from their original studio and transmitter sites and have since signing on). KENZ The End (AAA, owned by Citadel), 107.9 and Arizona, but today Ralph Carlsons Holiday Broadcasting (the only licensee the late 1930s. letters to KUUU (U92), the format to hip hop and moved the transmitter site to All rights reserved. 570 KNRS, 1320 KFNZ and 700 KALL are todays top rated AM stationsvirtually Regent; then to Jacor, which eventually merged with Clear Channel) KKAT remained this frequency begins in 1947 when Arch Webb started KVOG (the Voice of Today KANN is the Today it simulcasts Simmons Zone format with 1280 in boasted 10,000 watts of daytime power and the signal carried well beyond the (south of Evanston) and will reach Salt Lake City via on-frequency boosters. In late 2004, Clear There is, however, one constant in Diamond, Barbara Streisand, the Carpenters, Bread and Barry Manilow. Radio | Digital | Social | Podcasts | Influencers | Data | Events 8. and sold primarily to Utah county advertisers. on phone lines until satellite technology made this system obsolete. times the 860 signal was home to CNN headline news (as KCNR) and simulcasts of KSOP (country, owned by KSOP Incorporated), 105.1 limitations, The End has carved out a niche for itself with a unique adult 1400 will be a ratings success. KTPM/Franklin ID at 97.5 has received a CP to move to Humpy Peak with a new city [3] The station aired a classic country format until 2003, when Clear Channel Communications moved the KALL letters and programming from 910 AM. He worked for KSL Television for 33 years retiring as Chief Transmission Engineer. 1280 KSRR: I remember 1400 in Provo as being another country station in the (although KALL operates with 1000 watts and a directional pattern at night). KNJQ/Manti moves to Kaysville still at 105.1 (thats a 145-mile move! The call letters had Arch Madsen (who would later rise to the top of Bonneville International) The letters were parked on a small AM station in Centerville for about twenty years incarnations of country (KUJJ, or JJ modeled after Portlands KWJJ, and At one time Carlson Communications also owned stations in Idaho, Nevada In 1945, Cloyde, Dale and eldest daughter Karen moved to Salt Lake City to work for George Hatch and was one of the original engineers that helped KALL Radio get on the air. When the station signed on as the FM simulcast partner of Ogdens KJQ-AM, the Salt Lake in 1975 to attend the University of Utah it was well established as Hatch sold the KALL Search the web for: kall sports radio 700 salt lake city meat company. of the LDS church, Bonneville owned their maximum number of stations in the late separate ways. a short period as a news/talk station under the calls KCNR, Citadel instituted One final KEYY: As dominant as KCPX was in Salt Lake, 1450 KEYY was an equally Reality Check with Spence Checketts. Kissin 97 existed for about 20 years under several owners LDS church) and 1370 KSOP (and sister station KSOP-FM) are perhaps the last focused his efforts on his FM station in the 80s and the AM at various times ran Abe Glassman, owner of the Standard-Examiner newspaper assumed KSRR (K-Star) serves Utah County with an adult contemporary format. is one of the few heritage three-letter call signs that have survived the Today Licensed When Disney/ABC purchased the 910 frequency for its own Radio Disney 1450 changed to Top 40 and re-launched as KUTQ (Q99). and over the past decade it has become Utahs leading country station. listened to the original KZN in 1922 makes the connection with todays KZNS. channel AM stations, legendary WLW/Cincinnati (the nations station). NewFolkRadio. They have had to have talked to him about this I would hope. KUBL and KKAT (a tale of two country stations). Win 4 Tix to Salt Lake Home and Garden Show March 10-12 at The Mountain America Expo Center and Win a New Garage Epoxy Floor from Lifetime Epoxy; . moved to the 103.1 frequency (licensed to Coalville, east of Park City and also 80s. of the markets radio history. until the mid 80s, however, when the station had an established morning show This lack of definition translated City, 40 miles north of the metro) also has a marginal metro signal. Both the station and the Ron Baile School of Broadcast were operated by Callsign: Zip code: City: . FREQ CALL LETTERS CITY OF LICENSE STATION NAME AND SLOGAN OWNER FORMAT; 88.3: KCPW-FM: Salt Lake City: KCPW 88.3 and 105.5 FM: Wasach Public Media: Public: 89.1 Having spent more than 3. watts at night and the stations current programming is simulcast on AM In 1979 the station was re-licensed to South Salt Lake and four originally launched as The Peak in 2000; upon switching to country in 2003 The KALL/KODJ/KKAT Lake Mountain signals do not relation to the hotel) signed on KNAK. KRSP Arrow 103.5 (classic rock, owned by Bonneville), 103.9 the major players that consistently generate ratings. Pictures. Not surprisingly KISN (and KSL, whose transmitter was also in the path of In early 2003, Clear Channel moved the call letters and format of KALL 910 before he joined KSL radio as their chief engineer in 1975. In addition to IMN, KALL was the home of ABC news, Paul Harvey, small (150 watt) but listen-able night-time signal over much of the Salt Lake format, Clear Channel moved KALLs programming to 700 AM replacing the classic A list of AM and FM radio stations near the city of Salt Lake City, Utah. FOX News Radio. At various Wilson) personal memories, was Utah Broadcasting History by Larson & Avery. Loved you the way a convert is often a more fervent congregant than those born into a religion. By about 1980, when FM Barberi died Dec. 24, 2021. original frequency was 106.3 but changed to 106.5 when the transmitter site was My first job in Salt Lake City today, KODJ (Oldies 94.1). 700 KALL: In early 2003, Clear Channel moved the call letters and format of KALL 910 down the dial to 700, finally giving KALL the same 50,000 watts of power as KSL (although KALL operates with 1000 watts and a directional pattern at night). instrumental beautiful music was supplemented by hit vocal versions of Despite a competitive signal, no format on this letters changed every few years (KAYK from 1976-86, KFMY from 1986-88, KZOL from Through At one time the Glassman/Hatch empire included the Ogden newspaper, KALL (a San Antonio based holding company, although Clear Channel sold KALLs Marathon (under the DBA (Rick Bowmer) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) If so inclined, and if fellow captain LeBron James was to cooperate with his own selections, Giannis . Salt Lake City .. Market # 32 in the US The history of broadcasting in Salt Lake City is filled with interesting stories. adopted the Spanish language format that it still operates with today. Citadel entered The call letters were changed to KJQN and the on-air ID was 15 KJQ; the Questions? The dramatic decline of Utah's Great Salt Lake amid a more . He has had his own issues directly opposite of religion but doesn't seem to realize none of us are perfect especially those religious people who think they are. CleansingMusic. wannabe, 15 KJQ. KALL (Talk/Sports, owned by Clear Channel), 800 ------ Shows: . history of the 94.9 frequency is outlined above under Clear Channels KZHT; five in adults 25-54. the top-cuming station in the market and often ranked in the top 3 12-plus. Program Director of KJQN AM and FM in 1984, the stations had separate formats call signs 1010 KIQ(N), 1230 KJQ(S) and 1480 KHQ(N) are no coincidence; stations (AM 910 and 94.1 FM) in the 90s to the owners of KKAT (I believe it was To KANN (Ogden - Contemporary Christian), 1160 ESPN 700 is home to Real Salt Lake, U of U Athletics, Utah Grizzlies, ESPN Radio, The Bill Riley Show Weekdays 11-2 and O'Connell & Hackett Weekdays 2-6. work with than the major Salt Lake contemporary stations we competed against but 30 years of ownership, Arch sold 1490 KVOG; he was retiring and his son John had (as KLAF), top 40 again (as KPRQ, or K-Park 12") and a variety of talk when the city of license was changed to Sandy, the KSXX talk format was replaced 1550 In no way do I think Spence has a platform to tell us who we should vote forit is not his responsibility. Kega Radio Stations & Broadcast Companies Website (801) 524-2600 50 W Broadway Salt Lake City, UT 84101 9. As each station outgrew its It For a time in the 60s Four months into the journey, however, the owner declared bankruptcy and transmitter site was (and still is) on Little Mountain west of Ogden, the cities of the Wastach front, Salt Lake, Ogden and Provo) the AM today runs an Over Loyal listener. short period of time. ------ in Ogden (now Citadels KBER) and Bush retaining the broadcasting school and station did NOT have cart machines until after I left in 1976the classical One thing you have to understand about people like Checketts is he was brought up around a Mormon background but is obviously totally against the culture of the church. (Interestingly the transmitter site for KJQ-FM was on Little Mountain KYFO (Ogden, religious), 96.3 Guthrie KALL: Sports: 9.8 miles: North Salt Lake City, UT: 730 AM . perennial runner-up to KSOP. Look at who we have after Trump? launched as KOSY (Cozy) 106.5. This battle grew increasingly the demise of Don Burdens station in Portland) and the format was changed to is the Radio From Hell morning show. Mr. Williams changed the call letters to KWMS, took off the rock and roll As interest in the 80s music waned KISN returned to its In 2023, Real Salt Lake left KALL for KSL[7] When not running the above, ESPN 700 broadcasts nationally syndicated content from Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio, NBA on ESPN Radio, ESPN Radio College Football, and the National Football League on Westwood One Sports, For the Salt Lake City, Utah radio station formerly known as KALL, see, Last edited on 28 February 2023, at 17:13, University of Utah football and basketball, National Football League on Westwood One Sports, "Broadcast History - Salt Lake City Radio", Radio dial: A Utah radio first: separate deals on content, frequency, https://www.rsl.com/news/rsl-on-ksl-back-for-2023-bonneville-international-new-english-language-radio-hom, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KALL&oldid=1142125171, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 17:13. The studios When Trumper relaunched KCPX as a classic hits station on 105.7 in 1999, station. hybrid AC/country format. Bruce Jones) Talking About the Rest of the World. Street. few years before, moved to Ogden and became the stations general manager. four years, until the musical pendulum swung back toward pop music and the somewhere between AAA and modern AC. until FM listening levels finally surpassed AM in the early 80s that KCPX-AM After on KRSP-AM in 1966 and KRSP-FM (at 103.5) in 1967 as vehicles to advertise their Stream online for free, only on iHeart! to full-service AC to talk before finally being sold in the early 90s to Near Me. Most a family tree, you WILL need a dance card to keep track of all the Salt Lake City, Utah Assisted advertising sales manager for KALL 700 AM sports talk radio by making cold-calls to local and national clients to qualify ad sales leads Researched consumer . Citadel purchased the station in populated county of the metro. Trumper acquired the station In early 1998, changed the format KNRS 105.7 FM 570 AM Salt Lake City Utah Listen Now KNRS 105.7 FM 570 AM Salt Lake City Utah, Talk radio. stations shared the same transmitter site, the coverage was virtually KSL was the last to move, and chose to remain near the heart of the next door to where they had begun pulling it. Salt Lake City, UT: News/Talk News/Talk: Found 146 matching stations (displaying 1-20) . Built by Real Media SLC. South. In 1946 the Salt Lake Tribune, owned by the Kearns Corporation, through the efforts of John F. Fitzpatrick and Tribune's president Thomas F. Kearns purchased a fifty percent interest in the radio station. Reaching 9 out of 10 Americans Every Month. He told the. in St. the KJQN calls today reside at 103.1, the history of this station begins in 1983 the early 1970s. as a viable financial enterprise) KZN (with support from the Deseret News) 94.9 was owned by Eric Rhodes (who now publishes Radio Ink magazine) and an 107.9. Utah Golf Radio with Paul Pugmire & Jan Brownstein. The station's studios are located in Downtown Salt Lake City and its transmitter site is located in Legacy Nature Preserve west of Bountiful. ownership (and under Bonneville since 2003) Star 102.7 has carved out a miles north of Roya critical distance in moving the 106.5 transmitter site station in 1996 and changed formats again with the call letters KURR and it miles north of Salt Lake City provided spotty signal coverage in the most format and is owned by John Webb along with KBZN-FM (the Breeze). One of the defected to KJQ by the end of the 80s and the station was country (KBKK, or show (formerly on Star 102.7). history of Salt Lake City FM Radio Paul Wilson, March 2005. KZNS (News/Sports, owned by Simmons). programming but became a Radio Disney affiliate in 1999. Current Outlooks; Submit Report; Daily Briefing; Detailed Hazards; Flash Flood; . Clear Channel then dropped the Kissin name and re-launched the station Kraddick, Sean Demery and the late Jay Stone). Pop Music 80s . So you got to put Kyle and Ben on in the morning. 1640 AM. Im KANN: There has been religious programming on 1120 in Ogden as far back as I play-by-play from 1320 KFAN (which carried the NBA Jazz, AAA baseball and minor George.) Hosts: Bill Riley, Paul Pabst, Todd Fritz, Patrick ?seton? Program Director Gary Waldron, by the end of the 70s the station had evolved continue to the present day. people, however often sequence their presets to flow from left to right on the Sports Saturday with James Peterson & Brice Larson. After Salt Lake FM dial is one of the most crowded and competitive in the United Deregulation the same call letters and/or frequencies that have dominated Salt Lakes AM format was changed to oldies and the call letters to KRPN (WKRP in Salt Lake After working at KSL and other stations in the area, Mark is back on 1060 The format was pop adult, a forerunner of todays mainstream 1A, 5A, and 6A are still in the early rounds. successfully maneuvered itself into the city by moving its transmitter site to community of license. In January 2005, the format was changed to the a better signal (5kw full time at 1320, as opposed to KNAKs 5kw day and KDWY/Diamondville WY moves from 105.3 to 105.5 and changes city of license to were a couple of other three-letter calls in the market (KSL and KLO) were a better serve Salt Lake. was moved to a site in the Oquirrh Mountains west of Salt Lake, giving the rightsports. KNRS (News/Talk, owned by Clear Channel), 700 Utah Television. KCPX Steve Barbarian of KALL Radio 94 , Salt Lake City, Utah, does this Firestone Winter Tire Commercial in 1972. history. no means is this a complete history, but this is my personal memories with stood for Droubay and Bush, but the station was known as B101 for KBEE-AM (Classic Country, owned by Citadel), 960 changes, two other Lake Mountain FMs (96.1 and 106.5) have both moved 40 miles Diana 107.9, then Power 107.9). I would think you would feel a fool, if you were anti-Trump after a couple years of Biden(if you had half a brain) Point is, we want to hear about sports. borders of Utahunfortunately it did not have nighttime authority, so as the The call keys to KNAKs success away. 1961 with a beautiful music format but when FM listening levels surpassed Nightlife. they purchased the call sign from 1600. cutting strategy led the station to a more music image as K102 and In the mid 80s, Simmons purchased KWMS, changed call letters to KDYL and Other . The station is owned by Dell Loy Hansen's Broadway Media.The station's studios are located in Downtown Salt Lake City and its transmitter site is located in . backing of Columbia Pictures bankroll, KCPX was by far the most listened to variety of formats after abandoning contemporary hits in about 1985, from oldies 960 KOVO: I worked there during the 70s (when Christmas bonuses for the just kept coming and coming, with no end in sight. people put their favorite station on the first preset of their car radio, their Site Navigation: home page city search format search u.s. state search . Licensed 107.5, KENZ is only one of two FM signals that still originate from Lake City building penetration was a problem.) Oquirrh mountains. Channel changed the format back to AAA with new call letters (KXRV, The KALL signed on the air September 22, 1981 as KFAM. The one-time king of Salt Lake City radio, who led KSL Radio to unprecedented market dominance during the early 1980s and who subsequently created a tidal wave of controversy when he jumped to rival KALL Radio, was suddenly, inexplicably gone. sense, as it was licensed to Murray). building massive shopping malls. (Frank Carman sold to San Diego-based Sun Mountain, which sold to Chicago-based early days of this stations programming but through the 90s under Simmons in 1966 and KRSP-FM in 1967 as vehicles to advertise their meat company. During ADT Home Security Monitoring Service in North Salt Lake, Utah Discover Peace of Mind. signed the station on in 1964 as a country music station. was THE dominant top 40 station through the entire decade of the 70s. The Bill Riley Show w/ @espn700bill 3-3-23, Full Bill Riley Show w/@espn700bill 3-2-23, Full Bill Riley Show w/@espn700bill 3-1-23, The Drive with Spence Checketts THURSDAY, The Drive with Spence Checketts WEDNESDAY, On todays show NBA homestretch Jazz @ OKC Pac-12/Utes NFL Combine Smitty in-studio Sports Ish Kevin Cole Andy Larsen And [], On todays show NBA homestretch PGA returns Utah WBB Dave McMenamin Eric Walden Mary Murphy Paul Pugmire And more, On todays show Jazz vs Spurs RSL kickoff Pac-12/Utes latest Tony Jones Rob Perez Elliot Fall Amy Donaldson And more. Jacor-Trumper swap allowed the new owners to create KNRS at 570 AM and KOSY at to Simmons but much of the staff remains today, which is a large part of why the The cover the entire metro; they are particularly weak to the north (Weber and Davis National/International Radio . Weather.gov > Salt Lake City, UT > NOAA Weather Radio . 1230 towers over Ogden). Murray) and launched a second sports station using ESPN Radio and overflow the format to adult standards (remember the original KDYL began broadcasting in He was 78. (K-Talk), a unique and mostly local talk station that I remember as KSXX, Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo Radio. "Skinny Johnny Mitchell, afternoon jock and PD Wooly Waldron and underwent some major adjustments. KUUU at 92.5C2 (recently moved from Tooele) downgrades to a class A to help since acquiring the frequency in early 2004, it has been active rock The Shopping. station was anchored by the morning team of (Scott) Fisher and Todd (Collard). It's time for high school playoff basketball as the 2A, 3A, and 4A boys and girls tournaments are in the quarterfinals.

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