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| Broadcast area | Salt Lake City metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 106.7MHz (HD Radio) (since 2015) |
| Branding | Rock 106.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Mainstream rock |
| Ownership | |
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| KJMY,KNRS,KNRS-FM,KODJ,KZHT | |
| History | |
First air date | November 1, 1967 (1967-11-01) (as KONI-FM at 106.3)[1] |
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Former frequencies |
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| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 63536 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 25,000watts |
| HAAT | 1,140 meters (3,740 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′34″N112°12′5″W / 40.65944°N 112.20139°W /40.65944; -112.20139 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | rock1067.iheart.com |
KAAZ-FM (106.7MHz, "Rock 106.7") is amainstream rock formattedradio station broadcasting to theSalt Lake City metropolitan area. The station's city of license isSpanish Fork, Utah.[3] The station is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc..[4] The station's studios are located inWest Valley City and its transmitter site is located southwest of the city onFarnsworth Peak in theOquirrh Mountains.
KAAZ-FM began broadcasting on 106.3 MHz as KTMP, the original format mainly beingcountry, from a transmitter onLake Mountain, closer to its current city of license (Spanish Fork). In 1984, the frequency was changed to 106.5 MHz, the station's call sign was changed to KBHV, and the format was changed toadult contemporary. It became the original home ofKBER in 1986, which moved down the dial to 101.1 MHz in 1990, replacing contemporary jazz KDAB, and relocated its transmitter toFarnsworth Peak. With the KBER station move completed, the station was then assigned the callsign KQOL on March 20, 1990. Originallystunting by playing a mix of adult contemporary and country, it officially switched to anAdult Contemporary format in November of that year.
In June 1992, KQOL switched its format toall-sports as "106.5 The Score". For several days, they used the calls KSRE, which it was found that someone had not properly filed for. (Initially, the sports format ran the format with the KQOL calls.) It was Utah's first sports radio station, as well as the first in the country to broadcast on the FM band. The format lasted until September 1993, when the station adopted a country music format after it lost advertisers to AM station KISN (570 AM, nowKNRS).[5] The station simulcast the country music format of KMXB (107.5 FM, nowKKLV).[6] In December 1993, the station began simulcasting the country music programming ofKRGQ (1550 AM) andKRGQ-FM (107.9 FM).[7] On March 1, 1994, the station changed its call sign to KUJJ, and again changed its call sign on August 22, 1995, to KBKK, known as "K-Buck".
In December 1997, KBKK flipped tosoft adult contemporary; on December 31, 1997, the callsign became KOSY.[8] Before flipping to 106.5 MHz, KOSY wassimulcast on what is nowKEGH inBrigham City to fill in the gaps created from Lake Mountain.KENZ andKKLV suffer from the same signal problems to date. Most of KOSY-FM's programming had been automated since late 2000.[9]
Programming on KOSY included a local program hosted by "Fisher and Peggy",Donny Osmond's Eight Track Playback, Lori Bradley,Delilah, and several other local and voice tracked programs. Weekend special programming included "Show Tunes Saturday Night", dedicated to Broadway music,[10] and a "Sounds of the Sabbath" program.
KOSY was one of the few remaining soft AC stations in theUnited States until going in a more mainstream direction in June2009, when the station dropped the calls for its branding and identified themselves as "Today's 106.5".
From 2006 to 2008, KOSY laid claim to being among the first non-stunting stations in America to change over toChristmas music for theseason, traditionally changing formats at midnight local time on November 1. They were first in 2006 upon changing on October 30, and in 2007, they were second, having been beaten byKCKC inKansas City, Missouri by only a few hours (thoughWEXM inIndianapolis had been stunting with Christmas music as the "in-between" format since October 8). KOSY again changed formats at midnight local time November 1,2008, good for third place, this time behindclassic hitsWRIT-FM andhot ACWMYX-FM, two rival stations inMilwaukee; these stations changed on October 31 at 3:13 and 3:21 p.m. local time respectively. (WMVN in St. Louis changed on October 10 of that year but again, used the format as an in-between format between its format change.)
In 2009, due to November 1 landing on a Sunday, KOSY forwent their move and continued airing their usual "Sounds of the Sabbath" that day.[11]
KOSY switched to Christmas music on November 4, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. local time, earlier than most stations but several days after the other first-in-the-nation stations. KOSY changed on the same date in 2011, this time at 8 a.m. local time. For 2012, the station changed on November 2 at 6:00 a.m.
On December 21, 2012, after playingRod Stewart's "Let it Snow", the station flipped its format toclassic rock, branded as "Rock 106.5", launching withBoston's "Peace of Mind".[12][13] (With the change, the 'Sounds of the Sabbath' program moved toKMGR inRichfield.) On March 1, 2013, KOSY changed their call letters to KAAZ-FM.
At Noon on August 6, 2015, KAAZ changed its broadcast frequency to 106.7 MHz. The logo for the new "Rock 106.7" was already being used on the station's website for about a week beforehand. The station was licensed to broadcast on 106.7 MHz on August 28, 2015.[14]