lake city utah ksl fm midvale utah 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 1160 khz ksl fm 102.7 mhz also on hd radio 102.7 2 fm mormon channel first air date ksl may 6 1922 as kzn ksl fm 1985 as kqmb format news talk power ksl 50 000 watts erp ksl fm 25 000 watts haat ksl fm 1 140 meters 3 740 ft class ksl a clear channel ksl fm c facility id ksl 6375 ksl fm 54156 transmitter coordinates 40 46 48 n 112 5 51 w 40.78000 n 112.09750 w 40.78000 ; 112.09750 main am antenna 40 46 50 n 112 6 2 w 40.78056 n 112.10056 w 40.78056 ; 112.10056 auxiliary am antenna 40 39 34 n 112 12 5 w 40.65944 n 112.20139 w 40.65944 ; 112.20139 fm callsign meaning salt lake city former callsigns ksl 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 radio is located in the triad center in salt lake city . ksl newsradio is a pair of radio stations located in salt lake city utah which includes the original am station ksl 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 . both ksl s am and fm transmissions broadcast in hd radio . ksl fm carries the mormon channel over its hd2 subchannel . 1 contents 1 history 2 programming 2.1 weekdays 2.2 weekends 3 personalities 3.1 hosts 3.2 reporters anchors & producers 3.3 past personalities 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit ksl is utah s oldest radio station first going on the air with the call letters kzn likely standing for the zion concept and common motif in the latter day saint movement . ksl kzn began life as the radio arm of the deseret news a salt lake city newspaper also owned by the lds church . the station s first broadcast aired on may 6 1922 in the form of a talk by then lds church president heber j. grant . 2 in 1924 the station was sold to john cope and his father f.w. cope who formed the radio service corporation of utah . 3 earl j. glade later a four term mayor of salt lake city joined the station in 1925 and guided ksl s operations for the next fourteen years . john f. fitzpatrick publisher of the salt lake tribune owned by the kearns corporation acquired a quarter interest of ksl for a modest price as did the lds church . this was the tribune s first business partnership with the lds church though the church later acquired full interest in the station . 4 in 1924 it changed its call letters to kfpt for one year and then adopted its current call letters in 1925 after they became available with the s and l standing for salt lake . until that time the ksl call sign had been used by a radio station in alaska . a series of power boosts over the next decade brought the station to its current 50 000 watts daytime broadcast power in 1932 with a 50 000 watt transmitter being dedicated october 22 of that year . 5 it spent time at several frequencies over the years before settling at 1160 khz in 1941 . currently ksl s am signal can be heard across nearly all of utah during the day and in much of the western part of north america at night . soon after becoming a clear channel station ksl joined the cbs radio network . it remained with cbs until 2005 when it switched to abc news radio . the station would also gain a television counterpart in 1949 the cbs affiliate ksl tv channel 5 . ksl tv switched to nbc in 1995 after kutv channel 2 came under the ownership of cbs following its acquisition by westinghouse . the station s owners made their initial foray into fm broadcasting in 1947 when they started the original ksl fm on the then sparsely populated fm band at 100.3 . after simulcasting ksl for a number of years the fm station switched to a beautiful music format a contrast to the then current ksl format of news and commentary interspersed with middle of the road music . the fm station was sold to a private owner in the mid 1970s due to fcc regulations on multiple station ownership since greatly relaxed . the station now the adult contemporary ksfi was bought back by bonneville communications in 2003 along with classic rock station krsp fm 103.5 and then hot ac kqmb fm 102.7 . in the mid 1980s ksl adopted an all talk format completely dropping music programming aside from its sunday broadcasts of the tabernacle choir . on september 3 2005 kqmb was converted to a simulcast of ksl with the call sign changed to ksl fm . the station s former branding call sign and hot ac format were later picked up an unrelated station licensed to levan on 96.7 fm . programming edit weekdays edit once a month during non election cycles usually on the last thursday of the month the governor of utah has airtime on the station for a let me speak to the governor segment where calls are taken from constituents with the governor answering questions and concerns . a notable program from ksl s history was herb jepko s nitecaps a call in show airing overnight on 1160 ksl from 1964 to 1990 . nightcaps was one of the first u.s. radio talk shows to be syndicated nationally airing on numerous mutual broadcasting system network stations . weekends edit programming airing on weekends includes ksl outdoors the ksl greenhouse show cougar sports saturday the movie show matinee best of the doug wright show meet the press ric edelman as well as numerous lds religious shows and paid programming . ksl is also the flagship station of brigham young university s football and men s basketball teams . commentary for football games is provided by greg wrubell the voice of the cougars . due to its affiliation with the lds church ksl along with its television counterparts and other lds affiliated outlets in utah airs simulcasts of the general conferences held twice a year during april and october . on sunday mornings ksl airs its longest running show music and the spoken word a weekly broadcast of the mormon tabernacle choir which is also syndicated nationwide via cbs radio and television . continuously airing since 1929 it is one of the longest running radio programs in the world and one of only two radio shows to be inaugurated into the national association of broadcasters hall of fame along with the grand ole opry 6 on sunday mornings and evenings for 22 years ksl has broadcast religion today with host martin tanner which focuses on christian and jewish history and doctrine . personalities edit hosts edit amanda dickson utah s morning news a woman s view tim hughes ksl outdoors ksl greenhouse alex kirry the nightside project cougar sports saturday brian martin utah s morning news jay mcfarland the jaymac news show ethan millard the nightside project dave noriega cougar sports saturday steve salles the movie show scott seeger utah s afternoon news maria shilaos utah s afternoon news cleon wall cougar sports saturday doug wright the doug wright show the movie show greg wrubell the kalani sitake show the dave rose show cougar tracks byu football & men s basketball game broadcasts reporters anchors & producers edit brianna bodily don brinkerhoff becky bruce executive producer utah s morning news with grant & amanda eric butler dave cawley executive producer utah s afternoon news andy farnsworth mark giauque executive producer utah s noon news mark jackson randall jeppesen dan jessop heather kelly rikki meece paul nelson mary richards peter samore cleon wall sheryl worsley news director past personalities edit parley baer 1930s director of special events 7 grant nielsen retired utah s morning news see also edit bonneville international ksl tv media in salt lake city references edit http www.hdradio.com stations arave lynn may 4 2006 . ksl wins another crystal award . deseret news . ksl radio on air highlights . deseret news . may 3 2002 . retrieved january 26 2013 . o. n. malmquist the first 100 years a history of the salt lake tribune utah state historical society 1971 pp 388 high power transmitter of ksl goes on the air pdf . broadcasting . november 1 1932 . retrieved 5 october 2014 . nab radio hall of fame inductees national association of broadcasters . retrieved on march 28 2007 . parley baer goes into lion s den . the daily mail . december 8 1962 . p. 29 . retrieved march 27 2015 via newspapers.com . external links edit ksl newsradio query the fcc s am station database for ksl radio locator information on ksl query nielsen audio s am station database for ksl query the fcc s fm station database for ksl radio locator information on ksl query nielsen audio s fm station database for ksl story about the new fm signal ksl s tower along with other signals in the area v t e radio stations in the salt lake city ogden provo utah market by am frequency 570 610 630 700 730 820 860 910 960 1010 1060 1120 1160 1230 1280 1320 1370 1400 1430 1450 1490 1510 1550 1600 1640 by fm frequency 88.1 88.3 88.7 89.1 90.1 90.9 91.5 91.7 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.9 95.5 95.9 95.9 96.3 96.7 96.7 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.7 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.9 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.55 by callsign kaaz fm kall kann kbee kber kbja kblq fm kbmg kbyu fm kbzn kcpw fm kdut kdwy kdyl kec78 kega kegh kenz keyy kfnz kgnt khtb kihu kjmy kkat kkex kklv kkut kllb klzx kmri klo kmgr kniv knkl knrs knrs fm kodj kogn kohs kovo kpgr kqmb krcl krsp fm kruz ksfi ksl am and fm ksop ksop fm ksqn ksrr ksvn ktce ktkk ktub kubl fm kudd kude kuer fm kufr kumt kusu fm kutr kuuu kvfx kvnu kwcr fm kwdz kxrk kxut lp kyfo kymv kzht kzns kzns fm transmitter sites ensign peak farnsworth peak lake mountain defunct kwcr 88.1 now online only ksos 800 knfl 1470 kxol 1660 note kuuu will move to 92.3 ; ktce to relocate to new fequency nearby radio markets central utah pocatello southwestern wyoming see also list of radio stations in utah v t e news talk radio