KVLP is a non-commercial, educational FM broadcasting station, authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on 101.5 MHz. With one hundred watts (yes, like a light-bulb) and a fifty-five foot tall antenna, we expect to reach about six miles and up to 40,000 households. We applied to the FCC in May 2000, along with thousands of nonprofit organizations. UNIVERSAL LIFE CHURCH, FOODLINK F
OR TULARE COUNTY, and KIWANIS CLUB OF WEST VISALIA will be offering interesting and unique programming, as KVLP presents local information from truly local sources. A permit to construct the station was granted in October 2003, and a minor modification to the original conditions has been approved by the FCC in April 2004. The station began operating under automatic program test authority on February 26, 2005. KVLP-LP received its full eight-year license from the FCC on December 3, 2005. Many want to know what "format" we are, as if some corporate media giant from Texas or New York controls us all, including what we see and hear via our public airwaves. Simply put, we're too big to stop. We are the only Visalia station: not only our license, but our antenna, transmitter, underwriting supporters, and volunteers. We cannot be bought, sold, or traded. We are not "Little Fresno", we are in the midst of the Garden of Eden. How it all evolves depends quite a bit on you and your and your families, friends, and neighbors. When you listen, tell us what you think and what you'd like that isn't available elsewhere. And we'll be listening, too.sewhere.� And we'll be listening, too.
