KKLQ (FM)

KKLQ

Los Angeles, California
Broadcast area	Greater Los Angeles
Frequency	100.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Positive, Encouraging 100.3
Programming
Subchannels	Analog/HD1: Contemporary Christian HD2: Worship music (Air1) HD3: Radio Nueva Vida
Network	K-Love
Ownership
Owner	Educational Media Foundation
Sister stations	KYLA
History
First air date	July 1, 1957 (1957-07-01)
Former call signs	KMLA (1957–1965) KVXN (1965) KFOX-FM (1965–1972) KIQQ (1972–1989) KQLZ (1989–1993) KXEZ (1993–1996) KIBB (1996–1997) KCMG (1997–2001) KKBT (2001–2006) KRBV (2006–2008) KSWD (2008–2017)
Call sign meaning	K K-Love Q
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	70038
Class	B
ERP	5,400 watts
HAAT	889.0 meters (2,916.7 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	34°13′35″N 118°04′01″W / 34.2264°N 118.0670°W / 34.2264; -118.0670
Translator(s)	HD2: 91.1 K216EM (Arcadia) HD2: 91.9 K220HC (Studio City) HD2: 92.7 K224EY (San Marino) HD2: 100.7 K264AF (Guasti)
Repeater(s)	100.3 KKLQ-FM2 (Santa Clarita)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	positiveencouraging1003.com

KKLQ (100.3 MHz, "Positive, Encouraging 100.3") is a non-commercial FM radio station owned by Educational Media Foundation (EMF) and carries the contemporary Christian music format of its nationally syndicated network K-Love throughout the Greater Los Angeles area. Licensed to Los Angeles, California, KKLQ's transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson and has a booster in Santa Clarita, KKLQ-FM2 at 100.3 MHz, to extend its coverage into the Santa Clarita Valley and other areas north of Los Angeles.

From 2008 to 2017, the station broadcast a classic rock format (though it initially aired an adult album alternative format) under the brand 100.3 The Sound as KSWD. In 2017, station owner Entercom announced its merger with CBS Radio. In order to satisfy Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ownership caps, Entercom retained CBS Radio's pre-existing Los Angeles cluster but divested KSWD to EMF, who assumed control of the station on November 16, 2017, and flipped it to K-Love programming. The former broadcast studios of The Sound were located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles.

KKLQ is not affiliated with KLVE, a Spanish-language radio station which has used the name "K-Love" in the Los Angeles market continuously since 1974 and holds the trademark locally. Prior to assuming control of KKLQ, EMF reached an agreement with Univision Radio (now known as Uforia Audio Network), owner of KLVE, that allows KKLQ to use the K-Love brand on-air as part of networked content, but requires local promotion to disambiguate itself from KLVE.