KDYL

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KDYL
City of license South Salt Lake, Utah
Broadcast area Salt Lake City
Frequency 1060 kHz
First air date 1967
Format China International Radio
Power 10,000 watts day
149 watts night
Class B
Facility ID 27458
Transmitter coordinates 40°32′8″N 112°4′38″W / 40.53556°N 112.07722°W / 40.53556; -112.07722
Former callsigns KRSP (1967-1990)
KKDS (1990-2004)
Affiliations China International Radio
Owner James Su
(Mountain View Broadcast, LLC)
Sister stations KCYN, KTSN, KRJC
Website www.kdylam.com
The radio tower for KDYL is located near the Bingham Canyon Mine.

KDYL (1060 AM) is a radio station affiliated with China International Radio.[1][2] Licensed to South Salt Lake, Utah, USA, it serves the Salt Lake City area. The station is currently owned by James Su, through licensee Mountain View Broadcast, LLC.[3]

History

The station was first licensed on September 7, 1967, and held the callsign KRSP.[4] Until the mid 1980s, the station aired a contemporary hits format.[5][6][7] By 1986, the station had begun airing an oldies format, playing music from the '50s and '60s, and was branded "Utah's Oldies Station".[8][9]

Children's Radio era

On September 24, 1990, the station changed its call sign to KKDS.[10] On began broadcasting a children's radio format branded "The Imagination Station", with programming from the Orlando based Kids' Choice Broadcasting Network.[11][12] KKDS was the first children's radio station in the nation.[12] The station later affiliated with the children's network Radio AAHS.[13]

Adult Standards era

On November 12, 1997 the Radio AAHS affiliation ended, and the station began airing an adult contemporary format branded "All American Classics".[13] By 2000, the station's format had changed to Adult Standards.[14] In 2004, Holiday Broadcasting Co filed for the callsign KDYL, which had previously been held by AM 1280 while the station aired an Adult Standards format.[15] On February 2, 2004, the station's callsign was changed to KDYL.[10] In June 2005, KDYL began broadcasting Jones Radio Networks' "Music of Your Life" Adult Standards format.[16] The station had been airing a syndicated Adult Standards format from Westwood One.[16]

Real Oldies 1060

Station's logo as Real Oldies 1060

On January 1, 2008, the station switched to a "Real Oldies" format with live and local personalities, spotlighting hits from the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s.[17] The change put the station in competition with another local oldies radio station KKAT, which, at the time aired Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel, although for now, unlike the True Oldies Channel, KDYL's playlist includes only a small amount of post-1970 music. KKAT would eventually change formats, making KDYL the only true oldies station in the Salt Lake metro area.

Oldies leaves Salt Lake AM radio

On March 4, 2013, KDYL changed formats to China International Radio, after Mountain View Broadcast began operating the station under a time brokerage agreement.[2][18] In 2015, Mountain View Broadcast purchased the station from Holiday Broadcasting Co. for $712,000, which included $525,000 it had paid in brokerage fees over the previous two years.[19][2]

References

  1. ↑ KDYL-AM, Nielsen. Accessed August 24, 2015
  2. 1 2 3 "Deal Digest for the week of March 26, 2015", Inside Radio, March 26, 2015. Accessed August 24, 2015
  3. ↑ KDYL, fcc.gov. Accessed August 24, 2015
  4. ↑ History Cards for KDYL, fcc.gov. Accessed August 24, 2015
  5. ↑ Bob Hamilton, "Salt Lake City, Utah", Radio Quarterly Report '76, Jan. 1-June 30, 1976. p. 386. Accessed August 19, 2015
  6. ↑ "Across the Dial", Broadcasting Publications, (1983) p. 107. Accessed August 25, 2015
  7. ↑ "Ratings Report", Radio & Records, April 1985. p. 123. Accessed August 25, 2015
  8. ↑ "Ratings Report & Directory", Radio & Records, April 1986. p. 142. Accessed August 25, 2015
  9. ↑ Lynn Arave, "There's Good and Bad News at Station KRSP-AM", Deseret News, July 6, 1990. Accessed August 25, 2015
  10. 1 2 Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Accessed August 24, 2015
  11. ↑ Lynn Arave, "New Radio Station Hopes to Tune Kids In", Deseret News, October 25, 1990. Accessed August 24, 2015
  12. 1 2 Lynn Arave, "KKDS Still on Air Despite National Woes", Deseret News, March 8, 1991. Accessed August 24, 2015
  13. 1 2 Lynn Arave, "DJ adds spark to KKAT team on mornings", Deseret News, November 21, 1997. Accessed August 24, 2015
  14. ↑ Lynn Arave, "Radio dial: KSL tops morning show favorites", Deseret News, August 18, 2000. Accessed August 24, 2015
  15. ↑ Lynn Arave, "Radio dial: KDYL is once again an oldie but goodie", Deseret News, February 27, 2004. Accessed August 24, 2015
  16. 1 2 Lynn Arave, "Radio dial: KDYL is tuning in to nostalgia", Deseret News, July 8, 2005. Accessed August 24, 2015
  17. ↑ Lynn Arave, "Radio's Radio dial: Radio's KDYL returns to its oldies music roots", Deseret News, January 11, 2008. Accessed August 24, 2015
  18. ↑ Real Oldies Out at KDYL
  19. ↑ Asset Purchase Agreement - Addendum, fcc.gov. March 18, 2015. Accessed August 24, 2015

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