KENZ (FM)
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| City | Provo, Utah |
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| Broadcast area | north/central Utah, most of Wasatch Front |
| Branding | Power 94.9 |
| Slogan | Utah's New Hit Music |
| Frequency | 94.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1981 (as KLRZ) |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| ERP | 48,000 watts |
| HAAT | 853 meters (atop Lake Mountain) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 6545 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°16′58″N 111°56′11″W / 40.28278°N 111.93639°W |
| Former callsigns | KLRZ (1981-1986) KBNG (1986-1987) KTOU (1987-1989) KZHT (1989-2004) KPHT (1/6/2004-1/16/2004) KMXU (1/16/2004-1/27/2004) KHTB (2004-2015) |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KBEE, KBER, KHTB, KFNZ, KRRF, KKAT, KUBL-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | powerslc.com |
KENZ (94.9 FM, "Power 94.9") is a top 40/CHR radio station broadcasting to Salt Lake City, Utah and the surrounding areas. The station is licensed to Provo. It is owned and operated by Cumulus Media. The station's studios are located in South Salt Lake (behind the I-15/I-80 interchange) and its transmitter site is located on Lake Mountain.
The station and frequency was previously owned and operated by Millcreek Broadcasting. In early summer 2008, the station was acquired by Citadel Broadcasting. Millcreek Broadcasting moved The Blaze to a new frequency, KZZQ 97.5 FM (Coalville) and KAUU 105.1 FM (Manti). As a result of the purchase of 94.9, Citadel divested KKAT-FM to Wasatch Radio, LLC as Trustee due to ownership limitations. Citadel did not acquire the intellectual property rights to maintain the former station slogan "The Blaze", and this resulted in the previous name "94.9 Z-ROCK" (which was previously "94.9 ROCKS").
Starting in 1981, the station was known as KLRZ. While with those call letters, the station carried an adult contemporary format, which later flipped to CHR as KBNG. As KTOU ("The Touch") the station carried a new age format. The format lasted a few years before the station became KZHT, and the format changed to rock.
The station, as KZHT, was popular among teens along the Wasatch Front. KZHT moved up the dial to 97.1 FM in 2004 and maintained the top 40 format, while KHTB became an active rock station which became known better as "The Blaze". The reason for the move was primarily based on signal. The 94.9 transmitter is located on Lake Mountain south of Salt Lake, and west of Provo, while 97.1's transmitter is located on Farnsworth Peak.
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