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KNRS-FM
History
First air date
December 24, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-12-24) (as KCGL at 105.5)
Former call signs
  • KCGL (1979–1990)
  • KBCK (1990–1992)
  • KUMT (1992–1999)
  • KCPX (1999–2004)
  • KXRV (2004–2008)
  • KTMY (2008–2009)
Former frequencies
  • 105.5 MHz (1979–1992)
  • 105.7 MHz (1992–2015)
Call sign meaning
derived from its sister AM radio station
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID69555
ClassC
ERP25,000 watts
HAAT1,140 meters (3,740 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°39′33.8″N 112°12′7.8″W / 40.659389°N 112.202167°W / 40.659389; -112.202167
Repeater(s)570 KNRS (Salt Lake City)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live (via iHeartRadio)
Websiteknrs.iheart.com

KNRS-FM (105.9

commercial radio station, licensed to Centerville, Utah, and broadcasting to Salt Lake City metropolitan area, using the branding "Talk Radio 105.9." KNRS-FM simulcasts a talk radio format with sister station KNRS (570 AM).[2] The studios are on South Decker Lake Drive in West Valley City
.

The station's transmitter tower is on Farnsworth Peak, in the Oquirrh Mountains, 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Salt Lake City,[3] KNRS-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology.

History

On December 24, 1979, the station originally

signed on as KCGL at 105.5 FM.[4] It was powered at only 500 watts and offered easy listening
music for the northern suburbs of Salt Lake City.

In 1990, the station switched to country music as KBCK (K-Buck), carrying Buck Owens' "Real Country" network. In 1992, the station got a major power boost and increase in antenna height while moving to 105.7 MHz, now covering much of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The call sign changed to KUMT, as "105.7 The Mountain", airing an adult album alternative (AAA) format.

From November 2001 until November 2005, the station's call letters were KCPX identifying itself as "Channel 105-7" and airing a modern rock format.[5] (KCPX had been the call letters for one of Salt Lake City's legendary Top 40 stations, at 1320 AM and 98.7 FM.) From November 2005 until November 1, 2007, the station returned to an adult album alternative format as KXRV, branded as "105.7 The River, Quality Music from Then and Now".

Beginning on November 1, 2007, KXRV returned to a country format, branded "My Country 105.7", featuring voice mail messages from listeners, with no live DJs.[6] Pre-recorded tags were heard after each song noting the title and artist. The call letters were changed to KTMY on January 17, 2008, to reflect the new format.

In January 2009, the station flipped to

Spanish-language adult contemporary music as "La Preciosa 105.7".[7] In August 2009, KTMY switched to KNRS-FM, and began carrying its current talk radio format.[3][8]
On October 8, 2015, at 5 p.m., KNRS-FM moved up the dial from 105.7 FM to 105.9 FM, rebranding as "Talk Radio 105.9".

Programming

The station features predominantly

syndicated national talk show hosts, including The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Jesse Kelly, Clyde Lewis, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. One local program is heard weekdays during afternoon drive time, hosted by Rod Arquette.[9] On Saturdays, KNRS originates the regionally syndicated weekend "Travel Show" hosted by Larry Gelwix. Other weekend shows deal with money, health, computers and guns. Syndicated weekend hosts include Kim Komando and Bill Cunningham, as well as repeats of weekday shows. Some hours on weekends are paid brokered programming
.

KNRS-AM-FM have a full news department, with local news every thirty minutes on weekdays. In addition, the station is a

traffic reports on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Traffic reports are provided by iHeartMedia's Total Traffic Network, based at the Utah Department of Transportation in Salt Lake City
.

KNRS-AM-FM's sister stations include KAAZ-FM, KJMY, KODJ, KWDZ, and KZHT.

All KNRS-AM-FM programming is streamed live on the station's website and iHeartRadio website and app. In addition, all of the station's local shows (both weekday and weekend) and select national shows as a podcast.

KNRS-FM HD2

KNRS-FM broadcasts using

Premium Choice
networks. The HD2 subchannel was later discontinued.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KNRS-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Arbitron
    . Summer 2009. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "KNRS-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  4. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1980 page C-238
  5. ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2001/RR-2001-11-09.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "Salt Lake & Detroit Follow-Ups - RadioInsight". October 22, 2007.
  7. ^ "La Presciosa Coming to Salt Lake City - RadioInsight". January 29, 2009.
  8. ^ "570 KNRS Salt Lake City to Move to FM - RadioInsight". July 31, 2009.
  9. ^ "Rod Arquette - Talk Radio 105.9 - KNRS".
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