.
Radio station
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broadcasting a Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
format from K-LOVE
K-LOVE
K-LOVE is a Contemporary Christian music radio programming service in the United States operated by the Educational Media Foundation. As of January 2011, K-LOVE's programming is carried on over 440 FM stations and translators in 45 states. K-LOVE claims an audience of 250,000 people each week via...
, licensed to Stockton, California
Stockton, California
Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...
, USA. The station is currently owned by San Joaquin Broadcasting Company.
KLVS signed on the air in 1962 as KSTN-FM, carrying a full-time Classical Music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
Format. The following year, they added some Regional Mexican
Regional Mexican
Regional Mexican is a radio format for music radio, typically defined to include Banda, Ranchera, Mariachi and Norteña. It is the most popular radio format targeting Hispanic Americans in the United States....
Music and by 1965, They dropped Classical Music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
entirely and expanded the Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
programming with some simulcast of the Top 40 music of its AM sister Station at 1420. KSTN-FM was Mono sound from its inception in 1962 until 1996 when they went Stereo
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sound.
On February 22, 2010, KSTN-FM dropped its Regional Mexican format in favor of an English-language Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
format, via satellite from K-LOVE
K-LOVE
K-LOVE is a Contemporary Christian music radio programming service in the United States operated by the Educational Media Foundation. As of January 2011, K-LOVE's programming is carried on over 440 FM stations and translators in 45 states. K-LOVE claims an audience of 250,000 people each week via...
. The station would later change its calls to KLVS in March 2010.