KHTB
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| City | Ogden, Utah |
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| Broadcast area | Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo |
| Branding | Alt 101.9 |
| Slogan | The Salt Lake Valley's Better Alternative |
| Frequency | 101.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1964 (as KQPD) |
| Format | Alternative rock |
| ERP | 25,000 watts |
| HAAT | 1,140 meters (3,740 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 2444 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′34″N 112°12′5″W / 40.65944°N 112.20139°W |
| Former callsigns | KQPD (1964-1984) KKAT (1984-2004) KPQP (2004-2005) KENZ (2005-2015) |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KBEE, KBER, KENZ, KFNZ, KRRF, KKAT, KUBL-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | alt1019.com |
KHTB (101.9 FM) is a Salt Lake City, Utah-based radio station. The station's studios are located in South Salt Lake (behind the I-15/I-80 interchange) and its transmitter site is located southwest of the city on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains.
In 1995, KKAT licensed "Young Country" from Alliance Broadcasting. It was the first country station to intentionally go after young listeners. Also that year, Kid Cassidy (John Potter) of KWNR replaced Gary and Scotty in the mornings, with Insane Rick Shane remaining as producer. Other local hosts were T.J. Evans, "Gentleman Jim" Mickleson, Bob Wells and Tracy Chapman, while Blair Garner did the overnight shift. KKAT took over the number one position among five country stations from KSOP-FM, the only station in the group to lose listeners. Gary and Scotty had been hired to replace Ken Simmons after Simmons' arrest for lewd behavior, and the station and the morning hosts could not overcome the stigma of that incident. But hiring Cassidy and a strong promotional effort worked. By 1999, 101.9 rebranded as just "101.9 KKAT", and on January 18, 2002, at 5PM, after stunting with a loop of "God Bless The USA" for several hours, they rebranded again, this time as "K102", adding more classic country to their modern playlist (as evidenced by the first song after the rebrand, "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" by John Denver). It would rebrand back to "101.9 KKAT" in January 2004. KKAT would be replaced by KPQP, a Top 40 station branded as "101.9 Pop FM", in May 2004. KPQP would last until KENZ's move to the frequency in September 2005.
What is now KENZ first started as "107.5 The End" at Midnight on January 1, 1996 with R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)", and aired an adult album alternative format. Originally owned by The Slaymaker Group (Monarch Broadcasting), the station was sold to Citadel Broadcasting in 1998.
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