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KSL-FM (102.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Midvale, Utah, and serving the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. KSL-FM and sister station KSL (1160 AM) simulcast a talk radio radio format. They are owned by Bonneville International, a broadcasting subsidiary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). They and co-owned television station KSL-TV have studios in the Broadcast House building at the Triad Center in downtown Salt Lake City.
KSL-FM is a Class C station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 25,000 watts. Radio-Locator.com/KSL-FM The KSL-FM transmitter site is on Farnsworth Peak, part of the Oquirrh Mountains in Erda, southwest of Salt Lake City. It is co-located with the KSL-TV tower. KSL-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 subchannel rebroadcasts the sports radio format on 1280 KZNS. The HD3 subchannel carries the Latter-day Saints Channel.
Specialty shows are featured on weekends. Programs includes KSL Outdoors, The KSL Greenhouse Show, Cougar Sports Saturday, The KSL Real Estate Show, The Movie Show Matinee and Meet The Press. Several LDS religious shows are heard on Sundays, including Music & the Spoken Word, airing on KSL continuously since 1929. Twice a year, KSL-AM-FM run LDS General Conferences in April and October. Some weekend shows are paid brokered programming. KSL-AM-FM carry Brigham Young University BYU Cougars sports and Real Salt Lake soccer games. The stations are affiliates of ABC News Radio.
Station ownership limitations were loosened in the early 2000s, allowing KSL's parent company to consider expanding its radio station holdings. In December 2003, Bonneville International acquired 15 radio stations from Simmons Media Group, including KQMB. At first, 102.7 maintained its hot AC format. But a short time later, KSL's management saw that some radio listeners preferred the FM band, even for non-music formats, and rarely tuned to AM stations. It decided KSL's news-talk format needed an FM partner.
In September 2005, KQMB was converted to a simulcast of KSL. "KSL NewsRadio to Be Heard on FM", September 2, 2005 (KSL.com) To match its AM counterpart, KQMB changed its call sign to KSL-FM. "Call Sign History" (Facility ID #54156) (FCC.gov) The joint operation was branded as "KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM & 1160 AM". Initially the AM signal was considered to be the main station. In recent years, the FM dial position is the only frequency given, omitting 1160 AM.
KQMB's former branding, call sign, and hot adult contemporary format were picked up by an unrelated company. They were put on KUTN in Levan, Utah, a community in the central part of the state.
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