KDYL (AM)

Last updated
KDYL
Broadcast area Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, Utah
Frequency 1060 kHz
BrandingRADIO 1060 AM "LA MEJOR" !
Ownership
Owner
  • Eric Palacios
  • (Radio Activo 3 LLC)
KXLI, KADD
History
First air date
September 2, 1967 (as KRSP)
Former call signs
KRSP (1967–1990)
KKDS (1990–2004)
Call sign meaning
K-Dial (as in radio dial)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 27458
Class D
Power 10,000 watts day
149 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 40°32′8″N112°4′38″W / 40.53556°N 112.07722°W / 40.53556; -112.07722
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
The radio tower for KDYL is located near the Bingham Canyon Mine. Kdyltower.jpg
The radio tower for KDYL is located near the Bingham Canyon Mine.

KDYL (1060 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to South Salt Lake, Utah broadcasting a Spanish Variety format. The station is owned by Eric Palacios, through licensee Radio Activo 3 LLC.

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The station broadcasts with 10,000 watts by day. Because AM 1060 is a clear channel frequency, after sunset KDYL must reduce power to 149 watts so it does not interfere with Class A stations XEEP, located near Mexico City, and KYW in Philadelphia. The transmitter is located off Bacchus Highway near Lark, Utah. [2]

History

The station began broadcasting on September 2, 1967 as KRSP. [3] Until the mid-1980s, the station aired a contemporary hits format, simulcast with its FM sister station KRSP-FM. [4] [5] [6] By 1986, the station had begun airing separate programming from KRSP-FM, carrying an oldies format, playing music from the '50s and '60s. The station was branded "Utah's Oldies Station". [7] [8]

Children's Radio era

On September 24, 1990, the station changed its call sign to KKDS. [9] It began broadcasting a children's radio format branded "The Imagination Station", with programming from the Orlando-based "Kids' Choice Broadcasting Network." [10] [11] KKDS was the first radio station aimed at children in the nation. [11] The station later affiliated with the children's network Radio AAHS. [12]

Adult Standards era

On November 12, 1997 the Radio AAHS affiliation ended, and the station began airing an adult contemporary and oldies format branded "All American Classics". [12] By 2000, the station's format had changed to Adult Standards. [13] In 2004, Holiday Broadcasting Co filed for the call sign KDYL, which had previously been held by AM 1280 while that station aired an Adult Standards format. [14] On February 2, 2004, the station's call sign was changed to KDYL. [9] In June 2005, KDYL began broadcasting the Jones Radio Networks' "Music of Your Life" Adult Standards format. [15] Later, the station carried a syndicated Adult Standards format from Westwood One. [15]

Real Oldies 1060

Station's logo as Real Oldies 1060 Kdyllogo.jpg
Station's logo as Real Oldies 1060

On January 1, 2008, the station switched to an oldies format known as "Real Oldies" with live and local personalities, spotlighting hits from the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s. [16] The change put the station in competition with another local oldies radio station 860 KKAT, which, at the time aired Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel, although, unlike the True Oldies Channel, KDYL's playlist included only a small amount of post-1970 music. KKAT would eventually change formats, making KDYL the only pre-1970 oldies station in the Salt Lake metro area.

Oldies leaves Salt Lake AM radio

On March 4, 2013, KDYL changed formats to music, talk and news in Mandarin and English, with programming from China Radio International [17] after Mountain View Broadcast began operating the station under a time brokerage agreement. [18] [19] In 2015, Mountain View Broadcast purchased the station from Holiday Broadcasting Co. for $712,000, which included $525,000 it had paid in brokerage fees over the previous two years. [18] [20]

On December 1, 2017, KDYL changed formats to music, talk and news in South Asian and English from Radio Desi USA, after SSS Broadcasting LLC began operating the station under a time brokerage agreement.

Radio Unica

On January 1, 2019, KDYL began simulcasting Radio Unica, KFUR-LP 101.1, St. George, UT under a time brokerage agreement. [21] The Radio Unica programming ended on January 1, 2020, after which KDYL broadcast soft rock classics, new age music, and classic hits for a short period of time. On April 23, 2020, KDYL went silent. [22] On November 18, 2020, an application for assignment of license was submitted to the FCC for approval after KDYL was sold. [23] According to the asset purchase agreement filed with the FCC, the sale price for KDYL is $50,000. On January 8, 2021, the application for assignment of license was approved by the FCC. [24] The sale of KDYL was consummated on April 9, 2021, and the license was voluntarily reassigned from Mountain View Broadcast, LLC, to Radio Activo 3, LLC. [25] The assignment of license was granted by the FCC on April 11, 2021. [26] On June 18, 2021, KDYL returned to the air, and is currently stunting (broadcasting) with a mixture of automated lite rock music and Spanish pop music. According to a recent post in a Utah radio discussion group, the station's new owner plans to air a Spanish language format on KDYL in the near future. [27] On June 21, 2021, KDYL went silent again after testing over the Juneteenth weekend. As of February 25, 2022, KDYL remains off the air due to technical problems with the station's transmitter. [28] However, there have been several reports of KDYL periodically testing its transmitter since November 12, 2021. [29] On March 10, 2022, KDYL returned to the air with a Spanish language format. The station went silent again at the end of March 2022 because of lightning damage to transmitter power supplies, and it remains off the air as of May 5, 2022. On May 27, 2022, KDYL began broadcasting a Regional Mexican format branded as "Radio Unica 1060". [30]

KDYL Today: Spanish Variety RADIO 1060 AM, LA MEJOR!

The sale of KDYL was consummated on April 9, 2021, and the license was voluntarily reassigned from Mountain View Broadcast, LLC, to Radio Activo 3 LLC. The assignment of license was granted by the FCC on April 11, 2021. New owner kept the Radio Unica staff and rebranded it as RADIO 1060 AM "LA MEJOR"! with a Spanish Variety Format.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KDYL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KDYL-AM Radio Station Coverage Map".
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-215
  4. ↑ Bob Hamilton, "Salt Lake City, Utah", Radio Quarterly Report '76, Jan. 1-June 30, 1976. p. 386. Accessed August 19, 2015
  5. ↑ "Across the Dial", Broadcasting Publications, (1983) p. 107. Accessed August 25, 2015
  6. ↑ "Ratings Report", Radio & Records , April 1985. p. 123. Accessed August 25, 2015
  7. ↑ "Ratings Report & Directory", Radio & Records , April 1986. p. 142. Accessed August 25, 2015
  8. ↑ Lynn Arave, "There's Good and Bad News at Station KRSP-AM", Deseret News , July 6, 1990. Accessed August 25, 2015
  9. 1 2 Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Accessed August 24, 2015
  10. ↑ Lynn Arave, "New Radio Station Hopes to Tune Kids In", Deseret News , October 25, 1990. Accessed August 24, 2015
  11. 1 2 Lynn Arave, "KKDS Still on Air Despite National Woes", Deseret News , March 8, 1991. Accessed August 24, 2015
  12. 1 2 Lynn Arave, "DJ adds spark to KKAT team on mornings", Deseret News , November 21, 1997. Accessed August 24, 2015
  13. ↑ Lynn Arave, "Radio dial: KSL tops morning show favorites", Deseret News , August 18, 2000. Accessed August 24, 2015
  14. ↑ Lynn Arave, "Radio dial: KDYL is once again an oldie but goodie", Deseret News , February 27, 2004. Accessed August 24, 2015
  15. 1 2 Lynn Arave, "Radio dial: KDYL is tuning in to nostalgia", Deseret News , July 8, 2005. Accessed August 24, 2015
  16. ↑ Lynn Arave, "Radio's Radio dial: Radio's KDYL returns to its oldies music roots", Deseret News , January 11, 2008. Accessed August 24, 2015
  17. ↑ "Exposed: China's covert global radio network". Reuters .
  18. 1 2 "Deal Digest for the week of March 26, 2015", Inside Radio, March 26, 2015. Accessed August 24, 2015
  19. ↑ Real Oldies Out at KDYL
  20. ↑ Asset Purchase Agreement - Addendum, fcc.gov. March 18, 2015. Accessed August 24, 2016
  21. ↑ "KDYL Changes Format Again | Talking Utah Radio".
  22. ↑ "KDYL 1060.... | Talking Utah Radio".
  23. ↑ "Deal Digest: St. Louis Sale is One of Year's Biggest".
  24. ↑ "CDBS Print".
  25. ↑ "Application Search Details".
  26. ↑ "Application Search Details".
  27. ↑ "KDYL 1060 Update | Talking Utah Radio".
  28. ↑ "Looking for AM Engineer | Talking Utah Radio".
  29. ↑ "Carrier on 1060 ?? | Talking Utah Radio".
  30. ↑ "KDYL-AM 1060 is on the air ?? | Talking Utah Radio".
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