Star 88 - KLYT

Is a non-commercial FM radio station broadcasting a Christian talk and teaching radio format, branded as "The Light. The station is owned by Calvary Chapel of , Inc. has an effective radiated power of 4,100 watts. The main transmitter is atop Sandia Peak. is the longest-running FM Christian music station in the United States. signed on the air in September 1976 with a light contemporary Christian music format under the auspices of the newly formed Christian Broadcasting Academy. The vision of CBA founders, including Rev. Raymond Franks of 's Evangel Temple Assembly of God, Paul Lehrman as program manager, and Dave Briggs as chief engineer, was to train Christians for careers in secular and religious broadcasting. The station went on the air with a 24 hour/7 day a week format, even though there were originally only 6- or 7-disc jockeys to man the studio. Mike Haverland, Donna Neff, Jeff Simon, Ron Parks, and John Duffy played records, made Christian message spots on 8-track cartridges and gleaned news from the newspapers for broadcast. In the beginning, was commercial free, and the staff was largely unpaid. During these first few months of existence, the station's broadcast range constituted only a few miles over 's Northeast area.