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Coordinates: 40°3932N 112°1207W / 40.659°N 112.202°W / 40.659; -112.202
 

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KSFI
Broadcast areaSalt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, Utah
Frequency100.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingFM 100.3
Programming
FormatAdult contemporary
SubchannelsHD2: Sunday Sounds
Ownership
Owner
  • (Bonneville International Corporation)
  • Sister stations

    KRSP-FM, KSL (AM), KSL-FM, KSL-TV
    History

    First air date

    December 26, 1946; 77 years ago (December 26, 1946) (as KSL-FM)

    Former call signs

    K47SL (1940–1943)
    KSL-FM (1943–1978)

    Call sign meaning

    Simmons Family Inc. (former owners)
    Technical information
    Facility ID60452
    ClassC
    ERP25,000 watts
    HAAT1,140 meters (3,740 ft)
    Links
    WebcastListen live
    Listen live (HD2)
    Websitefm100.com

    KSFI (100.3 FM) is a radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. KSFI maintains studio facilities located at the KSL Broadcast House building in Salt Lake City's Triad Center (which also house KRSP-FM and the KSL-AM-FM-TV partners), and its transmitter is located on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains, southwest of Salt Lake City.

    History[edit]

    On October 31, 1940, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) awarded the first fifteen commercial FM station construction permits, including an assignment for Salt Lake City on 44.7 MHz to the Radio Service Corporation of Utah, which was also the licensee of AM station KSL.[1] The FM station was issued the call sign K47SL.[2]

    There were numerous delays before broadcasting began. In early 1941, the FCC began an investigation whether newspaper ownership of radio stations should be restricted,[3] which put K47SL's authorization on hold, because approximately twenty percent of Radio Service Corporation of Utah stock was held by the publisher of the Salt Lake Tribune and Salt Lake Telegram newspapers.[4] As of June 1943, K47SL was included in a list of "other construction permit authorizations outstanding for FM stations not on the air".[5]

    Effective November 1, 1943, the FCC modified its policy for FM call letters,[6] and the station was assigned new call letters of KSL-FM.[7] Equipment and staffing shortages resulted in additional delays, until the station commenced broadcasting on December 26, 1946, at 100.1 MHz,[8] quickly changed to 100.3 MHz.

    Originally owned by the Deseret News, it became a part of Bonneville International when the Latter Day Saints Church formed it as the parent of its broadcasting outlets in 1964. "FM 100" was a pioneer of Bonneville's "beautiful music" format, but in late 1977 it was sold to Simmons.[9]

    Simmons changed the call letters to KSFI (Simmons Family Incorporated) on January 6, 1978, and began adding more vocal selections to the music mix, eventually evolving the format to soft adult contemporary. Bonneville reacquired the station (along with Star 102.7 and Arrow 103.5) from Simmons in 2003.[9] According to the website of its owner, Bonneville International, FM100 is the top-performing adult contemporary station in Utah.

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "New FM Call Letters Proposed", Broadcasting, November 15, 1940, page 77.
  • ^ The initial policy for commercial FM station call signs included an initial "K" for commercial stations located west of the Mississippi River, followed by the last two digits of a station's frequency assignment, with "47" reflecting 44.7 MHz, and closing with a one or two character regional identifier, which for Salt Lake City was "SL".
  • ^ "FCC Starts Newspaper Ownership Drive", Broadcasting, March 24, 1941, page 7.
  • ^ "Newspaper Grants For FM Delayed", Broadcasting, March 24, 1941, page 8.
  • ^ "40 FM Applicants Seek Reinstatement To Keep Files Pending Before FCC", Broadcasting, June 14, 1943, page 22.
  • ^ "Standard Broadcast Station Call Letters for All Outlets Starting Nov. 1, FCC Rule", The Billboard, September 4, 1943, page 7.
  • ^ "New Calls Named For FM Stations", Broadcasting, October 4, 1943, page 49.
  • ^ "KSL-FM Starts; On Air Daily for 6 Hours", Broadcasting, January 6, 1947, page 35.
  • ^ a b Arave, Lynn. "Bonneville purchase of 15 stations OK'd", Deseret News, December 9, 2003. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  • External links[edit]

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