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Post by bonnevillemariner on Oct 14, 2013 10:18:06 GMT -6
I'm working on a piece for the Tooele Transcript Bulletin about radio history in Tooele County. Actually, it seems Tooele County doesn't have much of a radio history, but for a while we had KDYL (now 1010 KIHU). I believe KSL's Doug Wright worked at KDYL Tooele for a time. I can't find much else on this station. Does anybody here have any memories from KDYL's Tooele era? Any history?
Also, I've heard from a few people about a pretty well-known (at the time) pirate radio station that once broadcast from Grantsville. Does that ring a bell to anybody?
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dspete
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Post by dspete on Oct 14, 2013 19:27:59 GMT -6
92.1 before KUUU
was it KTLE? It was top 40 in the late 80's and 90's
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Oct 15, 2013 2:56:28 GMT -6
The earliest I remember 92.1 Tooele was when it was Magic 92. They used the KHJ/Drake jingle package.
Dana is right. Here's the timeline for 92.1/92.5
KTLE from 09/10/1979
KTLE-FM from 05/19/1982
KTKL from 05/09/1997
KMGR from 08/22/1997
KUUU from 03/08/1999
It was already KUUU when it moved from 92.1 to 92.5 I believe.
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Terry
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Post by Terry on Oct 15, 2013 10:15:45 GMT -6
Grantsville - Didn't 92.1 have its transmitter in Grantsville before the move to the Oquirrhs?
And 1010 was previously on 990 in Tooele before the move to Salt Lake County.
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Post by bonnevillemariner on Oct 15, 2013 10:42:03 GMT -6
So far, in my research I can only find one station ever in Tooele County, with the following call sign history:
KTUT (late 1950s)
KDYL (1960s to 1982)
KTLE (1982-1992)
KTUR (1992-1998)
KIQN (1998-2004)
KCPW (2004-2009)
KPCW (2009-2009)
KIHU (2009 - Present)
It broadcast on 990 until 1982 when it switched to 1010
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Post by dxstuboy on Oct 15, 2013 21:43:15 GMT -6
I believe that radio tower that is in Tooele was once used for the station mentioned in the previous post. It is now used by an FM translator or two.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Oct 15, 2013 23:25:53 GMT -6
BM, 92.1 (now 92.5) was licensed to Tooele before changing City of License to South Jordan.
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Post by bonnevillemariner on Oct 17, 2013 8:22:25 GMT -6
Even though I believe terrestrial radio, in its current state, is a dying medium (no offense, all), I'm really sad Tooele County doesn't have a local-focused radio presence. I wonder if that's viable at all.
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