KVIP
{{short description|Radio station in Redding, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station dual
| name1 = KVIP
| name2 = KVIP-FM
| city1 = Redding, California
| country = US
| frequency1 = {{Frequency|540|kHz}}
| frequency2 = {{Frequency|98.1|MHz}}
| branding =
| power1 = {{ubl|2,500 watts (day)|14 watts (night)}}
| coordinates1 = {{coord|40|37|25|N|122|16|49|W|}}
| facility_id2 = 51183
| class2 = C
| erp2 = 30,000 watts
| haat2 = {{convert|521|m|ft|sp=us}}
| coordinates2 = {{coord|40|39|18|N|122|31|21|W|}}
| translator = See {{section link||Translators}}
| format = Christian radio
| callsign_meaning = "Very Important People of Northern California", first used by channel 7{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95067592/yes-you-are-important/|date=May 2, 1956|page=2|title=Yes, You are Important|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216064106/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95067592/yes-you-are-important/|url-status=live}}
| owner = Pacific Cascade Communications
| airdate1 = {{start date|1957|12|19}}
| webcast = [http://www.christiannetcast.com/listen/player.asp?station=kvip Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.kvip.org/ kvip.org]
| licensing_authority = FCC
| airdate2 = {{start date|1975}}
| facility_id1 = 51177
| class1 = D
}}
KVIP and KVIP-FM are Christian radio stations in Redding, California, United States, broadcasting at 540 kHz on the AM band and 98.1 MHz on the FM band. The FM station's programming is also carried on a regional network of transmitters and translators in far northern California and southern Oregon, including three high-power stations: KNDZ (89.3 MHz) in McKinleyville, California, covering Eureka; KMWR (90.7 MHz) in Brookings, Oregon; and KGRV (700 kHz), an AM station serving Roseburg, Oregon, that generates its own funding.
KVIP has operated with a Christian format since January 1970. Prior to then, it was a commercial station between 1958 and 1969.
History
=Commercial station (1958–1969)=
The Shasta Broadcasting Corporation was granted a construction permit to build a new radio station at 540 kHz in Redding on December 12, 1956.{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=45353 |title= History Cards for KVIP|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards) Shasta Broadcasting was associated with Shasta Telecasters, which had put KVIP-TV channel 7 on the air on August 1 of that year.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95067690/kvip-ready-to-go/|date=July 31, 1956|page=1|title=KVIP Ready To Go|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216064202/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95067690/kvip-ready-to-go/|url-status=live}} The radio station entered into service on December 19, 1957, broadcasting with 1,000 watts during daytime hours only.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95067807/redding-gets-new-radio-station/|date=December 19, 1957|page=2|title=Redding gets new radio station|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216064107/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95067807/redding-gets-new-radio-station/|url-status=live}}
In 1965, KVIP moved to new studios on Radio Lane which had been previously occupied by station KVCV, which had built new facilities for itself.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95069824/kvip-radio-station-changes-studios/|date=April 17, 1965|page=15|first=Jim|last=McLain|title=KVIP radio station changes studios|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216064107/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95069824/kvip-radio-station-changes-studios/|url-status=live}} By that time, the television station had been sold, and instead, the firm had purchased a TV station in Fresno, KJEO-TV, and an ice rink.{{r|Reco650417}} On April Fool's Day 1966, KVIP and KAHR (1330 AM) engaged in a prank by which the two stations switched signals for the day; lines were run between the two stations to allow them to broadcast each other's programming. Callers flooded both stations' switchboards, one even thinking the stunt was a "John Birch Society plot", as the event led to what KVIP manager Donald Chamberlain termed "mass confusion".{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95060734/redding-radio-stations-pull-april-fools/|date=April 2, 1966|page=5|title=Redding radio stations pull April Fools' joke|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216064108/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95060734/redding-radio-stations-pull-april/|url-status=live}}
Two years later, however, KAHR would have a major impact on the history of KVIP beyond a one-day prank. In early 1968, KAHR was placed into bankruptcy and sold at auction. The buyer was Carl McConnell, who, in addition to being a shareholder in Shasta Broadcasting, owned KVIQ-TV channel 6 in Eureka with his wife, Leah, through the California Northwest Broadcasting Company. That firm paid $55,000 for KAHR's assets;{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95061952/station-kahr-is-sold/|date=February 16, 1968|page=1|title=Station KAHR is sold|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216064107/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95061952/station-kahr-is-sold/|url-status=live}} McConnell pledged to divest himself of his shares in Shasta.{{r|Reco680517}} That May, several KVIP staffers left the station to work for KAHR.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95061206/kvip-staff-replaces-employes-at-kahr/|date=May 17, 1968|page=9|title=KVIP staff replaces employes at KAHR|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216064108/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95061206/kvip-staff-replaces-employes-at-kahr/|url-status=live}}
Carl and Leah McConnell sold their stock in Shasta Broadcasting to its other shareholders, and as a result, the other investors opted to put KVIP on the market.{{r|Reco681017}} The Bethel Church of Redding obtained an option to purchase the station for between $50,000 and $60,000, proposing a religious format.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95061394/redding-church-may-buy-radio-station-kvi/|date=October 11, 1968|page=1|first=Gail|last=Hayes|title=Redding church may buy radio station KVIP|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216064109/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95061394/redding-church-may-buy-radio-station/|url-status=live}} It was unable to raise the funds needed to buy the station, however, and two buyers—one from Eugene, Oregon, and another from Fresno—visited Redding to scout out a potential purchase.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95062324/kvip-has-two-parties-that-want-to-buy-ra/|date=October 17, 1968|page=23|title=KVIP has two parties that want to buy radio station|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216064110/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95062324/kvip-has-two-parties-that-want-to-buy/|url-status=live}}
On January 17, 1969, Shasta opted to discontinue operations of KVIP and its adult contemporary format{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95061458/am-programming-offers-variety/|date=August 23, 1968|page=Welcome Edition 49|title=AM programming offers variety|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216064110/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95061458/am-programming-offers-variety/|url-status=live}} after no buyer surfaced.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95062190/kvip-quits/|date=January 18, 1969|page=14|title=KVIP quits|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216064110/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95062190/kvip-quits/|url-status=live}} With the station silent, there was some interest by local schools in purchasing the station for use as an educational broadcast outlet on a noncommercial basis.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95062236/darby-sees-kvip-as-educational-radio-sta/|date=February 26, 1969|page=4|first=Anne|last=Peterson|title=Darby sees KVIP as educational radio station|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216064111/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95062236/darby-sees-kvip-as-educational-radio/|url-status=live}}
=Reborn as a Christian station=
In June 1969, a group of churchmen incorporated as Northern California Communications Corporation reached a deal to purchase KVIP from Shasta and its associated equipment from McConnell.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95062361/faithand-moneyrevive-reddings-dormant/|date=June 7, 1969|page=4|title=Faith—and money—revive Redding's dormant KVIP|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022}} The group included representation from several local Christian churches. The FCC approved of the transfer that December,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95071058/religious-station-given-fcc-approval-on/|date=December 8, 1969|page=17|title=Religious station given FCC approval, on air soon|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022}} and KVIP returned to the air on January 4, 1970, from new studios in Enterprise.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95062455/kvip-sound-will-be-added/|date=January 3, 1970|page=4|title=KVIP: sound will be added|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022}} When the station held a fundraising drive that June, it received gifts from as far as Sacramento and Modesto.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95071129/radio-praise-a-thon-money-gifts-help/|date=June 27, 1970|page=4|first=Jon|last=Goddard|title=Radio 'Praise-a-thon': Money gifts help KVIP|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022}} Some of its programming in the early years came from Family Radio,{{r|Reco690607}} though this was eliminated in the early 1980s.{{r|godtalk}}
The reincarnation of KVIP as a Christian radio station was seen as ironic by some of its supporters. Under Shasta and station manager Donald Chamberlain, the station was known for sometimes controversial editorial and talk show programs.{{r|Reco690607}} Royal Blue, a pastor who was one of the founding associates in the station's relaunch, noted in a 2012 newspaper article that these editorials regularly spurred the ire of the women that attended his Wednesday night prayer meetings, who in turn began praying for the station to go off the air.{{cite news|url=https://www.redbluffdailynews.com/2012/02/25/god-talk-kvip-christian-radio-turns-41/|title=God Talk: KVIP Christian radio turns 41|first=Jay|last=Nelson|work=Red Bluff Daily News|date=February 25, 2012|access-date=February 15, 2022}}
In October 1974, the FCC granted Northern California Communications Corporation another construction permit, this one to build an FM station on 98.1 MHz.{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=78412 |title= History Cards for KVIP-FM|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards) KVIP-FM, which started in 1975, broadcast a split program due to the FM Non-Duplication Rule, which limited the amount of programming the two frequencies could share.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95071273/kvip-radio-broadcasts-the-christian-mess/|date=May 13, 1978|page=8, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95071339/ 9]|first=John|last=Lucero|title=KVIP Radio broadcasts the Christian message|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022}} It was also the only FM service in the area when it started, as several other stations had been established but failed to take root.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95071438/fm-station-heads-for-redding/|date=October 21, 1978|page=2|title=FM station heads for Redding|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022}} In 1978, the first FM translator was set up: K240AG (95.9 FM), bringing the KVIP signal to Nubieber.{{r|Reco780513}}
In January 1979, vandals damaged the KVIP tower. The station attempted to move its facilities to the Churn Creek Bottom area, but the Shasta County Board of Supervisors ruled that a broadcast tower could not be placed in a light agricultural area, so it instead sought and received approval to replace its former {{convert|325|ft|m|adj=on|sp=us}} mast with a new {{convert|450|ft|m|adj=on|sp=us}} tower.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95071541/city-oks-new-tower-for-kvip/|date=May 8, 1980|page=21|title=City OKs new tower for KVIP|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022}} By 1989, there were twelve translators in service, and KVIP had begun operating KGRV in the Roseburg area; at this time, the station aired a mix of primarily local daytime programming and evening shows produced by Moody Radio; the parent corporation had changed its name to the present Pacific Cascade moniker.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95071865/kvip-banquet-to-celebrate-20-years-of-mi/|date=April 22, 1989|page=C-9|first=Bob|last=Phillips|title=KVIP banquet to celebrate 20 years of ministering Word on radio|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022}} Among the most popular programs was the station's ministry to shut-ins; the station solicited cards and letters of encouragement from its listeners to send to the homebound.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95072039/shut-ins-get-cards-prayers-to-lift-spir/|date=January 4, 1992|page=B-6|first=Bob|last=Phillips|title=Shut-ins get cards, prayers to lift spirits|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022}}
In 1992, KVIP raised funds to acquire a {{convert|30|acre|adj=on}} plot of land so it could own its own transmitter site.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95072095/listeners-can-make-shareathon-encouragin/|date=May 16, 1992|page=C-6|first=Bob|last=Phillips|title=Listeners can make shareathon encouraging tune for KVIP engineers|newspaper=Record Searchlight|location=Redding, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2022}}
In 2024, KVIP moved from its longtime studios on Hartnell Avenue (which building had changed ownership) to a new facility located on Lake Blvd. near the former KGEC facility.
Translators
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||
| Call sign
! data-sort-type="number" | Frequency ! State ! class="unsortable" | FCC info ! Rebroadcasts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{rh}} | K215DJ | 90.9 | Meadview | Arizona | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|93672|K215DJ|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K245CP | 96.9 | Alturas & Termo | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|51179|K245CP|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K212FD | 90.3 | Azalea | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|93063|K212FD|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K279AG | 103.7 | Burney & Montgomery | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|51178|K279AG|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K207CR | 89.3 | Cedarville | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|90662|K207CR|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K212FF | 90.3 | Dorris | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|93813|K212FF|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K202DA | 88.3 | Fort Jones | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|92939|K202DA|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K208DU | 89.5 | Happy Camp | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|93278|K208DU|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K269DD | 101.7 | Lakehead, Etc. | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|51180|K269DD|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K240AG | 95.9 | Nubieber & McArthur | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|51176|K240AG|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K254CN | 98.7 | Redding | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|54041|K254CN|FCC}} | KVIP |
| {{rh}} | K249CS | 97.7 | Susanville, Etc. | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|8394|K249CS|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K296BF | 107.1 | Weaverville, Etc. | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|51175|K296BF|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K224AO | 92.7 | Weed | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|54042|K224AO|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K300AI | 107.9 | Willow Creek | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|83439|K300AI|FCC}} | KNDZ |
| {{rh}} | K214BS | 90.7 | Yreka | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|66610|K214BS|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K232BH | 94.3 | Yreka | California | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|74440|K232BH|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K208FN | 89.5 | Burns | Oregon | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|93781|K208FN|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K219LR | 91.7 | Chemult | Oregon | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|121881|K219LR|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K204GH | 88.7 | Chiloquin | Oregon | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|93928|K204GH|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K202DH | 88.3 | Condon | Oregon | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|122071|K202DH|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K213DM | 90.5 | Heppner | Oregon | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|121971|K213DM|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K260AK | 99.9 | Klamath Falls | Oregon | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|88131|K260AK|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K288DF | 105.5 | Lakeview, Etc. | Oregon | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|51182|K288DF|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K212DO | 90.3 | Oakridge | Oregon | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|121246|K212DO|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K208EC | 89.5 | Silver Lake | Oregon | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|121809|K208EC|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
| {{rh}} | K257DT | 99.3 | Sunriver | Oregon | {{FCC-LMS-Facility|93694|K257DT|FCC}} | KVIP-FM |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.kvip.org/ KVIP's official website]
{{AM station data|51177|KVIP}}
{{FM station data|51183|KVIP-FM}}
{{Redding Radio}}
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