verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message bonneville international corporation type private industry radio broadcasting television broadcasting founded salt lake city utah united states 1964 1964 headquarters salt lake city parent deseret management corporation website bonneville.com bonneville international corporation is a media and broadcasting company wholly owned by the church of jesus christ of latter day saints lds church through its for profit arm deseret management corporation . it began as a radio and tv network in the triad center broadcast house in salt lake city utah . bonneville s name alludes to benjamin bonneville and the prehistoric lake bonneville that once covered much of modern day utah which was named after him . bonneville owns about 13 radio stations in four major markets as well as one nbc affiliate television station in its home market . additionally its bonneville communications division provides marketing and communications strategy and branding services . bonneville distribution another division provides broadcast syndication and distribution services to non profit organizations . contents 1 history 2 bonneville owned stations 2.1 television station 2.2 radio stations 3 former bonneville owned stations 3.1 television station 3.2 former radio stations 4 see also 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links history edit bonneville international was formed in 1964 with approval of the lds church s first presidency . it was formed to acquire ksl am fm tv which had previously been subsidiaries of the deseret news . soon after its formation bonneville purchased kiro am fm tv in seattle . the lds church divested itself of these later stations between 1995 and 1997 but reacquired kiro am 10 years later . 1 the company has also owned stations in new york city dallas kansas city and los angeles at one point . in 1980 it formed bonneville communications corporation primarily to broadcast lds general conference . bonneville prided itself on values oriented programming and community involvement in line with the company s mission as set forth by its first president arch l. madsen . according to bonneville international s website their values reflect an understanding that families are the basic unit of society ... and that strong families build strong communities . due to a federal communications commission fcc media cross ownership rule bonneville was unable to purchase additional media outlets in salt lake city beyond its flagship cluster . in anticipation of a rule change bonneville purchased four additional salt lake radio stations in 2002 . the fcc did not grant approval for this purchase until 2003 upon which the stations were acquired by bonneville . the status of this deal is still uncertain the fcc has only granted a waiver to bonneville and a recent court ruling has put the fcc cross ownership rule changes into question . on october 4 2004 bonneville international announced plans to buy three stations from emmis communications in the phoenix arizona market in exchange for wlup the loop in chicago and cash . on january 4 2006 bonneville and the washington post announced that the frequencies currently used by wtop 1500 khz am and 107.7 mhz fm would be reassigned to a new station washington post radio . wtop would move to 103.5 mhz the frequencies currently used by classical music station wgms which in turn would move to 104.1 and 103.9 mhz the frequencies used by wwzz which would be closed . wgms itself would fall silent a little more than a year later on january 22 2007 . in its place is 1970s 1980s adult hits station wxgg george 104 . simultaneously public radio station weta fm dropped its news talk format in order to revive its previous classical format via a partnership with bonneville . weta would also receive wgms entire music library hired wgms last program director and also retained the usage of the wgms call sign . george 104 would last less than four months when in april 2007 it was announced that the 104.1 frequency would be lma d to radio one . on april 7 2007 the frequency would flip to a gospel and inspiration format known as praise 104.1 . the washington post radio experiment ended in september 2007 as the three stations including the powerful am 1500 signal became wwwt or 3wt . hosts include syndicated hosts from the right bill o reilly glenn beck neal boortz and left stephanie miller as well as washington nationals baseball . the station s morning show will continue . rush limbaugh once worked for bonneville communications after his stint with the kansas city royals . cbs radio has announced that it would sell 50 radio stations in 12 markets to focus on major market stations . as of september 22 2008 bonneville is one of the seven candidates to make first round bids . 2 on august 12 2009 ; citadel broadcasting has rumored that they re planning to sell the former disney abc s 23 stations to reduce its debt load however several financial factors may put the deal at risk . while not all the stations can be sold off bonneville has expressed interest in 2 fm stations in washington d.c. wjzw and wrqx . 3 on january 19 2011 bonneville announced it would sell 17 radio stations in cincinnati chicago washington d.c. and st. louis to hubbard broadcasting for 505 million . 4 the deal closed may 2 2011 . bonneville owned stations edit stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license . note two boldface asterisks appearing following a station s call letters indicates a station that was built and signed on by a predecessor of bonneville international . television station edit city of license market station channel tv dt owned since affiliation salt lake city ksl tv 5 38 1949 nbc radio stations edit am stations fm stations market station owned since current format denver kkfn 104.3 2015 sports kepn 1600 2015 sports talk kosi 101.1 2015 adult contemporary christmas music kygo 98.5 2015 country music phoenix kmvp 860 gospel music ktar 620 2004 sports talk ktar fm 92.3 2006 news talk kmvp fm 98.7 sports talk salt lake city ksl 1160 1922 news talk ksl fm 102.7 simulcasts ksl am 2003 ksfi 100.3 2003 previously owned from 1947 1977 soft adult contemporary krsp fm 103.5 2003 classic hits seattle tacoma ktth 770 2007 conservative talk kiro 710 2007 previously owned from 1964 1997 sports radio espn radio kiro fm 97.3 2007 news talk former bonneville owned stations edit television station edit city of license market station channel tv dt years owned current status seattle tacoma kiro tv 7 39 1964 1995 cbs affiliate owned by cox media group from 2010 to 2016 bonneville international also operated an independent tv station kjzz tv channel 14 in salt lake city under a local marketing agreement with larry h. miller communications corporation . the arrangement ended when sinclair broadcast group acquired kjzz tv . 5 former radio stations edit koit 96.5 fm in san francisco california was owned by bonneville international from 1983 when the radio frequency for koit was bought at 96.5 fm . bonneville worked to make koit a good easy listening radio station . at first they were playing mostly instrumentals and would put in a vocal song about once every three songs similar to what san jose radio station kbay was doing at the time in the mid 1980s on 100.3 fm . however in 1988 koit changed their music so that they ended up playing soft rock mostly . at first they were playing 1950s through 1980s soft rock . in the mid 1990s they added more 1990s songs and finally in the 2000s they started playing mostly 1980s 1990s and 2000s songs and dropped all the oldies from the 1950s through the 1970s . bonneville sold koit to entercom group in 2007 and exited out of the san francisco market . citation needed wrfm in new york city with a beautiful music format in 1992 bonneville changed the stations call letters to wnsr with a hot adult contemporary format then in 1997 the station was sold to chancellor media . am stations fm stations market station years owned current ownership status san francisco ksfb 1260 1982 2007 immaculate heart radio koit fm 96.5 1975 2007 alpha media kgmz 95.7 1997 2007 entercom communications kuzx 102.1 1996 2007 entercom communications los angeles kbig 104.3 1969 1997 iheartmedia inc. kswd 100.3 2008 2015 entercom communications new york wnsr 105.1 1967 1997 iheartmedia inc. washington d.c. wbqh 1050 2004 2011 hubbard broadcasting wfed 1500 2004 2011 hubbard broadcasting wwfd 820 simulcasts wfed 2007 2011 wtop fm 103.5 1997 2011 hubbard broadcasting wtlp 103.9 simulcasts wtop fm 2007 2011 wwwt fm 107.7 simulcasts wtop fm 2007 2011 chicago wdrv 97.1 2000 2011 hubbard broadcasting wwdv 96.9 simulcasts wdrv 2000 2011 wilv 100.3 1997 2011 hubbard broadcasting wtmx 101.9 1997 2011 hubbard broadcasting st. louis warh 106.5 2000 2011 hubbard broadcasting wil fm 92.3 2000 2011 hubbard broadcasting wxos 101.1 2000 2011 hubbard broadcasting cincinnati wkrq 101.9 2007 2011 hubbard broadcasting wrew 94.9 2007 2011 hubbard broadcasting wube fm 105.1 2007 2011 hubbard broadcasting wygy 97.3 2007 2011 hubbard broadcasting see also edit list of salt lake city media references edit http www.seattlepi.com business 300350 radioswap19.html cbs kicks off radio station auction new york post retrieved september 22 2008 dcrtv.net accessed august 18 2009 505 m sale bonneville sells chicago d.c. st. louis and cincinnati to hubbard . radio info.com . january 19 2011 . pierce scott april 28 2016 . kutv s parent buys kjzz from millers . the salt lake tribune . retrieved june 20 2016 . further reading edit brady rodney h. 1992 bonneville international corporation in ludlow daniel h encyclopedia of mormonism new york macmillan publishing p. 132 isbn 0 02 879602 0 oclc 24502140 gold troy w. 1994 bonneville international corporation in powell allan kent utah history encyclopedia salt lake city utah university of utah press isbn 0874804256 oclc 30473917 external links edit bonneville international s official website v t e subsidiaries of deseret management corporation agriculture agreserves inc. hawaii reserves farmland reserve inc. real estate temple square hospitality utah property management associates property reserve media bonneville international deseret book deseret digital media deseret news publishing company other beneficial financial group v t e bonneville international radio stations kepn kiro kiro fm kkfn kmvp kmvp fm kosi krsp fm ksfi ksl am fm ktar ktar fm ktth kygo fm television stations ksl tv nbc see also byu broadcasting retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bonneville international & oldid 743654114 categories deseret management corporationbroadcasting companies of the united statesradio broadcasting companies of the united statestelevision broadcasting companies of 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