KSL-FM (102.7 FM) is a

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station licensed to Midvale, Utah, and serving the

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. KSL-FM and

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KSL (1160 AM)

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. They are owned by

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, a broadcasting subsidiary of

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(LDS). They and co-owned television station

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have studios in the Broadcast House building at the Triad Center in downtown

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. KSL-FM is a Class C station. It has an

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(ERP) of 25,000 watts.Radio-Locator.com/KSL-FM
/REF> The KSL-FM

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site is on

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, part of the

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in Erda, southwest of Salt Lake City. It is co-located with the KSL-TV

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. KSL-FM broadcasts using

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technology. Its HD2

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rebroadcasts the

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format on 1280 KZNS. The HD3 subchannel carries the Latter-day Saints Channel.

Programming

On weekdays, KSL-AM-FM air

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blocks in morning and afternoon

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and an hour at noon. The rest of the schedule is

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s and

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. Morning news is anchored by Tim Hughes and Amanda Dickson. Afternoons are anchored by Jeff Caplan and middays by Maria Shilaos. In late mornings, Dave Noriega and Debbie Dujanovic host ''Dave and Dujanovic''. In early afternoons, ''Inside Sources'' is hosted by Boyd Matheson. Evenings feature ''KSL at Night'' along with repeats of daytime shows. Often on the last Thursday of the month, the

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has airtime on the station for a "Let Me Speak to the Governor" segment, where calls are taken from constituents. 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 ''

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''. Several LDS religious shows are heard on Sundays, including ''

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'', 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

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. KSL-AM-FM carry

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Cougars sports and

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soccer games. The stations are affiliates of

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History

The station signed on the air on December 1, 1985, as KQMB. The call letters referenced its ownership by Quarry Mountain Broadcasting. It had a

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format. In 1998, the station was sold to Simmons Family Inc. for $3,425,000. 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. To match its AM counterpart, KQMB changed its

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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 96.7 FM in Levan, Utah, a community in the central part of the state.

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FCC History Cards for KFSI
(was KSL-FM from 1943 to 1978) {{Authority control 1985 establishments in Utah Bonneville International Deseret Management Corporation Mass media in Salt Lake City News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1985 SL

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