KLVZ (810 AM) is “Legends,” playing oldies and adult standards from the 50s to the early 80s, but it spent most of its life as a Christian station. If you grew up on the standards your parents played, this one is for you.
History
It signed on April 26, 1956, as KHIL, a daytime-only middle-of-the-road music station on 800 kHz licensed to Brighton. It turned Christian as KBRN in 1969, and was named KLTT, “K-Light,” in 1982. Crawford Broadcasting paid $700,000 for it in 1993. Crawford moved the KLTT religious format to its new 670 signal in 1996 and renamed 800 KLDC, playing gospel. In February 2006, it moved to 810 and finally got to stay on at night. By 2010, it was Spanish-language Christian radio as KLVZ.
It went silent August 1, 2011, came back in October 2016 with adult standards and oldies, and on April 13, 2020, added a 95.3 FM translator and rebranded as “Legends.”
Call sign timeline
- KHIL: 1956 to 1969
- KBRN: 1969 to 1982
- KLTT: 1982 to 1996
- KLDC: 1996 to 2007
- KLVZ: 2007 to present
The signal
- 810 kHz AM (800 kHz until 2006), licensed to Brighton, Colorado
- FM translators at 94.3 and 95.3
- Branding: Legends 95.3 FM, 810 AM
- FCC facility ID 35089
Sources
STATION FILE
FROM THE TIMELINE
Moments in KLVZ-AM History
KHIL 800 signs on in Brighton
April 26, 1956 — KHIL signed on at 800 kHz from Brighton as a daytime-only middle-of-the-road music station. The frequency later became Christian KBRN and KLTT and is known today as KLVZ “Legends” 810.
Crawford Broadcasting buys KLTT 800
1993 — Crawford Broadcasting bought Brighton's Christian station KLTT on 800 AM for $700,000, the start of a Crawford Denver group that now includes KLTT 670, KLDC 1220, KLVZ 810 and KLZ 560.
KLTT moves to 50,000-watt 670 AM
April 5, 1996 — Crawford Broadcasting's new 670 AM station, on the air since early in the year as KLDC, became KLTT, taking over the Christian format from 800 AM, which became KLDC. The 50,000-watt daytime signal covers both Denver and Colorado Springs.
KLVZ 810 goes silent, returns as an oldies station in 2016
August 1, 2011 — KLVZ 810, then a Spanish-language Christian station, went off the air. It came back in October 2016 playing adult standards and oldies, and on April 13, 2020, added a 95.3 FM translator and became “Legends.”
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