KSOP (AM)

KSOP

City of license	South Salt Lake, Utah
Broadcast area	Salt Lake City
Slogan	Classic Country 1370
Frequency	1370 kHz
First air date	1955^[1]
Format	Classic Country
Power	5,000 watts day 500 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	35626
Transmitter coordinates	40°43′12″N 111°55′41″W / 40.72000°N 111.92806°W / 40.72000; -111.92806
Callsign meaning	K Salt Lake Ogden Provo
Owner	Ksop, Inc.
Sister stations	KSOP-FM
Website	ksopcountry.com

KSOP (1370 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format. Licensed to South Salt Lake, Utah, USA, the station serves the Salt Lake City area. The station is currently owned by Ksop, Inc.^[2] The station was founded in 1955 by Henry Hilton, a Utah native who had worked in other local radio stations before founding this independent business.^[3]

History

Both KSOP AM and FM have broadcast country music since their first air dates. KSOP AM came on air in 1955 and was initially operated during the day only. Today the Hilton family continues operating KSOP AM and FM. Its studios are located near Redwood Road in Salt Lake City, while its transmitter site is west of downtown.^[4]

References

↑ KSOP Airdate
↑ "KSOP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ Utah Broadcast Businessman Happy Hank Hilton Passes Away, Deseret News, 7 January 2011: Hank" Hilton, a Utah radio pioneer who spent more than five decades building a strong legacy of love and passion for country music, died on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, due to injuries sustained in a car crash. Hilton was born August 1, 1925; married Luana Winn (1945) at SLC (3 children). Hilton was also a successful concert promoter, bringing legends such as Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, The Oak Ridge Boys, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Chris LeDoux and Garth Brooks to SLC. In 2003 Hilton was inducted into the Utah Broadcaster's Hall of Fame.
↑ Broadcast History - Salt Lake Radio

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KSOP

Radio-Locator Information on KSOP

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KSOP

Radio stations in the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo, Utah market

by AM frequency	570 610 630 700 730 820 860 910 960 1010 1060 1120 1160 1230 1280 1320 1370 1400 1430 1450 1490 1510 1550 1600 1640

by FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.7 89.1 90.1 90.9 91.5 91.7 91.7 ♦92.1 ♦92.5 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.9 95.5 95.9 95.9 96.3 96.7 96.7 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.7 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.9 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.55

by callsign	KAAZ-FM KALL KANN KAUU KBEE KBER KBJA KBLQ-FM KBMG KBYU-FM KBZN KCPW-FM KDUT KDWY KDYL KEC78 KEGA KEGH KENZ KEYY KFNZ KGNT KHTB KIHU KJMY KKAT KKEX KKLV KLLB KLZX KMRI KLO KMGR KNIV KNKL KNRS KNRS-FM KODJ KOGN KOHS KOVO KPGR KQMB KRCL KRSP-FM KRUZ KSFI KSL AM and FM KSOP KSOP-FM KSQN KSRR KSVN KTCE KTKK KTUB KUBL-FM KUDD KUDE KUER-FM KUFR KUSU-FM KUTC KUTR KUUU KVFX KVNU KWCR-FM KWDZ KXRK KXUT-LP KYFO KYMV KZHT KZNS KZNS-FM

Transmitter sites	Ensign Peak Farnsworth Peak Lake Mountain

Defunct	KWCR (88.1) (now online only) KSOS (800) KNFL (1470) KXOL (1660)

Note	♦: KUUU will move to 92.3; KTCE to relocate to new fequency

Nearby radio markets Central Utah Pocatello Southwestern Wyoming See also List of radio stations in Utah

Country radio stations in the state of Utah

Stations	KARB – Price KCIN – Cedar City KCYN – Moab KCYQ – Elsinore KEGA – Oakley KLCY – Vernal KMTI – Manti KSLL – Price KNEU – Roosevelt KONY – Saint George KSOP – South Salt Lake KSOP-FM – Salt Lake City KTMP – Heber City KUBL – Salt Lake City

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Utah

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