KHFM

KHFM
City Santa Fe, New Mexico
Broadcast area Santa Fe, Albuquerque and northern New Mexico
Branding Classical 95.5 KHFM
Slogan Life sounds better here
Frequency 95.5 MHz
Translator(s) 95.9 K240CN (Ruidoso)
103.1 K276ED (Roswell)
106.3 K292FW (Taos)
First air date August 15, 1965 (as KSNM)
Format Classical music
ERP 17,500 watts
HAAT 546 meters
Class C1
Facility ID 52813
Callsign meaning K Highland Frequency Modulation
Former callsigns KSNM (1965-1982)
KNYN (1982-1997)
KBFG (1997-1998)
KMMG (1998-2001)[1]
Owner KHFM Community Partners
(The American General Media Foundation)
Webcast Listen Live
Website khfm.org

KHFM is a non-commercial FM radio station based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America and licensed to Santa Fe. Its broadcasts are primarily of classical music, with frequent selections drawn from musical theatre, interspersed among the classical pieces. Its main broadcast is on 95.5 MHz licensed to Santa Fe. Its broadcasts are also passed through several repeater stations to extend its range, and in addition, are available on-line by way of the station's web site (see following section). Its studios are located in Northeast Albuquerque and the transmitter tower is located west of Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Translators
  • K240CN 95.9 FM Ruidoso, New Mexico
  • K276ED 103.1 FM Roswell, New Mexico
  • K292FW 106.3 FM Taos, New Mexico

History

KHFM was started in November 1954 as a hobby of two teachers at Highland High School, broadcasting at 96.3. It was the first commercial FM station in Albuquerque.[2] It had been locally operated until 1996, when it was sold to Citadel Broadcasting. Citadel would continue to run the classical format on 96.3 for about five years until March 2001, when they had planned to drop the format in favor of classic rock. American General Media had agreed to pick up the format for 95.5, with Citadel continuing to handle sales via a joint sales agreement until 2005.[3] At the end of that year, the station would be relayed on translator K275AO at 102.9 to improve coverage in the eastern part of the city.[4] This lasted until 2013, when AGM had opted to use the translator to broadcast KARS.

In 2008, KHFM won the New Mexico governors award for excellence in the arts.[5] At the same time American General Media had laid off many of the station's long-time staff with family members of company ownership taking over programming.[6]

On June 14, 2017, AGM announced that it will donate KHFM to KHFM Community Partners, a non-profit organization that plans to convert the station to a non-commercial status and retain the Classical format, as part of a deal where AGM will acquire Univision's entire Albuquerque cluster, but must spin off four stations to meet ownership limits.[7] The license was modified on September 1, 2017. Previously, KHFM had been one of the few commercial classical stations in the United States.[8]

Past formats on 95.5

Call letters Format Name Time period
KSNM Easy listening Soft Loft 95.5 1965-1982
KNYN Country "Canyon Country" 1982-1997
KBFG Country "Froggy 95.5" 1997-1998
KMMG Rhythmic oldies "Mega 95-5" 1998-2001

References

  1. ↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=52813&Callsign=KHFM52813
  2. ↑ E211
  3. ↑ https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2005/09/12/daily8.html
  4. ↑ https://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/414439metro12-08-05.htm
  5. ↑ http://artsawards.newmexicoculture.org/search.php?view=detail&id=238
  6. ↑ https://www.insidethearts.com/scanningthedial/khfm-disenchantment-in-the-land-of-enchantment/
  7. ↑ "American General Media Acquires Univision Albuquerque; Spins Four" from Radio Insight (June 14, 2017)
  8. ↑ http://acrnewsfeed.blogspot.com/2017_06_11_archive.html

Coordinates: 35°46′48″N 106°31′41″W / 35.780°N 106.528°W / 35.780; -106.528


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