KTKK is a news

News

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/talk radio

Talk radio

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 station broadcasting out of Sandy, Utah

Sandy, Utah

Sandy is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is a suburb of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah....

, to the Salt Lake City area. Called, "K-Talk 630", it is locally owned by United Radio.

The station features conservative talk, much of which is brokered programming

Brokered programming

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. It also features syndicated talk hosts G. Gordon Liddy

G. Gordon Liddy

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 and Mike Gallagher

Mike Gallagher

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History

The station has previously gone under several call signs in its past. At its inception, the station was known as KSXX. During the early 1960s, the station was not a talker as it is now, but played music, becoming a talker in the 1965. It previously only operated during the day only, but was later allowed to continue broadcasting during the night in 1979 by construction a four tower directional array. In 1982 the station changed its format and call sign to KZJO 1982-06-21, broadcasting contemporary hits identifying itself as "63 Joe." Six months later, the station changed formats again, back to its current format of talk radio and on 1985-08-05, the station changed its call sign to the current KTKK. The station's previous towers were displaced by a housing development. It now shares tower space with KLLB

KLLB

KLLB is an American radio station broadcasting a Christian Gospel format. It is licensed to West Jordan, Utah the station serves the Salt Lake City area. The station is currently owned by United Security Financial, Inc....

 which broadcasts from a tower in South Jordan, Utah

South Jordan, Utah

South Jordan is a city in the U.S. state of Utah. The city lies in the Salt Lake Valley between the peaks of the Oquirrh Mountains and the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains and is part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area...

. Ironically, the KLLB tower may soon have to be demolished due to another housing development. KTKK has applied to the FCC to move to new towers near North Salt Lake, Utah

North Salt Lake, Utah

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