KUTR

KUTR

Taylorsville, Utah
Broadcast area	Salt Lake City metropolitan area
Frequency	820 kHz
Programming
Format	Contemporary Christian
Ownership
Owner	Julie Epperson
Sister stations	WTRU, WDRU, WCRU, WLES
History
First air date	May 9, 2005[1]
Call sign meaning	K Utah Radio
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	129372
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts day and critical hours 2,500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	40°19′48″N 112°4′9″W
Translator(s)	95.3 K237FG (Pleasant Grove) 103.9 K280GX (Freeport)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	truthnetwork.com/station/kutr

KUTR (820 AM) is a Contemporary Christian formatted radio station in Salt Lake City Utah. The radio station is owned by Julie Epperson.

At its inception KUTR was a female talk station featuring local and national talk programs.[3] KUTR was owned by Bonneville International, who struggled to find a format for the station. Due to low ratings Bonneville dropped the talk format and the station carried 24/7 LDS music, using the "Soft Sunday Sounds" branding of its sister-station, KSFI-FM.[4][5] KUTR, when owned by Bonneville, acquired HD Radio for the station; however, the station was forced to turn HD off during the night to avoid interference with other stations. In 2008 the station was sold to Julie Epperson and began airing a Christian contemporary format, mixed with talk.[6]

Today KUTR under its new owner maintains the HD signal, but there have been times when it is not operating.[7] As of November 30, 2018, KUTR is no longer broadcasting in HD.

KUTR is licensed to Taylorsville; however, the towers for the station are located outside Cedar Fort.[8]

Translators

In addition to AM 820, KUTR can be heard also on FM. The information is listed below.

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	FCC info
K237FG	95.3 FM	Pleasant Grove, Utah	88622	220 watts	2,849 m (9,347 ft)	D	LMS
K280GX	103.9 FM	Freeport, Utah	202843	250 watts	85.3 m (280 ft)	D	LMS

References

1. "2010 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook" (PDF).
2. "Facility Technical Data for KUTR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. "Women's station to hit Salt Lake airwaves". Deseret News. Deseret News Publishing Company. December 23, 2004.
4. Scott Fybush (May 16, 2008). "The Big Trip 2007, part III: Provo, Ogden and TV Studios". Fybush.com.
5. "History of Sounds of Sunday". SoundsofSunday.com. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
6. "Eppersons keep it in the family in NC FM deal". Radio and Business Television Report. February 7, 2011.
7. "Station Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission.
8. "Salt Lake City AM Radio towers". Ubstudios.com.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 129372 (KUTR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KUTR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 88622 (K237FG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• Facility details for Facility ID 202843 (K280GX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System