KFLB (920 AM) was also owned by Family Life Broadcasting and carried the same programming as a direct simulcast of KFLB-FM until its license was surrendered and cancelled on July 17, 2023.
[6] The format flip helped vault KYXX to the top of the Permian Basin radio ratings, where in 1981 it had a market share of 16.5 percent, but in 1982 it was supplanted by KUFO, an FM station.
Three years of investigation turned serious when the Federal Communications Commission asked its administrative law judge to impose the maximum $250,000 fine,[9] citing a record of false information provided to the FCC and saying that KENT-FM, Amarillo's KLMN (now K-LOVE transmitter KXLV) and Lubbock's KAMY (now a Family Life Radio transmitter) were built and operated without FCC authorization.
[11][12] Maranatha sold six stations in Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana, all former SEMFOT properties, to Family Life Radio in 1998 for $1 million.
KFLB continued to directly simulcast the new KFLB-FM until falling silent on October 14, 2022, due to prolonged issues at the transmitter site and insufficient funds to conduct repairs.