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| Broadcast area | Salt Lake City metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 103.1MHz |
| Branding | Christmas 103 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Stunting (Christmas music) |
| Affiliations | Weber State WildcatsLearfield |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KBZN | |
| History | |
First air date | 2004 (2004) |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 88483 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 89,000watts |
| HAAT | 647 meters (2,123 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°52′16″N110°59′43″W / 40.87111°N 110.99528°W /40.87111; -110.99528 |
| Repeater | See § Boosters |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1031thewave.com |
KLO-FM (103.1FM) is acommercialradio stationlicensed toCoalville, Utah, and serving theSalt Lake City metropolitan area. Owned by Capital Broadcasting, it is currentlystunting in anticipation of a change informat. The station is the radio home forWeber State University sporting events.
Its studios are located at the 257 Tower inDowntown Salt Lake City. KLO-FM has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 89,000watts. (The maximum for most FM stations is 100,000 watts.) Thetransmitter is atopHumpy Peak, about 21 miles (34 km) east of Coalville.[2] It also operates severalbooster stations on 103.1 MHz around Northern Utah.
This station began in 1983, licensed toOgden, Utah, and broadcasting on 95.5 FM. KJQN'sModern rock format was alsosimulcast on a 1,000-watt AM station on 1490kHz, which would later becomeKOGN.
In the late 1980s, KJQN was purchased by Abacus Communications. Abacus decided to make major changes in personnel in 1991. Firedprogram director Mike Summers, engineered a deal to take over another station, then-top 40 KZOL ofProvo, Utah.[3] Re-dubbed "X96" in February 1992,KXRK raided much of KJQ's talent.[4] For a time the stations competed, but as KJQ's ratings eroded and modern rock promoters split their business, management decided to switch formats.
In early October 1992 KJQN-FM flipped toTop 40 hits, adopting the letters KKBE.
In 2001, Simmons purchased stations inBrigham City andOakley, and acquired the historic call letters.[5] The "classic modern rock" format adopted by Simmons was meant to evoke music played on the original KJQ and the earlymusic video days ofMTV.[6] TheChet and Brad morning show featured Chet "The Pinhead" Tapp and Cuzzin Brad of the original KJQ, and the station adopted some of the original KJQ's promotions including the old "Bessie" milk truck.[7] Management went through several program directors including Ian McCain (fromKCPX), Dom Casual (fromKENZ and veteran of the original KJQ),[8] Lara Jones (a veteran of the original KJQ), interim PD Todd Noker (also PD at sister stationKXRK), Music Director Jon Smith (also fromKENZ).
On January 21, 2005, at noon, the station flipped to theadult hits format known asJack FM.[9] Since thenationally syndicated Jack-FM format doesn't usedisc jockeys, the air staff was laid off without advance notice.[9] Management stated the audience "wasn't growing as fast as we wanted."[9]
Frank Bell and Randy Rose programmed KJQN after the station flipped to Jack FM. It stayed with adult hits for more than seven years.
On June 29, 2012, the station announced that KJQN would drop the "Jack FM" format on July 16, 2012. It would begin simulcasting thetalk radio format ofKLO1430 AM.[10] The FM station switched itscall sign to KLO-FM. The change took place at Midnight on that date. The last songs on Jack FM were "Wild Wild Life" byTalking Heads and the first few seconds of "Janie's Got a Gun" byAerosmith, which was abruptly cut off by the start of the simulcast.
On March 26, 2014, 103.1 changed its call letters to KSQN, sparking rumors of a format change in the following months. On June 5, 2014, KSQN dropped its talk simulcast with KLO.[11] It began playingadult contemporary music, branded as "Sunny 103."[12]
On September 30, 2016, Capitol Broadcasting announced that KSQN would flip to 80s hits as "103.1 The Wave" the following Monday, October 3. Promoting itself as "The Next Wave of New Wave", the format featuredalternative rock andnew wave music from the 1980s. Brad and Chet also returned to the station, hosting mornings and middays respectively.[13]
The KLO-FM call sign returned on November 3, 2020.[14] The change followed Capital Broadcasting's sale of KLO 1430 AM toEl Sembrador Ministries, a transaction that did not include the KLO call sign.[15] This change also sawWeber State Wildcats football andbasketball move from 1430 AM to 103.1 FM.[16] The AM station becameKMES.
In July 2025, the station dropped its airstaff; by then, the station was only recording a 0.9 share in theNielsen Audio ratings. On October 7, 2025, the station dropped its alternative format and beganstunting withChristmas music asChristmas 103, Marking the 1st Christmas Hoilday Music of 2025 Season.[17]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info |
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| KLO-FM2 | 103.1 FM | Ogden, Utah | 161878 | 500 | 28 m (92 ft) | D | LMS |
| KLO-FM4 | 103.1 FM | Salt Lake City, Utah | 161875 | 2,100 | 313 m (1,027 ft) | D | LMS |
| KLO-FM6 | 103.1 FM | Provo, Utah | 161874 | 1,750 | −161 m (−528 ft) | D | LMS |
| KLO-FM7 | 103.1 FM | No. Salt Lake, Utah | 165021 | 500 | −98 m (−322 ft) | D | LMS |
| KLO-FM8 | 103.1 FM | Park City, Utah | 161876 | 3,000 | 832 m (2,730 ft) | D | LMS |
| KLO-FM9 | 103.1 FM | Bountiful, Utah | 161877 | 2,500 | 217 m (712 ft) | D | LMS |
