KSL-FM

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KSL-FM
Broadcast area
Frequency 102.7 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingKSL Newsradio 102.7 FM
Programming
Format News–talk
Subchannels
Network ABC News Radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner Bonneville International
History
First air date
December 1, 1985;39 years ago (1985-12-01)
Former call signs
KQMB (1985–2005)
Call sign meaning
Salt Lake
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 54156
Class C
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 1,140 meters (3,740 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°39′34″N112°12′5″W / 40.65944°N 112.20139°W / 40.65944; -112.20139
Repeater(s) 1160 AM  KSL (Salt Lake City)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live on Audacy.com
Website kslnewsradio.com

KSL-FM (102.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Midvale, Utah, and serving the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. KSL-FM and sister station KSL (1160 AM) simulcast a news-talk radio format. They are owned by Bonneville International, a broadcasting subsidiary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). They and co-owned television station KSL-TV have studios in the Broadcast House building at the Triad Center in downtown Salt Lake City.

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KSL-FM is a Class C station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 25,000 watts. [2] The KSL-FM transmitter site is on Farnsworth Peak, part of the Oquirrh Mountains in Erda, southwest of Salt Lake City. It is co-located with the KSL-TV tower. KSL-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 subchannel rebroadcasts the sports radio format on 1280 KZNS. The HD3 subchannel carries the Latter-day Saints Channel. [3]

Programming

On weekdays, KSL-AM-FM air all-news blocks in morning and afternoon drive time and an hour at noon. The rest of the schedule is talk shows and sports. Morning news is anchored by Tim Hughes and Amanda Dickson. Afternoons are anchored by Jeff Caplan and middays by Amanda Shilaos. In late mornings, Dave Noriega and Debbie Dujanovic host Dave and Dujanovic. In early afternoons, Inside Sources is hosted by Boyd Matheson. Evenings feature KSL at Night along with repeats of daytime shows. Often on the last Thursday of the month, the Governor of Utah has airtime on the station for a "Let Me Speak to the Governor" segment, where calls are taken from constituents.

Specialty shows are featured on weekends. Programs includes KSL Outdoors, The KSL Greenhouse Show, Cougar Sports Saturday, The KSL Real Estate Show, The Movie Show Matinee and Meet The Press . Several LDS religious shows are heard on Sundays, including Music & the Spoken Word , airing on KSL continuously since 1929. Twice a year, KSL-AM-FM run LDS General Conferences in April and October. Some weekend shows are paid brokered programming. KSL-AM-FM carry Brigham Young University Cougars sports and Real Salt Lake soccer games. The stations are affiliates of ABC News Radio.

History

KSL Radio studios are located in the Triad Center in Salt Lake City. Triad center slc utah.jpg
KSL Radio studios are located in the Triad Center in Salt Lake City.

The station signed on the air on December 1, 1985, [4] as KQMB. The call letters referenced its ownership by Quarry Mountain Broadcasting. It had a hot adult contemporary format. In 1998, the station was sold to Simmons Family Inc. for $3,425,000. [5]

Station ownership limitations were loosened in the early 2000s, allowing KSL's parent company to consider expanding its radio station holdings. In December 2003, Bonneville International acquired 15 radio stations from Simmons Media Group, including KQMB. [6] At first, 102.7 maintained its hot AC format. But a short time later, KSL's management saw that some radio listeners preferred the FM band, even for non-music formats, and rarely tuned to AM stations. It decided KSL's news-talk format needed an FM partner.

In September 2005, KQMB was converted to a simulcast of KSL. [7] To match its AM counterpart, KQMB changed its call sign to KSL-FM. [8] The joint operation was branded as "KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM & 1160 AM". Initially the AM signal was considered to be the main station. In recent years, the FM dial position is the only frequency given, omitting 1160 AM.

KQMB's former branding, call sign, and hot adult contemporary format were picked up by an unrelated company. They were put on 96.7 FM in Levan, Utah, a community in the central part of the state.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KSL-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KSL-FM
  3. ↑ "HD Radio Stations".
  4. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2005 page D-524. Retrieved Oct. 17, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Transaction Digest" by Jack Messmer and Dave Seyler, Radio Business Report, January 19, 1998, page 19
  6. ↑ Arave, Lynn (December 9, 2024). "Bonneville purchase of 15 stations OK'd". Deseret News . Retrieved December 8, 2024.
  7. ↑ "KSL NewsRadio to Be Heard on FM", September 2, 2005 (KSL.com)
  8. ↑ "Call Sign History" (Facility ID #54156) (FCC.gov)
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