KALL

KALL
City of license North Salt Lake City, Utah
Broadcast area Salt Lake City, Utah
Branding ESPN 700
Frequency 700 kHz
First air date September 22, 1981
(as KFAM)[1]
July 1, 1998
(as KWLW)
Format Sports radio
Power 50,000 watts day
10,000 watts night
Class B
Facility ID 23480
Former callsigns 1998-2003: KWLW
1981-1998: KFAM
Affiliations ESPN Radio, Compass Media Networks
Owner Simmons Media Group, LLC
Webcast Listen Live
Website kall700sports.com

KALL, "ESPN 700", is an all-sports radio station in the Salt Lake City, Utah area. The listed owner is Utah Radio Acquisitions, LLC.

Program highlights include live play-by-play of University of Utah football and basketball and Real Salt Lake soccer, Mike and Mike in the Morning, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, the daily local show "The Bill & Spence Show" and "Dan Patrick". KALL also was one of the first stations to pick up the new Compass Media Networks NFL package and is now the home of the Dallas Cowboys.

History

KALL signed on the air September 22, 1981 as KFAM. KFAM broadcast a beautiful music format in AM stereo.[1] In 1997, WLW owner Jacor purchased KFAM, which broadcast with 50,000 watts during the day but only 1,000 watts at night in order to protect WLW.[2] As a joke, they changed the call letters to KWLW[2] and even began to air programming such as Dale Sommers "The Truckin' Bozo" (also heard on WLW) on the station[3]. The call letters and classic country format stayed on the station until 1999, when Clear Channel Communications moved the KALL letters and programming from 910 AM.[2]

Clear Channel sold KALL to UT Radio Acquisition LLC in 2006.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "KFAM First Air Date". Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1984. 1984. pp. B-261. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/80s-OCR-YB/1984-YB/1984-BC-YB-0345.pdf. Retrieved November 3, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c http://www.oldradio.com/archives/stations/slc-hist.htm, Retrieved on 2008/05/20.
  3. ^ http://www.truckweb.com/twradio.htm, Retrieved on 2008/05/20.
  4. ^ "Deals," Broadcasting & Cable, February 27, 2006.

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