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| Broadcast area | Salt Lake City metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 94.1MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 94.1 KODJ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | December 1, 1968 (1968-12-1) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Oldies; inherited from the former callsign ofKCBS-FM in Los Angeles |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 48916 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 21,500 watts |
| HAAT | 1,219 meters (3,999 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′34.8″N112°12′7.8″W / 40.659667°N 112.202167°W /40.659667; -112.202167 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | 941kodj |
KODJ (94.1FM) is acommercial radio station inSalt Lake City, Utah. The station airs aclassic hitsradio format and is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios and offices are located inWest Valley City.
KODJ has aneffective radiated power of 21,500 watts. Thetransmitter site is located inErda, Utah, onFarnsworth Peak in theOquirrh Mountains.[1] KODJ is also heard on about a dozenFM translator stations in small communities around Utah andWyoming.
On December 1, 1968, the stationsigned on as KALL-FM.[2] It was the FM counterpart toKALL (910 AM) (not related the current incarnation on700 AM). KALL-AM-FM were owned by the Salt Lake City Broadcasting Company, which was also the partial owner ofKUTV. At first, KALL-FMsimulcast the AM station, carrying itsfull service,middle of the road format of popular music andABC Radio News.
In the 1970s, the simulcast ended and the FM station switched to anautomatedTop 40 format, while still keeping the KALL-FMcall sign.
In May 1984, KALL-FM switched its call letters to KLCY-FM, and changed format tosoft adult contemporary music as "Classy 94.1".[3] Over the next few years, the format moved a bit more uptempo to mainstreamadult contemporary.
On September 30, 1991, the station's format was changed from AC tooldies.[4] The call letters were changed back to KALL-FM on July 10. Management wanted to recapture some of the listeners who had grown up on KALL-FM when it was a contemporary hits station.
On December 3, 1993, the call sign switched to the current KODJ.[5] The original KODJ call letters were originally found ona radio station in Los Angeles.[6]
The station used the branding name "Oldies 94.1" through the 1990s. In 1999, the station was acquired byClear Channel Communications, based inSan Antonio.[7] (The corporate name changed to the currentiHeartMedia in 2014.) Clear Channel rebranded the station as "94.1 KODJ" in 2001.
Through this time, the station had a longtime staff line-up. Dickie Shannon became the morningdrive time host in 1994 and was joined by co-host Angel Deville in 1995.[8] The pair married in 1997.[9] Their show was re-branded "Married with Microphones." Clear Channel dropped the pair in 2007.[10] They were replaced with "Steve Harmon and the Breakfast Club."[11]
Other past staff members include Rob Boshard, a formerKISN DJ who was told early in his career that he did not have a voice for radio.[12] Boshard's "Rockin' Rob in the Afternoon" show ended in 2009. Ed Wright hosted the night shift as "The Music Professor." He left the station in 2004 following a bout of cancer.[13]
In the early 2000s, the station returned to the name "Oldies 94.1". On January 15, 2015, KODJ rebranded back to "94.1 KODJ, Salt Lake's Greatest Hits". The station also launched a new logo, and once again, removed the "oldies" wording from the station's branding.