Radio Nueva Vida began broadcasting on January 18, 1987, after building radio station
KMRO (90.3 FM) in
Camarillo, California. In 1996, additional full-service stations were added to the network to serve
Bakersfield and
Kern County (
KGZO, 90.9 FM), and
Fresno and surrounding counties (
KEYQ, 980 AM). In December 10, 2012 (
KDRH, 91.3 FM) in
King City. It added additional FM repeater stations, which cover the California communities of
Salinas,
San Bernardino,
Santa Ana,
Victorville,
Indio,
Palm Springs,
Soledad,
Los Banos, the
San Fernando Valley,
Colton,
Coachella,
Desert Center,
Lancaster,
Santa Barbara,
King City,
Santa Maria,
Rosamond,
Calexico,
Palmdale and
Modesto. In 2000 and 2001, Radio Nueva Vida underwent a major expansion, leasing three full-power AM stations. They were
KLTX (1390 AM) in
Long Beach/
Los Angeles,
KEZY (1240 AM) in
Riverside/
San Bernardino, and
KSDO (1130 AM) in
San Diego, all property of Hi-Favor Broadcasting, LLC. On January 1, 2019, Radio Nueva Vida ended the lease with Hi-Favor Broadcasting, and ceased to broadcast on those stations. In 2010, Radio Nueva Vida began a relationship with the
Educational Media Foundation (EMF), the non-profit which operates the English-language Christian radio networks
K-Love and
Air1; after the discontinuation of the
God's Country Radio Network in November 2010, EMF began to carry Radio Nueva Vida on some of its stations, either on the main signal or as an
HD Radio subchannel. In December 2024, EMF reached an agreement to take over the Association for Community Education as its sole member, continuing its activities as a subsidiary. The transaction involved no financial consideration and was described by both parties as a step to strengthen their existing partnership. EMF stated that the move would support its efforts to expand programming targeting Hispanic and Latino Americans. The acquisition was completed on February 7, 2025. Shortly thereafter, Radio Nueva Vida began a rapid expansion, launching broadcasts in Los Angeles, California on 92.7 FM and 91.1 FM, and in New York on 94.3 FM. ==Programming and publication==