City Kaysville, Utah Frequency 107.5 MHz | Branding K-Love First air date 1978 | |
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Broadcast area Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, Utah Slogan "Positive - Encouraging" | ||
KKLV (107.5 FM, "K-Love") is an American Contemporary Christian music formatted radio station broadcasting to the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The station is licensed to serve the community of Kaysville, Utah, and is currently owned by the Educational Media Foundation. It was previously owned and operated by Wasatch Radio, LLC as trustee which Citadel Broadcasting divested, four months after picking up KHTB in the Salt Lake City cluster. While previously transmitting from Lake Mountain, the station now transmits from Farnsworth Peak, west of Salt Lake City.
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History
KKLV has had quite a history since signing on in 1978 as KABE on 107.1 in Orem, Utah. It ran what would be known as an adult hits format until 1983 when the station was moved to 107.5 and ran a stylized pop format as KUUT from 1983 until 1984. From 1984 to 1992, the station was known as KMGR. It was then known as KMXB from 1992 to 1996, before becoming KENZ.
107.5 The End
From January 1996 to 2005, the station was known as KENZ. It used its dial position to become known as "107.5 The End". The End carried an Adult Album Alternative format, similar to the later incarnation of KENZ lower on the dial on 101.9. KENZ moved down the dial to provide a better signal to the area. Since the station was broadcasting from Lake Mountain, it had difficulties covering the northern end of the Wasatch Front. The station did have a booster in Bountiful to increase signal coverage due to a terrain shadow.
Country Legends
When KENZ moved to 101.9, the station became known as KKAT. KKAT was perhaps best known as "Country Legends 107.5" with the morning show hosted by Country Joe. It played mostly classic country hits. The station was in operation from 2005–2010, before being sold to EMF. The station's former sister stations included KUBL, KENZ, KHTB, KBER, KBEE, KJQS, KFNZ and KKAT.
K-LOVE
In late March 2010, KKAT flipped formats to a contemporary Christian rebroadcast of K-LOVE. The website for the station advised its listeners to tune to the station's sister signal KUBL. The website also stated the station was under new ownership, and thanked listeners. In March 2011, the station changed call letters to KKLV, reflecting the new format the station has held since 2010. KKLV and its sister station KNKL effectively cover the entire Wasatch Front with the same programming. The station now has a booster with 1,000 watts broadcasting from Lewis Peak, north of Park City, Utah.