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Post by David on Nov 16, 2021 14:17:59 GMT -6
I have a question regarding ownership of 1280 & 97.5. Does Ryan Smith still own both stations, or are they now Bonneville International properties? I'm asking because the Wikipedia articles for 1280 and 97.5 need some editing. The Wiki page for 1280 says it's owned by Bonneville, while the 97.5 page says it's owned by the Larry H. Miller group. I know for sure that Gail Miller sold the radio stations to Ryan Smith recently, but is he still the owner? I got the impression from reading the article that Frank began this thread with that while Bonneville is responsible for the day to day operations of The Zone, Ryan Smith is still the owner. Does anyone know for sure if that's correct?
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Nov 17, 2021 15:54:49 GMT -6
Both stations are currently owned by Jazz Communications LLC. There are no records of any transfer of control of that from Ryan Smith to Bonneville as of now. You've used the FCC search pages, right?
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Post by David on Nov 17, 2021 18:36:14 GMT -6
Both stations are currently owned by Jazz Communications LLC. There are no records of any transfer of control of that from Ryan Smith to Bonneville as of now. You've used the FCC search pages, right? Thanks for the info, CA. This time I didn't even try to access the ownership info with the FCC database, because I've been having so many problems with it lately. Either the FCC database or my wifi connection is slower than molasses in January, and I have yet to determine what the problem is.
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Post by David on Nov 25, 2021 13:21:11 GMT -6
FWIW, 1280thezone.com now redirects to Bonneville International's corporate site. I guess that means they still own the domain name, but who knows whether they'll ever get around to redesigning The Zone's website.
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Post by amanuensis on Nov 26, 2021 20:39:51 GMT -6
According to BYU's official sports website, tomorrow night's BYU-Utah men's basketball game can be heard on KSL radio. byucougars.com/game/m-basketball/1297315/utah And that website says that the BYU-USC men's football game can be heard on KSL radio. byucougars.com/game/football/1295646/usc The problem is that the games overlap. Basketball starts at 7:30 and football starts at 8:30. So will the FM and AM signals split? Or will KSL send one of the feeds to 1320 and/or 97.5? My guess is that KUMT/BYU Radio will carry the basketball game and KSL will carry the football game. Does anyone know for sure? I can't remember simultaneous basketball and football happening before. Who will they find to do the basketball play-by-play?
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Post by henry on Nov 27, 2021 3:04:07 GMT -6
Basketball airs on KUMT: www.byuradio.org/scheduleFun fact: BYUradio's GM wanted to change the call letters to KYMT ("Y Mountain") but those calls are already in use in Las Vegas. I suggested KUYB ("BYU" backwards), but managers didn't care for that. Nobody on staff came up with another suggestion, so the KUMT calls stuck.
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Post by David on Nov 27, 2021 11:18:50 GMT -6
amanuensis, I think you meant to say 1280 and/or 97.5. 1320 hasn't been a sports station for almost five years now.
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Post by David on Nov 27, 2021 11:36:37 GMT -6
Basketball airs on KUMT: www.byuradio.org/scheduleFun fact: BYUradio's GM wanted to change the call letters to KYMT ("Y Mountain") but those calls are already in use in Las Vegas. I suggested KUYB ("BYU" backwards), but managers didn't care for that. Nobody on staff came up with another suggestion, so the KUMT calls stuck. Another fun fact: KBYU-FM originally signed on as KBRG in May 1960. The KBYU call already belonged to a liberty ship, so BYU had to negotiate to get the KBYU call assigned to the station. The FCC reassigned KBYU to Classical 89 in November of 1960. I'm guessing that the original KBRG call letters stood for BRiGham Young.
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Post by amanuensis on Nov 27, 2021 12:24:54 GMT -6
amanuensis, I think you meant to say 1280 and/or 97.5. 1320 hasn't been a sports station for almost five years now.
Yep, 1280. My bad.
It's kind of sad that BYU's official sports website gets modified frequently (as broadcast schedules evolve) to show how to watch BYU sports, but no one bothers to update the how-to-listen part of the website. It shows how radio is an afterthought. Although, to be fair, the "listen" part typically never changes.
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Post by amanuensis on Nov 27, 2021 21:04:44 GMT -6
The answer to my question about how BYU broadcast partners would cover both the basketball game and the football game at the same time is now known. None of the broadcast partners are doing the basketball play-by-play. And that reveals that radio coverage of BYU football must get a vastly greater amount of advertiser interest than radio coverage of BYU basketball. Other than attending in person, the U of U broadcast on KALL seems to be the only way to hear the game if you don't have access to the PAC-10 tv network.
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Post by oldiesfunhouse on Nov 29, 2021 11:48:46 GMT -6
I remember one time--it was just a few years ago--there was a BYU game, I don't remember if it was football or basketball, on the same night as an election that was of major news interest. The BYU game was moved to KSFI FM 100.3 so that KSL could provide continuous live coverage of that election night. I remember another night, some years later, there was a BYU game on an election night and KSL carried the game while live election coverage could be heard on the KSL Ex Stream online.
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Post by friendlee on Nov 29, 2021 14:10:38 GMT -6
I'm guessing that the original KBRG call letters stood for BRiGham Young. Perhaps BYU Radio Guild.....USAC Radio Guild was the forerunner of KVSC (later KUSU-FM and UPR)
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Post by amanuensis on Nov 29, 2021 15:20:44 GMT -6
I'm sure that a way could have been found for KSL Sports to have done the basketball game IF advertisers had wanted them to. But since the football advertisers are basically the same advertisers as those for basketball, my assumption is that the advertisers did not want to pay extra for relatively few additional unique listeners/impressions. I just took it for granted that KSL nonetheless would do both broadcasts because that is what KSL does -- BYU broadcasts. But the times, they are a changin'. Shows the continuing decline in radio listenership/importance.
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