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KSFI (100.3 FM broadcasting) is a radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. KSFI maintains studio facilities located at the KSL Broadcast House building in Salt Lake City's Triad Center (which also house KRSP-FM and the KSL-AM-FM-KSL-TV partners), and its transmitter is located on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains, southwest of Salt Lake City.
There were numerous delays before broadcasting began. In early 1941, the FCC began an investigation whether newspaper ownership of radio stations should be restricted, "FCC Starts Newspaper Ownership Drive", Broadcasting, March 24, 1941, page 7. which put K47SL's authorization on hold, because approximately twenty percent of Radio Service Corporation of Utah stock was held by the publisher of the Salt Lake Tribune and Salt Lake Telegram newspapers. "Newspaper Grants For FM Delayed", Broadcasting, March 24, 1941, page 8. As of June 1943, K47SL was included in a list of "other construction permit authorizations outstanding for FM stations not on the air". "40 FM Applicants Seek Reinstatement To Keep Files Pending Before FCC", Broadcasting, June 14, 1943, page 22.
Effective November 1, 1943, the FCC modified its policy for FM call letters, "Standard Broadcast Station Call Letters for All Outlets Starting Nov. 1, FCC Rule", The Billboard, September 4, 1943, page 7. and the station was assigned new call letters of KSL-FM. "New Calls Named For FM Stations", Broadcasting, October 4, 1943, page 49. Equipment and staffing shortages resulted in additional delays, until the station commenced broadcasting on December 26, 1946, at 100.1 MHz, "KSL-FM Starts; On Air Daily for 6 Hours", Broadcasting, January 6, 1947, page 35. quickly changed to 100.3 MHz.
Originally owned by the Deseret News, it became a part of Bonneville International when the Latter Day Saints Church formed it as the parent of its broadcasting outlets in 1964. "FM 100" was a pioneer of Bonneville's "beautiful music" format, but in late 1977 it was sold to Simmons Family Incorporated.Arave, Lynn. "Bonneville purchase of 15 stations OK'd", Deseret News, December 9, 2003. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
Simmons changed the call letters to KSFI on January 6, 1978, and began adding more vocal selections to the music mix, eventually evolving the format to soft adult contemporary. Bonneville reacquired the station (along with Star 102.7 and Arrow 103.5) from Simmons in 2003. According to the website of its owner, Bonneville International, FM100 is the top-performing adult contemporary station in Utah.
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