 KNLJ's transmitter is located near New Bloomfield.The station first signed an agreement on Easter Sunday in 1986 at 3 p.m. to be a sister station and simulcast to KNLC in St. Louis; at that time, both stations were owned by Reverend Larry Rice's ministry, the New Life Evangelistic Center.In September 1986, KNLJ broke away from KNLC while it was still running most of the same Christian programs (such as "The 700 Club", Richard Roberts, Jerry Falwell, among others) as well as locally produced programs from the ministry.