KSOP (AM)

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KSOP
Currently off air
Broadcast area Salt Lake City metropolitan area
Frequency 1370 kHz
BrandingClassic Country 1370
Programming
Format Silent off air
Affiliations Utah Grizzlies
Ownership
OwnerKSOP, Inc.
KSOP-FM
History
First air date
February 1955 (1955-02)
Call sign meaning
 Salt Lake, Ogden, Provo
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 35626
Class B
Power
  • 5,000 watts day
  • 500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 40°43′11.8″N111°55′44.8″W / 40.719944°N 111.929111°W / 40.719944; -111.929111
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website ksopcountry.com

KSOP (1370 kHz) was a AM radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to South Salt Lake, Utah, United States, the station serves the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The station is owned by KSOP, Inc. [2] Its studios are located near Redwood Road in Salt Lake City, while its transmitter site is west of downtown.

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History

Both KSOP and KSOP-FM have broadcast country music since their first air dates. [3] The AM station went on the air in February 1955; KSOP-FM would be added on December 10, 1964. [4] KSOP was founded by Henry Hilton, a Utah native who had worked in other local radio stations before starting KSOP. [5] In its first four months on the air, the KSOP playlist featured a mix of pop and country music, as Hilton was hesitant to commit to a full-time country format. [4] KSOP initially operated during the day only. Today the Hilton family continues operating KSOP and KSOP-FM.

From December 1964 through spring 2002, KSOP was a simulcast of KSOP-FM. In May 2002, KSOP flipped to the current classic country format. [6]

In May 2025, KSOP announced that the AM station will close on June 2 after 70 years of operation. The classic country programming will continue as an Internet radio station, but will also be removed from KSOP-FM's second HD Radio channel. [7] A request for special temporary authority to remain silent was filed on June 6, 2025 due to financial reasons. The last song On KSOP 1370 AM was Happy Trails By Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Then the Station went Dark.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KSOP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KSOP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ KSOP Airdate
  4. 1 2 Arave, Lynn (February 11, 2025). "Radio dial: KSOP a pioneer in country radio". Deseret News . Retrieved May 31, 2025.
  5. ↑ Utah Broadcast Businessman “Happy Hank” Hilton Passes Away, Deseret News, January 7, 2011.
  6. ↑ "FM-104.3, AM-1370 separate entities". Deseret News . June 7, 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2025.
  7. ↑ Venta, Lance (May 30, 2025). "KSOP To Cease Operations". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 30, 2025.


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