Latter-day Saints Channel

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Mormon Channel is also the name of a waterway in Stockton, California.
Latter-day Saints Channel
Broadcast area Salt Lake City and Worldwide
Frequency FM: 102.7 KSL-FM HD2 and HD3
BrandingLatter-day Saints Channel
Programming
Format Religious broadcasting
Ownership
Owner Deseret Management Corporation
History
First air date
May 18, 2009
Former call signs
Mormon Channel (2009⁠—2019)
Call sign meaning
KSalt Lake City
Technical information
Facility ID 54156
Class C
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 1140 meters
Links
Webcast Streaming portal
Website saintschannel.churchofjesuschrist.org

The Latter-day Saints Channel (formerly the Mormon Channel) is an over the air and Internet radio station owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Broadcasting 24/7 from facilities at the LDS Church's headquarters, Latter-day Saints Channel broadcasts over the Internet via the station website and over the HD2 and HD3 channels of seven FM stations: KIRO-FM in Seattle, KSL-FM in Salt Lake City, KTAR-FM in Phoenix, WARH in St. Louis, WSHE-FM in Chicago, KOSI-FM in Denver, and WYGY in Cincinnati. KIRO, KSL, KOSI and KTAR are owned by Bonneville International, itself owned by the LDS Church; WARH, WSHE-FM, and WYGY are owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, but were owned by Bonneville as well until 2011. KSWD in Los Angeles formerly aired the network on HD4 until the station's sale to Entercom.

History

On September 17, 2019, as part of an organization-wide effort to focus on the church's full name, the channel was changed to "The Latter-day Saints Channel." [5]

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References

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