KSRR
| Provo, Utah | |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Provo, Utah |
| Frequency | 1400 kHz |
| Branding | 1400 K-Star |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sunday music Talk |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Lucky Dog Broadcasting (Franklyn H. Mueller) (Sale to Sanpete County Broadcasting pending) |
| KQMB | |
| History | |
First air date | November 23, 1947 (as KCSU) |
Former call signs | KCSU (1947-late 1950s) KIXX (late 1950s-1976) KFTN (1976-1985) KXYC (1985-1987) |
Call sign meaning | K Star Radio |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 53103 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°15′29″N 111°42′24″W / 40.25806°N 111.70667°W |
| Links | |
| Website | 1400kstar.com |
KSRR (1400 K-Star AM) is a radio station licensed to Provo, Utah. The station originates from a studio located in Orem, Utah. The station is presently airing Sunday music as a placeholder with a temporary wire antenna and reduced power until a permanent tower location can be found. KSRR also has a sister station, 96.7 KQMB. The station is owned by Lucky Dog Broadcasting.
History[edit]
This station originally signed on as KCSU on November 23, 1947, and was owned and operated by Frank and Harold VanWagenen. The callsign changed to KIXX in the late 1950s. The VanWagenens operated the station with studios and a transmitter at the edge of a golf course south of Provo until 1972 when it was sold to Mesa Broadcasting Corp., with headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado. Former KOIL air personality Larry Cobb, was CEO of the 3-station chain, with sister stations in Grand Junction and Cheyenne, Wyoming. In early 1973 it became a country music station. The original country Program Director was Les Bagley, who later went on to WPOC in Baltimore, Maryland.
In 1976, the station was sold again, this time to country music singer and songwriter Whispering Bill Anderson of Nashville, Tennessee. The call letters were changed to KFTN, which emphasized the dial position of 1400 ("FTN" was fourteen, abbreviated). While the station was owned by Bill Anderson, the official title of ownership was "Whisper Communications of Nashville, a division of Stallion Music." Stallion Music was Bill Anderson's music publishing company.[citation needed]
The station again sold in 1981, still playing country, and changed its calls to KXYC on March 1, 1985.[1] From May 1, 1985, to January 1, 1995, the station played nonstop Sunday music. On January 2, 1995, the station played show tunes, and then settled on soft adult contemporary music.[2] The station has played the "Sounds of Sunday" for 20 years.[3]
The station changed ownership in 1986, while the station was still known as KXYC. Many listeners heard the call letters as KXYZ, so in 1987, the calls became the current KSRR. This last change took effect on October 1, 1987.[1][4]
The call sign KSRR was previously used by an FM rock music station operating at 96.5 MHz in Houston, Texas, up until October 15, 1986. That station is currently known as KHMX.
In 2017, the station went silent after the original tower near I-15 collapsed, while owned by Zeta Holdings, LLC. The station was then sold to a Utah County-based company Lucky Dog Broadcasting on December 20, 2018. The sale was consummated on May 21, 2019.[5] On January 29, 2021, the station returned to air while a new tower was being built by the current owners. The previous tower collapse brought about several STAs with the FCC while the station worked to replace it. As of November 16, 2021, KWLO 1580 and its FM translator on 99.9 began broadcasting a repeating message telling listeners that "Utah's Goat" had moved to 96.7 FM, KQMB flipped to a classic hit format branded as Utah's Goat 96.7. Lucky Dog Broadcasting had been leasing the 1580 and 99.9 frequencies from owner RAMS III under a local marketing agreement (LMA); and due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Lucky Dog was unable to consummate the sale of KWLO and its associated translator. The new owner of 1580 and 99.9 was scheduled to take over operations of those frequencies beginning December 1, 2021. However, KWLO was still airing the repeating audio message directing listeners to tune to 96.7 FM as of March 8, 2022.[6][7]On March 31, 2022, it was announced that Sanpete County Broadcasting had filed with the FCC to purchase KQMB and KSRR from Lucky Dog Broadcasting for $170,000.[8]
Signal[edit]
The station's signal reaches throughout Utah County and into southern Salt Lake County. It broadcasts 1,000 watts in a non-directional pattern from a tower located in Provo, Utah.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "KSRR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ KSL, KSFI still lead the ratings - Deseret News[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Home > Our History". Sounds of Sunday. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ "Broadcast History - Salt Lake City Radio". www.oldradio.com.
- ^ "Sold: NC Noncomm, Georgia FM, Utah Cluster". Allaccess.com. December 20, 2018.
- ^ "Goat Fm moves down fm dial | Talking Utah Radio". Archived from the original on 2021-11-30.
- ^ {{Cite web|url=https://talkingutahradio.proboards.com/thread/2219/kwlo-sold%7Ctitle=KWLO Has Been Sold | Talking Utah Radio|website=talkingutahradio.proboards.com
- ^ "Deal Digest: Steckline Grows In Wichita, WPA Sells OKC, And Iowa Public Radio Goes Independent". Insideradio.com.
External links[edit]
- FCC History Cards for KSRR
- KSRR in the FCC AM station database
- KSRR on Radio-Locator
- KSRR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database