KKAT (AM)
KKAT (860 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a talk format. KKAT is licensed to Salt Lake City, Utah and is owned by Cumulus Media. The station's studios are located in South Salt Lake (behind the I-15/I-80 interchange) and its transmitter site is located in West Valley City. KKAT broadcasts at 10,000 watts by day but must reduce its power to 196 watts at night because it is on a clear channel frequency reserved for Canada, with CJBC Toronto the dominant Class A station on 860 kHz.
Programming
KKAT carries mostly nationally syndicated shows, largely from the co-owned Westwood One Network. Hosts include Don Imus, Herman Cain, Jerry Doyle, Michael Savage, Mark Levin, John Batchelor and Andrea Tantaros with Red Eye Radio airing overnight and Bob Brinker heard on weekends. Westwood One News airs at the beginning of most hours.
History
The station was first licensed on November 15, 1955, with the call sign KWHO. The station aired a Classical music format. Initially, KWHO operated during daytime hours only with 1000 watts of power.
KKLV
KKLV (107.5 FM, "K-Love") is an American Contemporary Christian music formatted radio station broadcasting to the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The station is licensed to serve the community of Kaysville, Utah, and is currently owned by the Educational Media Foundation. It was previously owned and operated by Wasatch Radio, LLC as trustee which Citadel Broadcasting divested, four months after picking up KHTB in the Salt Lake City cluster.
History
KKLV has had quite a history since signing on in 1978 as KABE on 107.1 in Orem, Utah. It ran what we would call an adult hits format until 1983 when the station was moved to 107.5 and ran a stylized pop format as KUUT from 1983 until 1984. From 1984 to 1992, the station was known as KMGR. It was then known as KMXB from 1992 to 1996, before becoming KENZ.
107.5 The End
From January 1996 to 2005, the station was known as KENZ. It used its dial position to become known as "107.5 The End". The End carried an Adult Album Alternative format, similar to the later incarnation of KENZ lower on the dial on 101.9. KENZ moved down the dial to provide a better signal area. Since KKAT is broadcasting from Lake Mountain, the station has difficulties covering the northern end of the Wasatch Front. The station does have a booster in Bountiful to increase signal coverage due to a terrain shadow.
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