KVLI
Radio station in Lake Isabella, California
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KVLI (1140 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Lake Isabella, California, United States. The station is owned by Danny and Kait Hill, through Hill Broadcasting, and broadcasts a Classic Country radio format known as "Outlaw Country".
- Danny Hill and Kait Hill
- (Hill Broadcasting)
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| Frequency | 1140 kHz |
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| Branding | Outlaw Country 1140 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic country |
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| History | |
First air date | July 15, 1977 |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 35857 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts (days only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°37′56″N 118°28′31″W |
| Translator | 103.7 K279CZ (Lake Isabella) |
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Public license information | |
| Website | outlawcountry1037 |
Programming is heard around the clock on FM translator K279CZ at 103.7 MHz in Lake Isabella.
History
The station signed on the air on July 15, 1977. It featured a variety format that included top 40, middle of the road (MOR), and country music.[2]
In August 2014, Robert J. Bohn and Katherine M. Bohn sold KVLI and sister station KRVQ-FM to Alta Sierra Broadcasting, LLC for $300,000.[3] However, the transaction triggered a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which held up the deal for three years. Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, licensee of KWVE-FM, alleged that a time brokerage agreement (TBA) between the sellers and Alta Sierra constituted an unauthorized transfer of control because KVLI and KRVQ-FM had no staff on premises.
The FCC agreed, levying an $8,000 fine against the Bohns in a consent decree.[4] The penalty was later reduced to $6,000, and the sale closed in July 2017.[5]
Effective July 6, 2021, Alta Sierra Broadcasting sold KVLI and the construction permit for translator K279CZ to Danny and Kait Hill's Hill Broadcasting for $25,000.
