KLYT
| City | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | |
| Branding | Star 88 |
| Frequency | 88.3 MHz |
| First air date | 1976 |
| Format | Christian Contemporary |
| ERP | 4,100 watts |
| HAAT | 1,294.0 meters (4,245.4 ft) |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 10945 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°12′50.2″N 106°27′1.7″W / 35.213944°N 106.450472°W |
| Callsign meaning | KLYT ("K-Light" former brand) |
| Owner | Calvary Chapel of Albuquerque, Inc. |
| Sister stations | KNKT |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | star88.fm |
KLYT (88.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian Contemporary format. Licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, the station serves the New Mexico area. The station is currently owned by Calvary Chapel of Albuquerque, Inc. The station is branded as "Star 88" and promotes itself as "Vertical Worship * Christian Hits * Fresh Indie". The station is heard via its main transmitter atop Sandia Peak, throughout New Mexico and portions of southern Colorado through a network of about 10 translators, and around the world via Internet streaming.
KLYT is the longest running Christian music station in the United States. KLYT 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 Albuquerque'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 hours/7 days 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 Albuquerque newspapers for broadcast. In the beginning, KLYT was commercial free and the staff largely unpaid. During these first few months of existence, the station's broadcast range constituted only a few miles over Albuquerque's Northeast area. Early brochures show CBA students working with television cameras and in the radio station. KLYT-FM was licensed by the FCC as a non-profit, educational outlet for CBA, and volunteers operating the station were drawn directly from its classes.
Good Friday 1978 marked the first major turning point for the young station. A University of Texas graduate and New York City broadcaster named Victor R. Emert was introduced to the KLYT staff as the new General Manager. He had recently resigned as Executive Director of Drug Addicts Recovery Enterprises, a local, faith-based substance abuse treatment center for heroin addicts. Among the discussion topics during Emert's introductory staff meeting was the desire by the announcers to play the growing supply of rock, country and blues-based "Jesus Music" produced by artists such as Resurrection Band, Michael Omartian, Randy Stonehill and Larry Norman. Emert enthusiastically agreed to guide them in building the station into the premier "Christian Rock" station in the country. During this period, the station also helped book live performances by bands such a Mustard Seed Faith, Parable, Keith Green, 2nd Chapter of Acts and Phil Keaggy, whose records were a staple of KLYT programming.
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