KSOS (Utah)
KSOS was a radio station broadcasting on 800 kHz licensed to Brigham City, Utah.
| City | Brigham City, Utah |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 800 kHz |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Simmons Media Group (Simmons–SLC, LS, LLC) |
| History | |
First air date | February 15, 1948[1] |
Last air date | November 2004 |
Former call signs | KBUH (1948–1984) KFRZ (1984–1986)[2] KNKK (1986–1988)[3] KZAN (1988–1991) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 21615 |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 30 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°18′54″N 112°4′44.4″W |
During the 1980s, it was owned by Brent Larson, who had the transmitter and tower moved from 948 W. Forest Street in Brigham City, where the station had operated its sign-on,[4] to Plain City in 1985. It carried oldies programming for much of its life, switching to classic rock in 1995.[5] In 2002, the station was sold to Simmons Media Group and began simulcasting KZNS 1280, which was also being simulcasted on 960 in Utah County, on KOVO.
Before Bonneville International began operating KUTR on 820 AM in 2005, Simmons Media Group, who had sold KUTR to Bonneville, pulled the station off the air completely in November 2004. Simmons also operated expanded band station KXOL, and a condition imposed by the FCC required that one of the two licenses had to be surrendered. KSOS was famous for its weekly Hispanic-oriented "El Ranch Rio Grande show" hosted by a local and veteran broadcaster George Gonzales. When the station was pulled off air, the show was canceled.[6]
References
- "New Radio Station To Open at Brigham". The Garland Times. January 23, 1948. p. 5. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- "Call letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 8, 1984. p. 112. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- "Call letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 3, 1986. p. 80. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- FCC History Cards for KBUH
- Salt Lake City Broadcast History
- Arave, Lynn (January 19, 2005). "Veteran Hispanic radio broadcaster leaves the airways after decades". Deseret News. Retrieved July 8, 2020.