KDYL (AM)

The station began broadcasting on September 2, 1967 as KRSP.Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-215 Until the mid-1980s, the station aired a contemporary hits format, simulcast with its FM sister station KRSP-FM.Bob Hamilton, "[http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Tip-Sheets/Hamilton/Hamilton's-Radio-Quarterly-76.pdf Salt Lake City, Utah] {{Webarchive|url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150827221310/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Tip-Sheets/Hamilton/Hamilton's-Radio-Quarterly-76.pdf |date=August 27, 2015 }}", Radio Quarterly Report '76, Jan. 1-June 30, 1976. p. 386. Accessed August 19, 2015"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Logbooks/Across-The-Dial/Across-The-Dial-4.pdf Across the Dial]", Broadcasting Publications, (1983) p. 107. Accessed August 25, 2015"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR-Directories/RR-1985-1.pdf Ratings Report]", Radio & Records, April 1985. p. 123. Accessed August 25, 2015 By 1986, the station had begun airing separate programming from KRSP-FM, carrying an oldies format, playing music from the '50s and '60s. The station was branded "Utah's Oldies Station"."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR-Directories/RR-1986-1.pdf Ratings Report & Directory]", Radio & Records, April 1986. p. 142. Accessed August 25, 2015Lynn Arave, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223234/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/111184/THERES-GOOD-AND-BAD-NEWS-AT-STATION-KRSP-AM.html?pg=all There's Good and Bad News at Station KRSP-AM]", Deseret News, July 6, 1990. Accessed August 25, 2015

On September 24, 1990, the station changed its call sign to KKDS.[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=27458&Callsign=KDYL Call Sign History], fcc.gov. Accessed August 24, 2015 It began broadcasting a children's radio format branded "The Imagination Station", with programming from the Orlando-based "Kids' Choice Broadcasting Network."Lynn Arave, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223323/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/129005/NEW-RADIO-STATION-HOPES-TO-TUNE-KIDS-IN.html?pg=all New Radio Station Hopes to Tune Kids In]", Deseret News, October 25, 1990. Accessed August 24, 2015Lynn Arave, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224859/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/150778/KKDS-STILL-ON-THE-AIR-DESPITE-NATIONAL-WOES.html?pg=all KKDS Still on Air Despite National Woes]", Deseret News, March 8, 1991. Accessed August 24, 2015 KKDS was the first radio station aimed at children in the nation. The station later affiliated with the children's network Radio AAHS.Lynn Arave, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020458/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/596119/DJ-adds-spark-to-KKAT-team-on-mornings.html?pg=all DJ adds spark to KKAT team on mornings]", Deseret News, November 21, 1997. Accessed August 24, 2015

On November 12, 1997 the Radio AAHS affiliation ended, and the station began airing an adult contemporary and oldies format branded "All American Classics". By 2000, the station's format had changed to Adult Standards.Lynn Arave, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130338/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/777612/KSL-tops-morning-show-favorites.html?pg=all Radio dial: KSL tops morning show favorites]", Deseret News, August 18, 2000. Accessed August 24, 2015 In 2004, Holiday Broadcasting Co filed for the call sign KDYL, which had previously been held by AM 1280 while that station aired an Adult Standards format.Lynn Arave, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020250/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/590045997/KDYL-is-once-again-an-oldie-but-goodie.html?pg=all Radio dial: KDYL is once again an oldie but goodie]", Deseret News, February 27, 2004. Accessed August 24, 2015 On February 2, 2004, the station's call sign was changed to KDYL. In June 2005, KDYL began broadcasting the Jones Radio Networks' "Music of Your Life" Adult Standards format.Lynn Arave, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040317/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/600146894/KDYL-is-tuning-in-to-nostalgia.html?pg=all Radio dial: KDYL is tuning in to nostalgia]", Deseret News, July 8, 2005. Accessed August 24, 2015 Later, the station carried a syndicated Adult Standards format from Westwood One.

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On January 1, 2008, the station switched to an oldies format known as "Real Oldies" with live and local personalities, spotlighting hits from the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s.Lynn Arave, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103200038/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695242962/Radios-KDYL-returns-to-its-oldies-music-roots.html?pg=all Radio's Radio dial: Radio's KDYL returns to its oldies music roots]", Deseret News, January 11, 2008. Accessed August 24, 2015 The change put the station in competition with another local oldies radio station 860 KKAT, which, at the time aired Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel, although, unlike the True Oldies Channel, KDYL's playlist included only a small amount of post-1970 music. KKAT would eventually change formats, making KDYL the only pre-1970 oldies station in the Salt Lake metro area.

On March 4, 2013, KDYL changed formats to music, talk and news in Mandarin and English, with programming from China Radio International{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/china-radio/|title = Exposed: China's covert global radio network|website = Reuters}} after Mountain View Broadcast began operating the station under a time brokerage agreement."[http://www.insideradio.com/features/deal_digest/deal-digest-for-the-week-of-march/article_51b0f0a8-d3c3-11e4-8cf1-4fb7bec8d803.html Deal Digest for the week of March 26, 2015]", Inside Radio, March 26, 2015. Accessed August 24, 2015[http://talkingutahradio.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=slcradio&thread=1135&page=1 Real Oldies Out at KDYL] In 2015, Mountain View Broadcast purchased the station from Holiday Broadcasting Co. for $712,000, which included $525,000 it had paid in brokerage fees over the previous two years.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112655/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101672831&qnum=5040©num=1&exhcnum=2 Asset Purchase Agreement - Addendum], fcc.gov. March 18, 2015. Accessed August 24, 2016

On December 1, 2017, KDYL changed formats to music, talk and news in South Asian and English from Radio Desi USA, after SSS Broadcasting LLC began operating the station under a time brokerage agreement.

On January 1, 2019, KDYL began simulcasting Radio Unica, KFUR-LP 101.1, St. George, UT under a time brokerage agreement.{{Cite web|url=https://talkingutahradio.proboards.com/thread/1807/kdyl-changes-format-again|title=KDYL Changes Format Again | Talking Utah Radio}} The Radio Unica programming ended on January 1, 2020, after which KDYL broadcast soft rock classics, new age music, and classic hits for a short period of time. On April 23, 2020, KDYL went silent.{{cite web | url=https://talkingutahradio.proboards.com/thread/1904/kdyl-1060 | title=KDYL 1060.... | Talking Utah Radio }} On November 18, 2020, an application for assignment of license was submitted to the FCC for approval after KDYL was sold.{{Cite web|url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/deal-digest-st-louis-sale-is-one-of-year-s-biggest/article_7a9e863c-2a35-11eb-b713-6baf7f662528.html|title=Deal Digest: St. Louis Sale is One of Year's Biggest}} According to the asset purchase agreement filed with the FCC, the sale price for KDYL is $50,000. On January 8, 2021, the application for assignment of license was approved by the FCC.{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101823359&formid=314&fac_num=27458|title = CDBS Print}} The sale of KDYL was consummated on April 9, 2021, and the license was voluntarily reassigned from Mountain View Broadcast, LLC, to Radio Activo 3, LLC.{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1823359|title=Application Search Details}} The assignment of license was granted by the FCC on April 11, 2021.{{Cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1825650|title = Application Search Details}} On June 18, 2021, KDYL returned to the air, and is currently stunting (broadcasting) with a mixture of automated lite rock music and Spanish pop music. According to a recent post in a Utah radio discussion group, the station's new owner plans to air a Spanish language format on KDYL in the near future.{{Cite web|url=https://talkingutahradio.proboards.com/thread/2078/kdyl-1060-update|title = KDYL 1060 Update | Talking Utah Radio}} On June 21, 2021, KDYL went silent again after testing over the Juneteenth weekend. As of February 25, 2022, KDYL remains off the air due to technical problems with the station's transmitter.{{Cite web|url=https://talkingutahradio.proboards.com/thread/2122/looking-engineer|title = Looking for AM Engineer | Talking Utah Radio}} However, there have been several reports of KDYL periodically testing its transmitter since November 12, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://talkingutahradio.proboards.com/thread/2181/carrier-on-1060|title=Carrier on 1060 ?? | Talking Utah Radio}} On March 10, 2022, KDYL returned to the air with a Spanish language format. The station went silent again at the end of March 2022 because of lightning damage to transmitter power supplies, and it remains off the air as of May 5, 2022. On May 27, 2022, KDYL began broadcasting a Regional Mexican format branded as "Radio Unica 1060".{{Cite web|url=https://talkingutahradio.proboards.com/thread/2244/kdyl-1060-on-air|title = KDYL-AM 1060 is on the air ?? | Talking Utah Radio}}

The sale of KDYL was consummated on April 9, 2021, and the license was voluntarily reassigned from Mountain View Broadcast, LLC, to Radio Activo 3 LLC. The assignment of license was granted by the FCC on April 11, 2021. New owner kept the Radio Unica staff and rebranded it as RADIO 1060 AM "LA MEJOR"! with a Spanish Variety Format.

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