KALL
kHz | |
| Branding | ESPN 700 |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Network | ESPN Radio |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks Utah Utes Utah Warriors |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
|
| KNAH, KOVO, KUDD, KUUU, KXRK, KYMV | |
| History | |
First air date | September 22, 1981 (as KFAM)[1] |
Former call signs | KFAM (1981-1998) KWLW (1998-2003) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 23480 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts day 10,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°53′29″N 111°56′29″W / 40.89139°N 111.94139°W |
| Translator(s) | 92.1 K221GK (Salt Lake City) |
| Repeater(s) | 96.3 KXRK-HD3 (Provo) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | espn700sports.com |
KALL (700
radio station in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area licensed to North Salt Lake, Utah, though in station identifications and the FCC database, the station is listed as being licensed to "North Salt Lake City". The station is owned by Dell Loy Hansen's Broadway Media. The station's studios are located in Downtown Salt Lake City and its transmitter site is located in Legacy Nature Preserve west of Bountiful. Their sister station KOVO is also an ESPN Radio
affiliate.
Program highlights include live
play-by-play of University of Utah football and basketball and Real Salt Lake soccer, Keyshawn, JWill and Zubin, Greeny, the daily local show "The Bill & OC Show" and "Dan Patrick". KALL also carries the "NFL from Compass Media Networks
" package.
History
KALL in Utah was founded in 1945 by Mr. and Mrs.
Salt Lake Tribune, owned by the Kearns Corporation, through the efforts of John F. Fitzpatrick
and Tribune's president Thomas F. Kearns purchased a fifty percent interest in the radio station. This interest was in turn sold in 1954 to permit the Kearns-Tribune Corporation to apply for a Channel 2 Television license in a fifty-fifty partnership.
KALL signed on the air September 22, 1981 as KFAM. KFAM broadcast a
Clear Channel sold KALL to UT Radio Acquisition LLC in 2006.,[4] and the station is now owned by Broadway Media. ESPN 700 added MMA fighter "OC" Sean O'Connell in 2014.[5]
Programming
The station primarily airs their contracted
National Football League on Westwood One Sports
References
- ^ a b "KFAM First Air Date" (PDF). Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1984. 1984. pp. B–261. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Broadcast History - Salt Lake City Radio". www.oldradio.com. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ Lynn Arave, "Radio dial: A Utah radio first: separate deals on content, frequency", Deseret News, February 28, 2003. Accessed August 20, 2015
- ^ "Deals," Broadcasting & Cable, February 27, 2006.
- ^ "Salt Lake City bar". www.24saltlake.com. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
- ^ "RSL on KSL Back for 2023 , Bonneville International New English-Language Radio Home for Real Salt Lake | Real Salt Lake".
External links
- FCC History Cards for KALL
- Official website
- KALL in the FCC AM station database
- KALL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- K221GK in the FCC FM station database
- K221GK at FCCdata.org
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