KVLA-FM generally simulcasts 89.3 FM KPCC, based in Pasadena, California.
A construction permit was granted in February 2003, and the call sign KBXO was selected on February 18 as its owner readied it to become a fully licensed radio station.
In February 2005, the station signed on with a Christian radio format from the Oasis Network; it was owned by the Creative Educational Media Corp.[3] The Creative Educational Media Corp. sold KBXO to American Public Media Group for $1 million in June 2008.
[4] On August 22, 2008, the Christian format was dropped and the station started acting as a satellite for KPCC.
The call sign was changed again on October 14, 2011, to the current KVLA-FM.