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KNRS (AM)

KNRS
KNRS FM AM logo 1059 570.png
City Salt Lake City, Utah
Broadcast area Salt Lake City metropolitan area
Branding Talk Radio 105.9 FM/570 AM KNRS
Slogan Listen... and you'll know
Frequency 570 kHz
Repeater(s) KNRS-FM
First air date August 1, 1938 (as KUTA at 1500)
Format Talk
Power 5,000 watts unlimited
Class B
Facility ID 63818
Transmitter coordinates 40°49′9″N 111°55′56″W / 40.81917°N 111.93222°W / 40.81917; -111.93222Coordinates: 40°49′9″N 111°55′56″W / 40.81917°N 111.93222°W / 40.81917; -111.93222
Callsign meaning K News Radio Station
Former callsigns KUTA (1938-1956)
KLUB (1956-1989)
KISN (1989-1998)
KNRS (1998-2009)
KACP (2009-2011)
Former frequencies 1500 kHz (1938-1942)
Affiliations Premiere Networks
TheBlaze Network
NBC News Radio
Owner iHeartMedia, Inc.
(Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations KAAZ-FM, KJMY, KNRS-FM, KODJ, KWDZ, KZHT
Webcast Listen Live
Website knrs.com

KNRS (570 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Salt Lake City, Utah. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. KNRS and sister station 105.9 KNRS-FM simulcast a Talk radio format. The studios are located in West Valley City and the transmitter site is located off West 2300 North Street in Salt Lake City. 570 KNRS operates at 5,000 watts around the clock, covering most of Northern Utah. Other iHeart stations in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area include KAAZ-FM, KZHT, KJMY, KODJ, and KWDZ.

The station signed on the air on August 1, 1938 as KUTA on 1500 kHz AM, and was then headed by Utah broadcasting pioneer Frank Carman. In 1956, the station changed its call letters to KLUB. After the station became KLUB in 1956, its programming consisted on music, news, and sports. In the 1950s, KLUB published a local top 40 chart. The station aired a beautiful music format in the 1970s. In the early 1980s, the station aired a MOR music format. In September 1983, the station began airing the "Music of Your Life" nostalgia format. On September 4, 1985, the station's format was changed to adult contemporary. In Autumn 1985, KLUB became the flagship station for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association.


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