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KLYT (88.3 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station broadcasting a Christian talk and teaching radio format, branded as "The Light." The principal station is in Albuquerque, with two FM translators and two repeaters around New Mexico. The station is owned by Calvary Chapel of Albuquerque, Inc.
KLYT has an effective radiated power of 4,100 watts. The main transmitter is atop Sandia Peak.
KLYT is the longest-running FM Christian music station in the United States. KLYT signed on the air in September 1976 with a light contemporary Christian music format under the auspices of the newly formed Christian Broadcasting Academy. The vision of CBA founders, including Rev. Raymond Franks of Albuquerque's Evangel Temple Assembly of God, Paul Lehrman as program manager, and Dave Briggs as chief engineer, was to train Christians for careers in secular and religious broadcasting.
The station went on the air with a 24 hour/7 day a week format, even though there were originally only 6- or 7-disc jockeys to man the studio. Mike Haverland, Donna Neff, Jeff Simon, Ron Parks, and John Duffy played records, made Christian message spots on 8-track cartridges and gleaned news from the Albuquerque newspapers for broadcast. In the beginning, KLYT was commercial free, and the staff was largely unpaid. During these first few months of existence, the station's broadcast range constituted only a few miles over Albuquerque's Northeast area. Early brochures showed CBA students working with television cameras and in the radio station. KLYT-FM was licensed by the FCC as a non-profit, educational outlet for CBA, and volunteers operating the station were drawn directly from its classes.
Good Friday, 1978, marked the first major turning point for the young station. A University of Texas graduate and New York City broadcaster named Victor R. Emert was introduced to the KLYT staff as the new general manager. He had recently resigned as executive director of Drug Addicts Recovery Enterprises, a local, faith-based substance abuse treatment center for heroin addicts. Among the discussion topics during Emert's introductory staff meeting was the desire by the announcers to play the growing supply of rock, country and blues-based "Jesus Music" produced by artists such as Resurrection Band, Michael Omartian, Randy Stonehill and Larry Norman. Emert enthusiastically agreed to guide them in building the station into the premier "Christian Rock" station in the country. During this period, the station also helped book live performances by bands such a Mustard Seed Faith, Parable, Keith Green, 2nd Chapter of Acts and Phil Keaggy, whose records were a staple of KLYT programming.
Within a year, the station had a new board of directors. It also had a new transmitter located high above the city on Sandia Peak, thanks to a daring one-day adventure carried out by Dave Briggs and Jeff Simon. The new transmitter expanded KLYT's listening range from 10 to 100 miles. The studios moved to new facilities on Eubank Avenue.
Over the next few years, Christian rock began to play a larger role in KLYT's playlist, culminating with the launch of the "Christian Oriented Rock" (C.O.R.) format in 1982. Under the leadership of Emert, program director, Rudy Grande and Production Director, Michael Scott (morning show host and later program director) the station emerged as an influential force on Albuquerque's local radio scenes and on the national Christian broadcasting scene. KLYT was named "Contemporary Christian Radio Station of the Year" in 1983 by the Gospel Music Association. KLYT was also viewed as a hub station between Christian artists that resided on the west coast (especially in the Orange County area in Southern California) and other Christian artists northeast of Albuquerque.
Through a partnership with Mountaintop Promotions, KLYT brought in monthly concerts by emerging Christian rock artists such as Keith Green, Randy Matthews, Daniel Amos, Petra, DeGarmo and Key, Resurrection Band and other key players in the burgeoning Christian music industry. Students at area public schools would often hear KLYT during lunchtime in the school cafeteria as it was played in rotation with popular non-religious music stations.
KLYT
KLYT (88.3 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station broadcasting a Christian talk and teaching radio format, branded as "The Light." The principal station is in Albuquerque, with two FM translators and two repeaters around New Mexico. The station is owned by Calvary Chapel of Albuquerque, Inc.
KLYT has an effective radiated power of 4,100 watts. The main transmitter is atop Sandia Peak.
KLYT is the longest-running FM Christian music station in the United States. KLYT signed on the air in September 1976 with a light contemporary Christian music format under the auspices of the newly formed Christian Broadcasting Academy. The vision of CBA founders, including Rev. Raymond Franks of Albuquerque's Evangel Temple Assembly of God, Paul Lehrman as program manager, and Dave Briggs as chief engineer, was to train Christians for careers in secular and religious broadcasting.
The station went on the air with a 24 hour/7 day a week format, even though there were originally only 6- or 7-disc jockeys to man the studio. Mike Haverland, Donna Neff, Jeff Simon, Ron Parks, and John Duffy played records, made Christian message spots on 8-track cartridges and gleaned news from the Albuquerque newspapers for broadcast. In the beginning, KLYT was commercial free, and the staff was largely unpaid. During these first few months of existence, the station's broadcast range constituted only a few miles over Albuquerque's Northeast area. Early brochures showed CBA students working with television cameras and in the radio station. KLYT-FM was licensed by the FCC as a non-profit, educational outlet for CBA, and volunteers operating the station were drawn directly from its classes.
Good Friday, 1978, marked the first major turning point for the young station. A University of Texas graduate and New York City broadcaster named Victor R. Emert was introduced to the KLYT staff as the new general manager. He had recently resigned as executive director of Drug Addicts Recovery Enterprises, a local, faith-based substance abuse treatment center for heroin addicts. Among the discussion topics during Emert's introductory staff meeting was the desire by the announcers to play the growing supply of rock, country and blues-based "Jesus Music" produced by artists such as Resurrection Band, Michael Omartian, Randy Stonehill and Larry Norman. Emert enthusiastically agreed to guide them in building the station into the premier "Christian Rock" station in the country. During this period, the station also helped book live performances by bands such a Mustard Seed Faith, Parable, Keith Green, 2nd Chapter of Acts and Phil Keaggy, whose records were a staple of KLYT programming.
Within a year, the station had a new board of directors. It also had a new transmitter located high above the city on Sandia Peak, thanks to a daring one-day adventure carried out by Dave Briggs and Jeff Simon. The new transmitter expanded KLYT's listening range from 10 to 100 miles. The studios moved to new facilities on Eubank Avenue.
Over the next few years, Christian rock began to play a larger role in KLYT's playlist, culminating with the launch of the "Christian Oriented Rock" (C.O.R.) format in 1982. Under the leadership of Emert, program director, Rudy Grande and Production Director, Michael Scott (morning show host and later program director) the station emerged as an influential force on Albuquerque's local radio scenes and on the national Christian broadcasting scene. KLYT was named "Contemporary Christian Radio Station of the Year" in 1983 by the Gospel Music Association. KLYT was also viewed as a hub station between Christian artists that resided on the west coast (especially in the Orange County area in Southern California) and other Christian artists northeast of Albuquerque.
Through a partnership with Mountaintop Promotions, KLYT brought in monthly concerts by emerging Christian rock artists such as Keith Green, Randy Matthews, Daniel Amos, Petra, DeGarmo and Key, Resurrection Band and other key players in the burgeoning Christian music industry. Students at area public schools would often hear KLYT during lunchtime in the school cafeteria as it was played in rotation with popular non-religious music stations.