| Broadcast area | Levan, Utah |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 96.7 MHz |
| Branding | Flashback 96.7 (also known as 96.7 Flashback) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Oldies (Scott Shannon's The True Oldies Channel, or Scott Shannon's the TOC for short) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KIXR | |
| History | |
First air date | January 8, 1999 (as KBLN) |
Former call signs | KBLN (1999–2001) KCFM (2001–2005) KQMB (2005–2022) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 89181 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 500 watts |
| HAAT | −1,854 meters (−6,083 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°20′12″N111°27′6″W / 39.33667°N 111.45167°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | flashback967 |
KUTN (96.7 FM, "Flashback 96.7" or in other words "96.7 Flashback") is a radio station broadcasting a Oldies format known as "Scott Shannon's The True Oldies Channel" (or Scott Shannon's the TOC for short. Licensed to Levan, Utah, United States, the station serves the Levan area. The station is owned by a Utah County-based company called Sanpete County Broadcasting Company. [1]
KUTN has a sister station known as KIXR.
The station was assigned the call sign KBLN on January 8, 1999, they began playing music. On January 25, 2001, the station changed its call sign to KCFM and began playing Spanish music, broadcasting spanish general sessions of general conference of Christ's Church, and broadcasting spanish episodes of "Music and the Spoken Word", and on September 21, 2005, the station changed its call sign to KQMB; the radio station's name was Star 96.7. [2]
KQMB picked up the callsign and format from 102.7, which is now known as KSL-FM.
On September 21, 2005, Star 96.7 began playing today's hit music, later the station changed the music format from today's music to 80's music. On February 4, 2006, they put paid-commercial programs on the FM dial from 8-9PM, on February 5, 2006, the station played less Sunday music from 4AM-2PM. Sadly, the station played more 80's music beginning at 2PM on the same day, later it was changed from 4-10AM. KQMB Levan Star 96.7 wasn't an all-day Sunday music radio station as KSRR Provo 1400 K*Star did. Later, the radio station playing Christmas music during the winter of 2006. Later on March 31, 2007, the radio station broadcasting a radio talk show "A Healthier You" with David and Fawn Christopher, and began broadcasting general sessions of generation conference of Christ's church in the English language, on April 1, 2007, they began brodacasting episodes of "Music and the Spoken Word" by Lloyd Newell at 9AM, they began broadcasting a religious talk show "Gospel Doctrine" with Donna Max on April 6, 2007. Sadly, KQMB Levan Star 96.7 just play one Christmas music in 2011, then it play more 80's music, they select one Christmas song in between those ordinary songs, just like KQMB Midvale Star 102.7 did.
In 2014, the station lost its signal and in 2017, the station went dark.
On December 20, 2018, Zeta Holdings, LLC sold the silent station, its booster signal in Provo, and translator K244DH Fort Douglas for $100,000 to Lucky Dog Broadcasting owned by Franklyn H. & Melanie Mueller. The sale was consummated on May 21, 2019. [3] In 2020, the license for the booster signal in Provo was cancelled. The station returned to air on January 29, 2021, KQMB flipped to a soft adult contemporary format branded as Kosy 96.7, then it was aired on KKUT-HD4 Mount Pleasant for a while. On January 31, 2021, Kosy 96.7 began playing Sunday music 24 hours just FM100.3 did. Kosy 96.7 9was an all-day Sunday music station for a while. On April 17, 2021, the soft hits was moved from KKUT-HD4 Mount Pleasant to KKUT-HD3 Mount Pleasant. As of November 16, 2021, KWLO 1580 and its FM translator on 99.9 began broadcasting a repeating audio message telling listeners that "Utah's Goat" had moved to 96.7 FM. KQMB flipped to a classic hit format branded as Utah's Goat 96.7, and the classic hits is now heard on KKUT-HD3 Mount Pleasant. Lucky Dog Broadcasting had been leasing the 1580 and 99.9 frequencies from owner RAMS III under a local marketing agreement (LMA), and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lucky Dog was unable to consummate the sale of KWLO and its associated translator. The new owner of 1580 and 99.9 was scheduled to take over operations of those frequencies beginning December 1, 2021. However, the transfer of station ownership was delayed by several months. Programming from Iglesia Pentecostal Vispera Del Fin began airing on KWLO on April 13, 2022. [4] [5]
On March 31, 2022, it was announced that Sanpete County Broadcasting Company had filed with the FCC to purchase KQMB, KSRR, and translator K244DH from Frank Mueller's Lucky Dog Broadcasting for $170,000. [6] On August 31, 2022, the sale of KSRR, KQMB, and K244DH from Lucky Dog Broadcasting to Sanpete County Broadcasting was consummated with the FCC. [7] On October 6, 2022, Sanpete County Broadcasting filed an application with the FCC to change the KSRR call sign to KIXR. The change was approved on October 27, 2022. [8] On October 13, 2022, KQMB was granted a "license to cover" by the FCC. [9] On November 2, 2022, Sanpete County Broadcasting submitted a request to the FCC to change KQMB's call sign to KUTN. The change was approved by the FCC on November 9, 2022. [10] On November 7, 2022, Utah's Goat changed its branding to "Flashback 96.7" or in other words "96.7 Flashback", and the station is now streaming online. Then Beatty, Nevada just picked up the call sign KQMB, and the star radio station on 96.7. [11]
KUTN kept the simulcast on KKUT-HD3's "Flashback 96.7" or in other words "96.7 Flashback", and began broadcasting "Scott Shannon's The True Oldies Channel" (or Scott Shannon's the TOC for short).