KUUU
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| City | South Jordan, Utah |
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| Broadcast area | Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, Utah |
| Branding | U92 |
| Slogan | "Where Hip Hop Lives" |
| Frequency | 92.5 MHz (to move to 92.3 MHz) |
| First air date | September 1, 1979 |
| Format | Rhythmic Contemporary |
| ERP | 500 watts |
| HAAT | 1198 meters |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 37876 |
| Callsign meaning | U 92 |
| Former callsigns | KTLE (1979-1982) KTLE-FM (1982-1997) KTKL (1997-1999) KUUU (1999-present) |
| Owner | Dell Loy Hansen (Broadway Media LS, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KEGA, KXRK, KYMV, KUDD, KALL |
| Webcast | stream opens on website when "Listen Live" button is clicked |
| Website | u92slc.com |
KUUU (92.5 FM) is a Rhythmic Top 40 formatted radio station broadcasting to the Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, Utah metropolitan area. The station is owned by Dell Loy Hansen, through Broadway Media LS, LLC. KUUU broadcasts R&B/Hip-Hop and Rhythmic Pop music. The station's studios are located in Downtown Salt Lake City and its transmitter site is located southwest of the city on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains.
The station was launched on September 1, 1979 and adopted its callsign KTLE on September 10. On May 19, 1982, it was modified to KTLE-FM. On May 9, 1997, it was slightly changed to KTKL and again to its current KUUU on March 8, 1999. The station's current Rhythmic Top 40 format began on February 27, 1999 at 92.1 FM and was licensed to Tooele, Utah. In February 2005, the station moved to its current dial position and changed its city-of-license to South Jordan, Utah, allowing them to better cover the Salt Lake Valley. The station was previously broadcasting to most of the valley via a low-power booster in the Oquirrh mountains.
Current announcers include Poetik-C, Jay R and DJ Erockalypze. Past hosts included Zac Davis, Romeo on the Radio, Pat Clark after Dark, Jagger, Poetik C, Kevin Cruise, Ron T, Booker, JDub, Mark-E, & Tic-Tac.
In an article from The Salt Lake Tribune, the station is cited by music trade publications and record labels for being influential in breaking songs from artists like Flo Rida, Plies and T-Pain, especially in a radio market like Salt Lake City. Program Director at the time Brian Michel says it is because the station is not owned by a major broadcaster, who would tell the hosts what they should play instead of what the listeners really want to hear: "People in San Antonio aren't telling us what to play," he said. "We have no outside consultants. We interact with [our listeners]."
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