KLXF

KLXF
Modesto, California;
Broadcast area	Central Valley
Frequency	90.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	K-Love
Programming
Format	Contemporary Christian
Subchannels	HD2: Air1 HD3: K-Love 2000's HD4: Radio Nueva Vida
Affiliations	K-Love
Ownership
Owner	Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date	1989 (as KADV)
Former call signs	KADV (1987–2016)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	43333
Class	A
ERP	1,500 watts
HAAT	38 meters (125 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°36′28″N 120°57′27″W
Translator(s)	99.5 K258AB (Modesto); 101.9 K270BE (Modesto); HD4: 102.9 MHz K275CE (Patterson)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	klove.com

KLXF (90.5 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Modesto, California. Formerly a full-time satellite of KARM in Visalia, the station is now the Modesto, CA affiliate of EMF's K-Love Christian Music network. It was previously owned by Central Valley Christian Academy, a Seventh-Day Adventist institution, but was operated by KARM owner Harvest Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement.^[2]

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This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on July 6, 1987.^[3] The new station was assigned the KADV call sign by the FCC on August 26, 1987.^[4] KADV received its license to cover from the FCC on June 6, 1989.^[5]

KADV aired a religious radio format.^[6] However, in 2011, due to financial concerns, Central Valley Christian Academy agreed to turn over KADV's operations to KARM, which is also owned by Adventist interests, under an LMA.^[2]

On November 18, 2016, Central Valley Christian Academy sold KADV to Educational Media Foundation for $225,000. On November 22, 2016, KADV changed their call letters to KLXF and on December 1, changed their format to EMF's K-Love contemporary Christian format.

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