As of June 2019, the network's programming is aired over 520 FM stations and translators in 48 U.S. states, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.

[2] In 1980, the Christian Life Center First Assembly of God of Santa Rosa, California, received a construction permit to operate a new noncommercial radio station in that city, KCLB on 91.9 MHz.

[6] Bob Anthony Fogel, a former DJ at KFRC, founded EMF, which in its early years was also known as Christian Media Ministries.

[8] KCLB signed on October 15, 1982; the first song played on the station was "Praise the Lord" by the Imperials, which was a hit on the Christian music charts in 1979.

A month and a half later, on September 12, its wooden transmitter building on Geyser Peak was burned to the ground by a brush fire believed to have been set by an arsonist.

The Educational Media Foundation continued to purchase small translators in California but also bought stations in Portland, Oregon (KLVP),[13] Phoenix, Arizona (KLVA),[14] Oklahoma City (KYLV)[15] and San Antonio (KZLV).

[27] The call letters were changed to KLRX shortly after and now broadcasts from Lee's Summit to the Kansas City area.

[28] As a result, these and other station purchases, plus the new translators approved during the 2003 filing window, the K-Love radio network grew to be the largest broadcaster of contemporary Christian music in the world.

[11] In 2001, Christian radio personality Jon Rivers, along with his wife Sherry, became the K-Love Morning Show hosts, and broadcast from their ranch in Texas.

[34] On October 1, 2008, Mike Novak was named president and CEO of the EMF, replacing Dick Jenkins,[35] and as a result stopped having a regular on-air shift.

[43][44] In July 2010, K-Love began sponsoring MacDonald Motorsports' #18 car and Michael McDowell in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

[49] JD Chandler took their place until the K-LOVE Morning Show with Craig, Amy, and Kankelfritz acquired the spot in November 2011.

The special was hosted by Candace Cameron Bure, and featured performances of Christmas-themed music by various contemporary Christian musicians.

[51] In 2017, the EMF announced that it would acquire KSWD in Los Angeles, KSOQ-FM in San Diego County (licensed to Escondido), and WGGI in Scranton from CBS Radio and Entercom as part of their merger.

The station was taken over by the EMF under an LMA at midnight on March 10, 2018, and flipped to K-Love; the moment was preceded by several songs referencing Satan, culminating with AC/DC's "Highway to Hell"—a subtle jab at the new ownership suggested by veteran Chicago broadcaster and former WLUP personality Steve Dahl.

All of these plans were immediately aborted once the sale to EMF was announced, with the ensuing "WAAF"-branded rock programming operating "as a zombie jukebox on a pair of HD subchannels and Radio.com," without any air personalities.

[65][66] K-Love has a full-time ministry team that processes over 100 phone calls a day from listeners seeking guidance.

[80] In addition, EMF is audited yearly by an independent accounting firm, ensuring accuracy and completeness of its books and records.