KQMB

KQMB (96.7 FM, "Utah's Goat") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Levan, Utah, United States, the station serves the Levan area. The station is owned by a Utah County-based company called Lucky Dog Broadcasting.[1]

KQMB
CityLevan, Utah
Broadcast areaLevan, Utah
Frequency96.7 MHz
BrandingUtah's GOAT
Programming
FormatClassic hits
SubchannelsKKUT-HD3 (Mount Pleasant)
Ownership
OwnerLucky Dog Broadcasting
(Franklyn H. Mueller) (Sale Pending to Sanpete County Broadcasting)
KSRR
History
First air date
January 8, 1999 (January 8, 1999) (as KBLN)
Former call signs
KBLN (1999-2001)
KCFM (2001-2005)
Call sign meaning
K Quarry Mountain Broadcasting
Technical information
Facility ID89181
ClassA
ERP500 watts
HAAT−1,854 meters (−6,083 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
39°20′12″N 111°27′6″W
Translator(s)96.7 K244DH (Saratoga Springs)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websiteutahsgoat.com

KQMB has a sister station known as KSRR.

History

The station was assigned the call letters KBLN on January 8, 1999. On January 25, 2001, the station changed its call sign to KCFM and on September 21, 2005, to the current KQMB, the radio station's name was Star 96.7.[2]

KQMB picked up the callsign and format from 102.7, which is now known as KSL (radio network) KSL-FM.

In 2014, the station lost its signal and in 2017, the station went dark.

On December 20, 2018, Zeta Holdings, LLC sold the silent station, its booster signal in Provo, and translator K244DH Fort Douglas for $100,000 to Lucky Dog Broadcasting owned by Franklyn H. & Melanie Mueller. The sale was consummated on May 21, 2019.[3] In 2020, the license for the booster signal in Provo was cancelled. The station returned to air on January 29, 2021, and Frank decided to dump Star 96.7 for good. Originally, soft hits was aired on KKUT-HD4 Mount Pleasant for awhile. On April 17, 2021, KQMB flipped to a soft adult contemporary format branded as Kosy 96.7, and the soft hits has moved from KKUT-HD4 Mount Pleasant to KKUT-HD3 Mount Pleasant. As of November 16, 2021, KWLO 1580 and its FM translator on 99.9 began broadcasting a repeating message telling listeners that "Utah's Goat" had moved to 96.7 FM. KQMB flipped to a classic hit format branded as Utah's Goat 96.7, and the classic hits is now heard on KKUT-HD3 Mount Pleasant. Lucky Dog Broadcasting had been leasing the 1580 and 99.9 frequencies from owner RAMS III under a local marketing agreement (LMA); and due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Lucky Dog was unable to consummate the sale of KWLO and its associated translator. The new owner of 1580 and 99.9 was scheduled to take over operations of those frequencies beginning December 1, 2021. However, KWLO was still airing Frank Mueller's repeating audio message as of March 8, 2022.[4][5]On March 31, 2022, it was announced that Sanpete County Broadcasting had filed with the FCC to purchase KQMB and KSRR from Frank Mueller's Lucky Dog Broadcasting for $170,000.[6]

References
  1. "KQMB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "KQMB Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  3. "Sold: NC Noncomm, Georgia FM, Utah Cluster". Allaccess.com. December 20, 2018.
  4. "Goat Fm moves down fm dial | Talking Utah Radio". Archived from the original on 2021-11-30.
  5. "KWLO Has Been Sold | Talking Utah Radio".
  6. "Deal Digest: Steckline Grows in Wichita, WPA Sells OKC, and Iowa Public Radio Goes Independent".
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