KUTR
Radio station in Taylorsville–Salt Lake City, Utah
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KUTR (820 AM) is a Contemporary Christian formatted radio station in Salt Lake City Utah. The radio station is owned by Julie Epperson.
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| Broadcast area | Salt Lake City metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 820 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Julie Epperson |
| 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 |
| Translators | 95.3 K237FG (Pleasant Grove) 103.9 K280GX (Freeport) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | truthnetwork.com/station/kutr |
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]
