verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message klvj city encinitas california broadcast area san diego county frequency 102.1 mhz first air date january 20 1962 as kude fm april 1 1996 as kxst with the triple a format format contemporary christian music erp 30 000 watts haat 192.7 meters class b facility id 51503 callsign meaning k love j former callsigns kude fm 1962 1977 kjfm 1977 1984 kezl 1984 1986 kgmg 1 1986 10 1986 kgmg fm 1986 1991 kioz 1991 1996 kxst 1996 2002 kpri 2002 2015 affiliations k love owner educational media foundation webcast listen live website klove.com klvj is a radio station licensed to encinitas california and serves san diego county broadcasting a contemporary christian music format as an affiliate of the k love network . klvj then kpri s studios were previously located in the sorrento valley district in north san diego . until 2015 kpri was locally owned by compass radio group . both had backgrounds in the corporate side of radio and desired to create a station that was commercially viable while successful at the same time . the station was first licensed as kxst to oceanside california but is now licensed to encinitas . from 1998 through 2015 the station broadcast an adult album alternative format . on september 28 2015 it was announced that kpri would be sold to the educational media foundation pending fcc approval and the station began carrying programming from emf s k love network later that day . contents 1 history 1.1 sale to emf 2 references 3 external links history edit when it first went on the air in the 1950s at 106.5 fm the station billed itself as kpri capri by the sea a middle of the road and jazz station with studios on 5th avenue in san diego . this early version of kpri featured popular djs like rod page and george manning . kpri continued with its mor format supplemented by a progressive rock show hosted by pioneering underground disc jockey steve brown under the name ob jetty . finally in may 1968 kpri switched full time to progressive rock . the lineup included gabriel wisdom fred nurk dana jones and joe chandler . peter franklin with british accent was an early program director . later additions to the air staff included jerry lubin adrian bolt the kapusta kid and barrance q zakar . larry himmel was a dj there at that time . jim lanter air name jim lafawn was the program director from 1971 to 1973 . he later went to klos in l.a and died some time ago . in the early 1970s gerry gazlay was the station s news director . larry shushan owned the station until 1971 when it was sold to southwestern broadcasting . in 1973 kpri hired michael harrison as pd . he installed a more mainstream aor format which influenced many other stations around the country . gazlay left kpri to work as a newscaster at competitor kgb & kgb fm in 1973 . gabriel wisdom larry himmel and barrance q zakar also went to kgb . kgb fm and kpri battled for rating supremacy for all of the 1970s and into the 1980s . eventually kpri could not compete with the ratings success of kgb fm . on january 9 1984 kpri changed its call letters and format . the last song that the station played on its last evening as kpri was the end by the doors . 106.5 fm has been through several identity changes since and is now klnv . according to david tanny operator of san diego radio news the kpri that is back is basically the station that used to be kcbq fm ten years ago on 105.3 until it shifted radio transmitter locations from san diego to oceanside s 102.1 in a complex deal swap . in 2002 102.1 picked up the kpri calls when that became available . it was kxst from 1996 2002 between those times . while operating as kxst the station called itself sets 102 and its programming featured sets of two or more songs by the same artist . 1 that format was dropped with the switch to the kpri call letters in 2002 . kpri s transmission emitted a city grade signal that covered most of san diego county but due to the topography of the county there were certain areas the station served better than others . san diego s affluent north county coastal areas received the signal without interruption while areas in main san diego such as pacific beach or la jolla had degraded in home reception due to interference caused by mount soledad . previous ownership had set up rebroadcasters scattered across san diego to improve transmission of the station but because those created as many problems as they solved kpri stopped using some of them in 1997 . on february 13 2008 kpri moved its transmitter to mount soledad . in 2014 the owners turned down an 8 million offer to sell the station . from 1998 through 2015 the station operated under an adult album alternative aaa format ; being the only aaa station in san diego and one of the few stations offering the format across the entire state kpri became known for its eclectic playlist . kpri held various listener appreciation concerts hosting artists such as adele ed sheeran imagine dragons and norah jones as well as sponsoring the green flash concert series held at the birch aquarium . 2 1 sale to emf edit on the morning of september 28 2015 kpri s 20 employees were told that they had been laid off and that the station had been sold to the educational media foundation . later in the afternoon after playing bob dylan s forever young as its final song kpri flipped to contemporary christian music from emf s k love network . owner hughes explained that kpri had been a true labor of love . he stated i thank each and every one who has helped us create and sustain a truly amazing radio station . 1 hughes had noted that the independent ownership had made kpri difficult to operate profitably as other stations in the market are owned by conglomerates in clusters of multiple stations each and enjoy financial synergies as a result of their scale . 2 the sale to emf reportedly valued at 12 million was subject to approval by the fcc and was consummated on january 15 2016 . 2 1 kpri is emf s third and largest station in the greater san diego area behind klvj julian which also airs k love and kydo campo which airs sister network air1 . 2 on october 27 2015 kpri changed their call letters to klvj . references edit a b c d alt rock radio station kpri fm sold . san diego union tribune . tribune publishing . september 28 2015 . retrieved 30 september 2015 . a b c d kpri finds jesus k love christian radio format takes over kpri 102.1 fm . san diego reader . external links edit query the fcc s fm station database for klvj radio locator information on klvj query nielsen audio s fm station database for klvj v t e radio stations in the san diego california market by am frequency 600 690 740 760 910 1000 1040 1130 1170 1210 1240 1320 1360 1450 16101 by fm frequency 88.3 88.9 89.1 89.5 90.3 91.1 91.3 92.1 92.5 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 100.1 100.7 101.5 102.1 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.9 105.3 106.5 107.1 107.9 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.4 162.425 by callsign kbrt kbzt kcbq kceo kcr 1 kecr kec62 kegy kfmb kfmb fm kfsd kgb fm khts fm kioz kksm klnv klqv klsd klvj kmyi knsn knsj kogo kopa kpbs fm kpri kprz krly lp ksdw ksdo ksds kson ksoq fm kssd kssx kurs kwve fm kxsn kydo kyxy wng637 xetra fm xeww am xhitz fm xhprs fm xhrm fm xhlnc fm defunct kjqy kpln kmjc khhs lp 1 unofficial call sign of a carrier current station nearby radio markets imperial valley los angeles palm springs riverside san bernardino tijuana see also list of radio stations in california v t e k love member stations kakl kakv kbkf lp kblv kbmk kbmv fm kdkl kekl kelu kflv kgcb kgkv kglf kglv khkl khlv kikl kilv kjkl kjlv kklb kklc kklg kklj kklm kklp kklq kklt kklu kklv kklw kkly kkvo klag klbf klbv klbz klcf klcq klcx kldv klfg klfh klfs klfv klhk klhv kljk kljn kljv klka klkf klki klkm klkv kllr kllu klmd klmk klmq klnb klnq klof klon klov kloy klrh klri klrj klrm klro klrq klrs klrv klrw klrx klry klsb klsf klsk klsw kltu kluu kluw kluy klva klvb klvc klvg klvh klvj klvk klvm klvn klvp klvr klvs klvu klvw klvy klwa klwc klwo klwv klxa klxc klxd klxg klxp klxv klzv kmfc kmkl kmkv kmlr kmlt kmlv kndl kndw knkl knol kobc kokx fm kpor kqkl kqlr kqlv krkl krkm krle krlh krlp krlr krlu ksfs ktkl ktli kulv kvkl kvlb kvlk kvlp kvlr kvlt kvlw kwbi kwkl kwlr kwlu kxlv kykl kykv kylk kylr kylv kyua kyzz kzkl kzlo kzlv kzvv wakl wbkl wccc wcrr wdkl wdkv wdlv webf wekv wflv wfvl wgck fm wgkv whku whkv whvk wikl wikv wilv wjkl wjkv wjlr wjlv wkcd wkdl fm wkel wkff wkgf wkgv wkhl wkhw wkif wkiv wkiw wkjl wkln wklu wklv fm wkmv wkmy wkrt wkvb wkvc wkvf wkvh wkvj wkvk wkvn wkvo wkvp wkvu wkvv wkvw wkvy wkvz wkwv wkyf wkyj wkyp wkyv wlbw wlka wlkb wlke wlkh wlkj wlkp wlku wlkv wlrj wlrk wlsf wltk wlve wlvg wlvm wlvu wlvv wlvw wlvx wlvz wlxb wlxf wlxk wlxq wlxv wlxw wmhk wmlg wmlv wmrk fm wmsj wmxk wnga wnkl wnkv wnlt wnwt woar wokl wpff wpkv wplv wptc wqjb wqkv wrcm wshn wtcf wtkl wtlg wukv wulv wvkv wvlo wvrb wwlt wwlv wwwd wxkv wxky fm wykl wykv wylr wylv wynd fm wyng wzch wzkl wzkv wzlv news talk sports brands air america bloomberg radio espn radio espn deportes radio fox sports radio npr yahoo sports radio music brands bob fm cat country country only froggy hank fm jack fm kiss fm movin nash fm country only radio disney the fox the x religious brands afr air 1 k love coordinates 32 50 24 n 117 14 56 w 32.840 n 117.249 w 32.840 ; 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