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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It also had a new transmitter located high above the city on Sandia Peak, thanks to a daring one-day adventure carried out by Dave Briggs and Jeff Simon.

KLYT listeners during the early 1980s also heard a broad range of Christian groups and solo artists that had hits on secular stations across the dial, including artists such as Bob Dylan, Donna Summer, Kerry Livgren (Kansas), Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad), Philip Bailey (Earth Wind & Fire), Al Green, Dan Peek (America), along with New Wave bands U2, After the Fire and Kajagoogoo.

Other shows included "The Glory of Man," hosted by Joyce Emert, the general manager's wife and a highly regarded professor of English and religious studies at the University of New Mexico.

With the departure of Emert, Grande and other core members of the staff, the station's board was left to make critical decision regarding the future of KLYT and CBA.

[6] The concept was that the sports programming was a sure-fire way to be on campus every week, giving KLYT better access for ministry to youth and helping it to promote Fellowship of Christian Athletes events.

More successful concerts (Bryan Duncan, Kenny Marks, Kim Boyce, Resurrection Band) renewed the events as a hallmark of the KLYT legacy.

As vinyl records gave way to compact discs, KLYT regained its stature in Albuquerque's Evangelical community, and CBA expanded into areas such as concert promotion and magazine publishing.

Rich's first move was to eliminate many of the secular crossover musicians from the playlist, and out went Bob Dylan and U2 due to their wishy washy approach to their faith.

These concerns mirrored the cries for movement toward edgier Christian music that were discussed more than a decade earlier, and were a running theme throughout the history of the station.

Perhaps the most popular show in this lineup, Light as a Rock, was launched by Pete McConnell in the summer of 1988 as an outlet for Christian heavy metal, thrash and alternative music.

The show played early underground and independent recordings by up and coming artists and groups that would go on to wider success, including Moby, Sixpence None the Richer and Over the Rhine.

This full-size mobile stage unfolded from a semi-tractor trailer bed, and allowed Christian music concerts and other events to be held by CBA throughout the state.

This included articles critical of local legislation on adult bookstores, the problem of street gangs in the city, and reaction to the 1991 Gulf War.

In 1992, a radio ministry associated with Campus Crusade for Christ contacted CBA's management about programming Christian music for the Middle East.

After and initial trip to Egypt by Randy Rich and members of the KLYT board of directors, Operations manager Tom Terry and Asst.

Music Director Walter Ratliff traveled to the Middle East to conduct focus groups with area church leaders.

One month after his resignation, the station's annual on-air fundraising campaign exceeded its goals, and CBA/KLYT had a healthy savings and projected budget for the following year.

A number of local Christian leaders lamented the single-church takeover of a station that had operated for 25 years by a network of Evangelical churches from a variety of denominations.

By 2005, KLYT alumni Steve Reimann had rejoined the station's staff, and The Echoing Green's Joey Belville joined as music and special events director.

Despite the occasional turmoil throughout KLYT's three decades of youth-oriented radio programming, the station has maintained a strong standing in New Mexico's Evangelical community.

[12] The network donated nine translators, in locations including Alamogordo, Silver City, Roswell, and Alamosa, Colorado, to VCY America in 2019.