KCPX

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KCPX
KCPX and sister station KCYN in Moab
Broadcast area Moab, Utah
Frequency 1490 kHz
BrandingThe Point
Programming
Format News/talk
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • William Craig Knott
  • (AZED 5 Communications, LLC)
KCYN
History
First air date
2009 [1]
Call sign meaning
Taken from the former KCPX radio in Salt Lake City, which had been owned by Columbia Pictures (ColPiX)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 160408
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 38°28′4″N109°26′18″W / 38.46778°N 109.43833°W / 38.46778; -109.43833
Translator 105.9 K290CS (Moab)
Links
Public license information
Website kcynfm.com

KCPX (1490 AM) is a news/talk formatted broadcasting radio station. [3] Licensed to Spanish Valley, Utah, United States, the station is currently owned by William Craig Knott, through licensee AZED 5 Communications, LLC. [4]

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Former logo

The station airs some of programs from a state-wide network. One of those programs is Western Life Radio which airs twice daily. [5]

History

The KCPX call letters have a long history in Utah. Originally, they were featured on a radio station in Salt Lake City, which broadcast on 1320. That station is now KNIT. [6] KCPX originally started as a construction permit in 2004. [7] KCPX came under new management in 2020. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010" (PDF). Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 2010. pp. D-552. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 1, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KCPX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009.
  4. ↑ "KCPX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ "About Western Life Radio, hosted by Brian Brinkerhoff". Western Life Radio. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  6. ↑ Wharton, Tom (September 15, 2015). "Whatever happened to ... KNAK and KCPX?". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Facility Details for KCPX". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  8. ↑ ohtadmin (February 21, 2020). "Bartosh to take helm at KCYN, KCPX". Moab Times-Independent. Retrieved October 25, 2025.


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