KWDZ is a radio station

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 broadcasting a Children's Radio

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 format. Licensed to Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

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, USA

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, the station serves the Salt Lake City area. The station is currently owned by the Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company

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 and features programing from Radio Disney

Radio Disney

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 and ABC Radio. The stations radio towers are located south of Salt Lake City, in South Jordan, Utah

South Jordan, Utah

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History

The station went on the air as KALL, broadcasting a sports talk format. KALL moved frequencies to 700 kHz, and on April 30, 2003, the station changed its call sign to the current KWDZ.

The station was originally founded in 1945 and owned by Mr. and Mrs. George C. Hatch

George C. Hatch

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 and Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hinkley. In 1946, John F. Fitzpatrick

John F. Fitzpatrick (publisher)

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, publisher of The Salt Lake Tribune

The Salt Lake Tribune

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(owned by the Kearns Corporation), representing the Tribune, purchased fifty percent interest in the station from the owners. The Tribune's interest (Kearns-Tribune, Corp.) sold its interest in 1954 to permit its owner (Kearns-Tribune, Corp.) to apply for a license to buy a television license and to purchase a fifty percent ownership in KUTV Channel 2..