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| Broadcast area | Salt Lake City metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 570kHz |
| Branding | Talk Radio 105.9 FM/570 AM KNRS |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
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| History | |
First air date | August 1, 1938 (1938-08-01) (as KUTA at 1500) |
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Former frequencies | 1500 kHz (1938–1942) |
Call sign meaning | "News Radio Station" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 63818 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°49′8.8″N111°55′58.8″W / 40.819111°N 111.933000°W /40.819111; -111.933000 |
| Repeater(s) | 105.9 KNRS-FM (Centerville) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | knrs |
KNRS (570kHz) is anAM radio stationlicensed toSalt Lake City, Utah. The station is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc.. KNRS andsister station 105.9KNRS-FMsimulcast atalk radioformat. The studios are located inWest Valley City and thetransmitter site is located off West 2300 North Street in Salt Lake City. KNRS operates with 5,000 watts around the clock, covering most of NorthernUtah. Other iHeart stations in theSalt Lake City metropolitan area includeKAAZ-FM,KZHT,KJMY, andKODJ.
The station signed on the air on August 1, 1938,[2] as KUTA on 1500 kHz AM, and was then headed by Utah broadcasting pioneer Frank Carman.[3] In 1956, the station changed itscall letters to KLUB.[3][4] After the station became KLUB in 1956, its programming consisted on music, news, and sports.[4] In the 1950s, KLUB published a localtop 40 chart.[5] The station aired abeautiful music format in the 1970s.[6][7] In the early 1980s, the station aired aMOR music format.[8][9][10] In September 1983, the station began airing the "Music of Your Life"nostalgia format.[11][12] On September 4, 1985, the station's format was changed toadult contemporary.[13] In Autumn 1985, KLUB became the flagship station for theUtah Jazz of theNational Basketball Association.[14]
On May 15, 1989, the station's call sign was changed to KISN,[15] and the station began simulcasting theclassic hits format of 97.1KISN-FM.[16][17] The simulcast ended in September 1992.[18][19] On September 1, 1993, the station's format was changed tosports talk and was branded as "Sports Radio 570", making it Utah's second all-sports radio station (after KQOL, nowKAAZ-FM).[20] The station became the market's only sports talk station later in the month, when KQOL switched to a country music format.[20] On July 31, 1997, the sports format ended and the station began simulcasting "Timeless"adult standards format of 107.9KRKR.[21]
On January 9, 1998, after being sold toJacor Communications, the station's call letters became KNRS,[15] standing for "News Radio Station", and the station adopted anews/talk format.[22] The station's branding was "570 K-News".[23] On March 6, 2000, KNRS became known as "Family Values Talk Radio", and the station adopted an almost entirely syndicated talk radio format, carrying programming such asThe Rush Limbaugh Show andDr. Laura.[24][25]
In January 2009, KNRS, began simulcasting its programming on FMHD Radio onKODJ 94.1 HD-2. On August 3, 2009, Clear Channel moved the talk programming airing on 570 over to 105.7 on theFM dial. For about six weeks, both 570 and 105.7 weresimulcast.[26]
KNRS' call sign was changed to KACP on September 1, 2009.[15] On September 17, 2009, KACP split off in a more business-oriented direction as "Freedom 570", with a lineup includingCox Radio hostsNeal Boortz andClark Howard as well as Clear Channel in-house showsJason Lewis,The Schnitt Show andHandel on the Law.[27] KACP also broadcast on an FMtranslator in Utah County on 99.1 FM, andKJMY HD-2 up until March 2010, when 99.1 and KJMY HD-2 switched formats toclassic country. Though 99.1 is a translator, through a loophole in FCC regulations, the station can broadcast an HD-2 feed. KACP was then no longer available on the FM dial, until switching back to KNRS.
On December 23, 2010, the station changed its calls back to KNRS and began simulcasting its sister FM signal. The station obtained aconstruction permit from theU.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a power increase to 50,000 watts day and 5,000 watts night.[28] However the construction permit expired before the upgrade was built.