Mormon Channel is also the name of a waterway in Stockton, California

Stockton, California

Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...

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Mormon Channel is an over the air and Internet

Internet

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 radio station owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is based in Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...

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Broadcasting 24/7 from facilities at the LDS Church's headquarters, Mormon Channel broadcasts over the Internet via the station website at http://radio.lds.org and over the HD2 and HD3

HD Radio

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 channels of eight FM stations: KIRO-FM in Seattle, KSWD in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, KSL-FM in Salt Lake City, KTAR-FM

KTAR-FM

KTAR-FM is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format. Licensed to Glendale, Arizona, USA, the station serves the Phoenix area and is currently owned by Bonneville Holding Company...

 in Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

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, WARH

WARH

WARH is a radio station in Granite City, Illinois. WARH serves the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area.WARH plays an adult hits format as "106.5 The Arch - It's all about the variety". The format is quite similar to the Jack FM stations in the U.S. & Canada...

 in St. Louis, WILV

WILV

WILV is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Hits format. Licensed to Chicago, Illinois, USA, the station serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. The station is also broadcast on HD radio....

 in Chicago

Chicago

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, WTOP-FM

WTOP-FM

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 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, and WYGY

WYGY

WYGY is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to the suburb of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, it serves the Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 1993 under the call sign WAAR...

 in Cincinnati. KIRO, KSWD, KSL, and KTAR are owned by Bonneville International

Bonneville International

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, itself owned by the LDS Church; WARH, WILV, WTOP, and WYGY are owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, but were owned by Bonneville as well until 2011.

History

Mormon Channel was officially launched on May 18, 2009. It is also available via iPhone and Android apps and on YouTube

YouTube

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Programming

Programming is produced by departments of the LDS Church at its headquarters, and other organizations associated with the Church. These include interview programs, programs about the doctrines of the Church, sermons from the Church's general conference

General Conference (LDS Church)

General Conference is a semiannual world conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held in April and October, where members gather in a series of two-hour sessions to listen to instruction from Church leaders...

, rebroadcasts of 'Music and the Spoken Word', and other occasional programs.