KIXR
| Broadcast area | Salt Lake City |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1400 kHz |
| Branding | 1400 K-Star |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult contemporary music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Zeta Holdings, LLC |
| KQMB | |
| History | |
First air date | November 23, 1947 (as KCSU) |
Former call signs | KCSU (1947-late 1950's) KIXX (late 1950's-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 | KSRR website |
KSRR 1400 AM is a radio station licensed to Provo, Utah. The station originates from a studio located in Orem, Utah. Their format is primarily Adult contemporary music, but the station has also hosted some talk shows in the past and was once the home of the BYU baseball broadcasts. In 2011 they began broadcasting sports for Utah Valley University for men's and women's basketball. KSRR also has a sister station on 96.7 FM known as KQMB.
History
This station originally signed on as KCSU in 1947 and was owned and operated by Frank and Harold VanWagenen. The call sign changed to KIXX in the late 1950s. The VanWagenens operated the station with studios and transmitter at the edge of a golf course south of Provo until 1971 when it was sold, to Mesa Broadcasting Corp. headed by former KOIL personality Larry Cobb, based in Grand Junction, CO. at which time it became a country music station. The original country Program Director was Les Bagley, who later went to WPOC in Baltimore, MD.
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 03/01/1985.[1] From May 1, 1985, to January 1, 1995, the station played nonstop LDS music. After January 1995, the station played show tunes, and then settled on adult contemporary music.[2]
The station went to its present owner in 1986, while the station was still known as KXYC. Unfortunately, many listeners heard the call letters as KXYZ, so in 1987, the calls became the current KSRR. This last change took effect on 10/01/1987.[1][3]
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-FM.
Signal
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
- ^ a b "KSRR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ KSL, KSFI still lead the ratings - Deseret News
- ^ Salt Lake Broadcast History
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID KSRR ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database