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| Broadcast area | Salt Lake City metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 105.9MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Talk Radio 105.9 FM/570 AM KNRS |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Network | NBC News Radio |
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| History | |
First air date | December 24, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-12-24) (as KCGL at 105.5) |
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Call sign meaning | derived from itssister AM radio station |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 69555 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 25,000 watts |
| HAAT | 1,140 meters (3,740 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′33.8″N112°12′7.8″W / 40.659389°N 112.202167°W /40.659389; -112.202167 |
| Repeater | 570 KNRS (Salt Lake City) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | knrs |
KNRS-FM (105.9MHz) is acommercial radio station,licensed toCenterville, Utah, and broadcasting toSalt Lake City metropolitan area, using the branding "Talk Radio 105.9." KNRS-FMsimulcasts atalk radioformat withsister stationKNRS (570 AM).[2] The studios are on South Decker Lake Drive inWest Valley City.
The station'stransmittertower is onFarnsworth Peak, in theOquirrh Mountains, 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Salt Lake City,[3] KNRS-FM broadcasts usingHD Radio technology.
On December 24, 1979, the station originallysigned on as KCGL at 105.5 FM.[4] It was powered at only 500 watts and offeredeasy listening music for the northern suburbs of Salt Lake City.
In 1990, the station switched tocountry music as KBCK (K-Buck), carryingBuck Owens' "Real Country" network. In 1992, the station got a major power boost and increase in antenna height while moving to 105.7 MHz, now covering much of theSalt Lake City metropolitan area. Thecall sign changed to KUMT, as "105.7 The Mountain", airing anadult album alternative (AAA) format.
From November 2001 until November 2005, the station's call letters were KCPX identifying itself as "Channel 105-7" and airing amodern rock format.[5] (KCPX had been the call letters for one of Salt Lake City's legendary Top 40 stations, at1320 AM and98.7 FM.) From November 2005 until November 1, 2007, the station returned to an adult album alternative format as KXRV, branded as "105.7 The River, Quality Music from Then and Now".
Beginning on November 1, 2007, KXRV returned to a country format, branded "My Country 105.7", featuring voice mail messages from listeners, with no live DJs.[6] Pre-recorded tags were heard after each song noting the title and artist. The call letters were changed to KTMY on January 17, 2008, to reflect the new format.
In January 2009, the station flipped toSpanish-languageadult contemporary music as "La Preciosa 105.7".[7] In August 2009, KTMY switched to KNRS-FM, and began carrying its current talk radio format.[3][8] On October 8, 2015, at 5 p.m., KNRS-FM moved up the dial from 105.7 FM to 105.9 FM, rebranding as "Talk Radio 105.9".
The station features predominantlyconservativesyndicated national talk show hosts, includingThe Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,Sean Hannity,Glenn Beck,Jesse Kelly, Clyde Lewis,Coast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory andThis Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. One local program is heard weekdays during afternoondrive time, hosted by Rod Arquette.[9] On Saturdays, KNRS originates the regionallysyndicated weekend "Travel Show" hosted byLarry Gelwix. Other weekend shows deal with money, health, computers and guns. Syndicated weekend hosts includeKim Komando andBill Cunningham, as well as repeats of weekday shows. Some hours on weekends are paidbrokered programming.
KNRS-AM-FM have a full news department, with local news every thirty minutes on weekdays. In addition, the station is anetwork affiliate of co-ownedNBC News Radio for national news coverage. KNRS gets some of its local news and weather coverage fromKUTV. KNRS-AM-FM air livetraffic reports on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Traffic reports are provided by iHeartMedia's Total Traffic Network, based at theUtah Department of Transportation inSalt Lake City.
KNRS-AM-FM'ssister stations includeKAAZ-FM,KJMY,KODJ,KWDZ, andKZHT.
All KNRS-AM-FM programming is streamed live on the station's website andiHeartRadio website and app. In addition, all of the station's local shows (both weekday and weekend) and select national shows as apodcast.
KNRS-FM broadcasts usingHD Radio technology. The HD2digital subchannel had carried amainstream AC format branded as "Soft Rock" from iHeartMedia'sPremium Choice networks. The HD2 subchannel was later discontinued.