KUDD

KUDD (105.1 FM) is an American radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format, serving American Fork, Utah, and surrounding areas. This station is owned by Dell Loy Hansen, through Broadway Media LS, LLC. Its studios are in Downtown Salt Lake City and its transmitter site is located southwest of the city of Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains.

For the Randolph, Utah radio station that held the call sign KUDD at 107.9 FM from 2001 to 2016, see KUMT.
KUDD
CityAmerican Fork, Utah
Broadcast areaSalt Lake City, Utah
Frequency105.1 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingMix 105.1
SloganNumber 1 For All The Hits
Programming
FormatTop 40 (CHR)
SubchannelsHD2: Oldies "105.5 Kool FM"
Ownership
OwnerDell Loy Hansen
(Broadway Media LS, LLC)
KALL, KEGA, KUUU, KXRK, KYMV
History
First air date
December 1978 (as KMXU)
Former call signs
KMXU (1978-2004)
KNJQ (2004-2006)
KAUU (2006-2016)
Technical information
Facility ID59034
ClassC
ERP21,400 watts
HAAT1,243 meters (4,078 ft)
Translator(s)103.9 K280GJ (Provo)
105.5 K288GY (Tooele, relays HD2)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitemix1051utah.com

KUDD has been granted a U.S. Federal Communications Commission construction permit to change the city of license to American Fork, Utah (from Roy, Utah), move to a new transmitter site, decrease ERP to 15,000 watts and increase HAAT to 1,243 meters.[1]

History

The station signed on the air in December 1978 with the call letters KMXU. On January 9, 2004, the station changed its call sign to KNJQ. On June 7, 2006, the station changed its call sign to KAUU.[2]

Until October 27, 2015, 105.1 had been simulcasting sister station KEGA, which at that point began stunting with Christmas music as "105.1 The Gift", when it moved to Farnsworth Peak from its former transmitter site east of Hop Creek Ridge in central Utah. The station also changed its city of license from Manti, Utah to American Fork.[3]

On December 2, 2015, Broadway announced they would donate KUDD to Community Wireless, which in turn would move KPCW-FM down from 91.9 to 91.7, with the Mix format moving to 105.1.[4]

On December 27, 2015, the station shifted to dance music as just "105.1 FM" as a placeholder format until the move took place on March 31, 2016 at 10:51 AM; with "New Romantics" by Taylor Swift as the first song on Mix 105.1. The station concurrently changed its call sign to KUDD with the move.[5][6]

KUDD-HD2

On December 18, 2020, KUDD-HD2 changed their format from a simulcast of country-formatted KEGA to oldies, branded as "105.5 Kool FM", simulcast on translator K288GY 105.5 FM Tooele.[7]

References
  1. Application Search Details
  2. "KUDD Call Sign History". U.S. Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. KAUU 105.1 now stunting, ready to move
  4. "Broadway Media To Donate 107.9 KUDD Salt Lake City; Upgrade 92.5 KUUU" from Radioinsight (December 2, 2015)
  5. "Temporary Dance Gift For Salt Lake City". RadioInsight. 27 December 2015.
  6. Mix 107.9 Moves To 105.1
  7. 105.5 Kool-FM Brings 60s & 70s Back To Salt Lake City Radioinsight - December 18, 2020


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