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Utah Radio and TV Station Photos from the John in Montana Collection

The Utah radio and TV stations photos from the John in Montana collection are listed in alphabetical order by call letters.

KALL: The KALL Radio 910 station photo is from 1978. This is the 312 East South Temple location that was also the home to KALL-FM 94.1 and the headquarters for IMN network (InterMountain Network). Salt Lake City famed brodcaster George Hatch started this station. 910 is now KWDZ and KALL is now on 700.
KBER: The KBER FM 101.1 Ogden van photo is from 2007.

KCPX: The photo of the KCPX Radio 1320 transmitter building and tower is from 1981. Sadly, this building was torn down. KCPX changed to KBUG, back to KCPX, then to KCNR, and in 1996 to KFNZ.

KCPX-TV: The KCPX Radio 1320 and KCPX-TV Channel 4 130 Social Hall Avenue station photo is from 1970. Channel 4 started in 1946 as Utah's first TV station under the W6XIS call letters. In 1948 they began regular broadcasts using the KDYL-TV call letters. In 1953 they changed the call letters to KTVT. Columbia Pictures (CPX) purchased the station and the call letters were changed to KCPX-TV in 1959.

In 1975 the call letters were changed to KTVX. Photos of KTVX are lower on this page.

The large 4 KCPX-TV on air ID is from 1963. The other two on air ID's are from 1973.

KDXU: The station photo for KDXU Radio 1450 Saint George is from 1973. KDXU is now on 890.

KEYY: The station and tower photo for KEYY Radio 1450 Provo is how the 307 South 1600 West location looked in 1973.

KFNZ: The 434 Bearcat Drive station photo is of Citadel's Salt Lake City stations as it looked in 2007. This building houses the studios for KUBL FM 93.3 "K-Bull 93", KBEE FM 98.7 "B98.7", KBER FM 101.1 "Utah's Rock Station", KENZ FM 101.9 "The End", KKAT FM 107.5 "Country Legends", KKAT Radio 860, KJQS Radio 1230 "KJQ The Sports Animal", and KFNZ Radio 1320 "The Fan."

KIXX: The KIXX Radio 1400 Provo North 2800 West studio and tower photo is from 1973. KIXX changed to KFTN, then to KXYC, and in 1987 to KSRR using the slogan "K-Star."

KJMY: The KJMY FM Radio "MY 99.5" van photo is from 2007. KJMY-FM Bountiful came on the air in 1988.

KLUB: KLUB Radio 570 came on the air in 1938 as KUTA. The call letters were changed to KLUB, then to KISN, and they are now KNRS. This 1978 photo is of how the station (behind the U-Haul Dealer) and tower looked in 1978.

KMOR: The next photo shows KMOR Radio 1230 Murray station and tower in 1973 located off Murray Boulevard and what is now Galleria Drive near 4900 South. The building and tower were removed when the 49th Street Galleria indoor amusement center was built. The station started out as KMUR but changed to KMOR then to KLAF, KPRQ, KWUN, and now they are KJQS.

KNRS: You read about KLUB earlier, now KNRS and part of Clear Channel Communications. This is the Clear Channel complex at 2801 South Decker Lake Drive as seen in 2007. The building is the home to KNRS 570 as well as KODJ-FM 94.1, KZHT-FM 97.1, KJMY-FM 99.5, KTMY-FM 105.7, and KOSY-FM 106.5.

KOVO: The station photo for KOVO Radio 960 Provo is from 1973. The towers are still located at this West 1560 South and South 680 West location. The station building is still there, but it looks like it is just used for storage now.
Note the KFMC call letters along with KOVO on the remote pod device.

KPNZ-TV: The KPNZ TV ID is from 2009. KPNZ started out in 1998 as KAZG and changed to KPNZ in 2000. In 2001 the station moved their location from Ogden to Salt Lake City. They had been a UPN affiliate until 2006, now known as Estrella TV.

KRGO: The station and tower photo for KRGO Radio 1550 location almost to Magna on West 2100 South is from 1981. Licensed to West Valley City, serving Salt Lake City, 1550 came on the air in the late 1970's as KRGO "Cargo Country" but changed to KRGQ in 1986. Later to KZQQ in 1988, then to KRPN which identified themselves as "W KRP N Salt Lake City" (N substituting for "in"), and now KMRI.

KRSP: The KRSP Radio 1060 1130 West 5200 South studio and tower photo is from 1973. This location is now filled with houses. 1060 has seen numerous call letter changes over the years since coming on the air in 1966 as KRSP. They changed to KKDS offering childrens programming for a few years. Now they use the historic KDYL call letters which seem to have been on just about every frequency in Salt Lake City.

KSL: We start our KSL photos with a look at the KSL Radio 1160 and KSL-TV Channel 5 on Social Hall Avenue as they looked in 1970. This short street one block long between State Street and 2nd East in downtown Salt Lake City was the location for KUTV next door to KSL and across the street from KCPX for a number of years. All of the buildings have since been demolished.

KSL-TV Channel 5 came on the air in 1949 broadcasting from the radio stations studio facility on Social Hall Avenue until 1984.

The photo of the KSL-TV Channel 5 production truck is from 1970. At the time this photo was taken, the production truck was outside the Temple Square Tabernacle broadcasting the Morman Tabernacle Chior.

Two KSL-TV Channel 5 on air IDs are next. The one with the CBS Eye logo is from 1969. The other with the then new 5 logo is from 1970.

KSL-TV Channel 5 and KSL Radio 1160 moved to their new 5 Triad Center location in 1984. The Triad Center station photo is from 2003.

The 5 Triad Center station entrance signage photo is from 2007.

The tower photo from 2007 shows the original KSL Radio 1160 tower and the one they currently use. This tower location is along I-80 almost to the Great Salt Lake. KSL Radio 1160 came on the air in 1922 as KZN on 1130. The frequency was moved to 1160. Briefly they became KFPT, but in 1925 the KSL call letters were in place.

KSOP: KSOP Radio 1370 Salt Lake City came on the air in 1955 locally owned by Henry Hilton. The station is still owned to this day by the Hilton family. SOP stands for Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo. The first KSOP photo is of how their 1285 West 2320 South West Valley City station looked in 1981.
The next photo is of how that location looked in 2007. The AM tower is behind the station.

The KSOP 1370 Gold Country gold painted van photo is from 2007.

KSTU-TV: Not to be confused with Fox13 KSTU-TV, this KSTU-TV Salt Lake City station was on Channel 20 as seen on the station photo from 1981. Channel 20 came on the air in 1978. The station photo of their 5020 Amelia Earhart Drive building is from 1981. Channel 13 didn't come on the air until 1987 using the KTMW call letters which were later changed to KSTU-TV.

KSUB: The KSUB Radio 590 Cedar City station and tower photo is from 1973 This location is on West Iron Springs Road. The tower is still there, but the studios are now at 5 North Main Street.

KSVC: The KSVC Radio 980 studio and tower photo is from 1973. They are still located at 390 South Annabella Road.

KTVX: Our first KTVX Channel 4 Salt Lake City photo is of their studios in 1978. Channel 4 came on the air in 1946 as W6XIS. Then in 1948 doing regular broadcasts as KDYL-TV. In 1953 the call letters were changed to KTVT and in 1959 to KCPX-TV when the station was purchased by Columbia Pictures (CPX). The final call letter change to KTVX was made in 1975. The on air station ID using the "open 4" design is from 1976.


The next two photos are of their current location at 2175 West 1700 South. This is also the location for KUCW-TV Channel 30, CW30. The studio photos are from 2007.


The KTVX station ID screen grab is from 2009.


KUED-TV: The KUED-TV Channel 7 on air test pattern is from 1970. KUED-TV is the PBS affiliate for Salt Lake City.


KUSW: While not a normal broadcast station, shortwave station KUSW was located in Salt Lake City in the late 1980's until their final broadcast on December 16, 1990. The photo of the building and antenna system is from 1988. The KUSW call letters are now on an FM station in Flora Vista, New Mexico. KUSW issued this QSL card to SWLers who sent in reports.

KUTV: Our first KUTV photo is from 1970 which shows their downtown 179 Social Hall Avenue studios. Note the NBC snake logo on the building. This building was right next door to KSL-TV on Social Hall Avenue. KCPX was also located on Social Hall Avenue at this time.
KUTV came on the air in 1954 as an ABC affiliate, but in 1960 they switched network affiliation with channel 4, at the time KCPX-TV. The on air test pattern photo is from 1961. Also from 1961 is an on air ID and promo for Robert Taylor in "The Detectives" which aired on KUTV Saturday nights at 10 PM. The color ID is from 1970.

In 1995 KUTV became the CBS affiliate when Westinghouse Broadcasting purchased them (later Westinghouse became part of CBS). NBC wanted to return to channel 4, but ended up on KSL-TV.
KUTV moved from the downtown Social Hall Avenue location to this location next. This photo is from 1979.

The next photo from 1980 shows a sign that says "Future Home of KUTV." This is the 2185 South 3000 West location that was used until they moved back downtown to the Main Street studios in 2005.

KUTV moved from the 2185 South 3000 West location to this downtown 299 South Main Street location in the Wells Fargo building in 2003. The window under the big screen monitor looks into the newsset. The background for the anchors on the set is the outside sceen.

KXIV: The KXIV TV Channel 14 (XIV = 14) 5181 Amelia Earhart Drive station photo is from 1981 when it was owned by Skaggs Telecommunications Service, Inc. Channel 14 came on the air in 1979. The history of this station up to the KJZZ-TV era is very sketchy. In 1993 Larry H. Miller purchased the station and changed the call letters to KJZZ-TV to reflect his Utah Jazz NBA team.

KXRV: The KXRV FM 105.7 Centerville truck photo is from 2007.

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