City |
KSL-AM: Salt Lake City, Utah KSL-FM: Midvale, Utah |
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Broadcast area | Salt Lake City metropolitan area and Northern Utah |
Branding | KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM/1160 AM |
Slogan | Utah's news and talk station. Traffic and weather together on the 9s. |
Frequency |
KSL-AM: 1160 kHz KSL-FM: 102.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) 102.7-2 FM: Mormon Channel |
First air date |
KSL-AM: May 6, 1922 (as KZN) KSL-FM: December 1, 1985 (as KQMB) |
Format | News/Talk |
Power | KSL-AM: 50,000 watts |
ERP | KSL-FM: 25,000 watts |
HAAT | KSL-FM: 1,140 meters (3,740 ft) |
Class |
KSL-AM: A (Clear channel) KSL-FM: C |
Facility ID |
KSL-AM: 6375 KSL-FM: 54156 |
Transmitter coordinates |
40°46′48″N 112°5′51″W / 40.78000°N 112.09750°W (main AM antenna) 40°46′50″N 112°6′2″W / 40.78056°N 112.10056°W (auxiliary AM antenna) 40°39′34″N 112°12′5″W / 40.65944°N 112.20139°W (FM) |
Callsign meaning |
K Salt Lake City-AM K Salt Lake City-FM |
Former callsigns |
KSL-AM: KZN (1922–1924) KFPT (1924–1925) KSL-FM: KQMB (1985-2005) |
Affiliations |
ABC News Radio Westwood One |
Owner |
Bonneville International (Bonneville International Corporation) |
Sister stations | KSL-TV, KRSP-FM, KSFI, KUTR |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | ksl.com |
KSL Newsradio is a pair of radio stations located in Salt Lake City, Utah, which includes the original AM station KSL-AM (1160 kHz, licensed to Salt Lake City) and the FM station KSL-FM (102.7 MHz, licensed to Midvale). Both stations simulcast a format of All-News during key hours on weekdays and Talk programming the rest of the time. Owned by Bonneville International (a broadcasting subsidiary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), the stations share studios with sister television station KSL-TV in the Broadcast House building at the Triad Center in downtown Salt Lake City.
KSL AM broadcasts at 50,000 watts non-directional, day and night, the maximum power permitted by the Federal Communications Commission. The clear channel Class A station covers most of Northern Utah in the daytime and with a good radio can be heard in much of Western North America at night. The KSL AM transmitter is located west of Salt Lake City International Airport, while the KSL-FM transmitter is located on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains, southwest of Salt Lake City.