direct from the Associated Press instead of having to translate English-language stories, using the shortwave transmissions from the AP. Korngold made a second attempt to take the station full-time, which the FCC denied in 1970. Where Tucson Radio had failed in expanding to FM, Korngold would be successful. From the KEVT studios, relocated to Broadway Boulevard in 1967, KWFM 92.9, a rock music station, started in March 1970. The next year, he started a Spanish-language station, KAMX, in Albuquerque, New Mexico; in 1972, he attempted to purchase interest and take operational control of KPHX in Phoenix, and he later bought KLAV in Las Vegas. In 1980, Korngold announced the $3 million sale of KEVT and KWFM to Jay and Louise Heifetz, the son and daughter-in-law of violinist Jascha Heifetz; the sale attempt was dropped that June, as high interest rates dissuaded the potential buyers, who would have had to pay more in interest than they wanted for the purchase. KVOI In late 1980 and early 1981, KWFM and KEVT would be sold by Korngold to separate buyers. The FM was the first to find a purchaser: Sandusky Newspapers, which already owned Phoenix rock outlet KDKB. A more dramatic transformation, however, awaited KEVT. Abundant Life Ministries, owned by Grace Chapel, acquired the station for more than $1 million in 1981, proposing a format of "inspirational" Christian talk and teaching programming. To the dismay of many loyal listeners, KEVT broadcast for the final time on July 28, 1981. The next day, Abundant Life began its programming, with the station taking on new KVOI call letters, signifying "Voice of Inspiration". New ownership brought yet another attempt to turn KVOI into a full-time operation, broadcasting day and night. Seeking to take advantage of a ruling that incentivized stations licensed to suburban localities, Abundant Life filed in 1982 to move KVOI to 700 kHz in Oro Valley, where it could broadcast with 10,000 watts during the day and 1,000 at night. Though granted, the move would never come to fruition. Meanwhile, KVOI began to focus itself more on contemporary Christian music as it increased in popularity during the decade. In 1989, the station was off the air for some time after a hit-and-run driver, who was said to be street racing and doing doughnuts, plowed into a guy wire, bringing down its tower. In the 1990s, KVOI spawned an FM station, KGMS (97.1 FM), which