KODJ

Salt Lake City, Utah
Broadcast area	Salt Lake City metropolitan area
Frequency	94.1 MHz ( HD Radio )
Branding	94.1 KODJ
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	KAAZ-FM , KJMY , KNRS , KNRS-FM , KZHT
History
First air date	December 1, 1968
Former call signs	KALL-FM (1968?1984, 1991-1993) KLCY-FM (1984?1991)
Call sign meaning	Inherited from the former callsign of KCBS-FM in Los Angeles.
Technical information
Facility ID	48916
Class	C
ERP	21,500 watts
HAAT	1,219 meters (3,999 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°39′35″N 112°12′5″W  /  40.65972°N 112.20139°W  / 40.65972; -112.20139
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	941kodj.iheart.com

KODJ (94.1 FM ) is a commercial radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah . The station airs a classic hits radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios and offices are located in West Valley City .

KODJ has an effective radiated power of 21,500 watts . The transmitter site is located in Erda, Utah , on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains . ^[1] KODJ is also heard on about a dozen FM translator stations in small communities around Utah and Wyoming .

History [ edit ]

KALL-FM (1968?1984) [ edit ]

On December 1, 1968, the station signed on as KALL-FM . ^[2] It was the FM counterpart to KALL (910 AM) (not related the current incarnation on 700 AM ). KALL-AM-FM were owned by the Salt Lake City Broadcasting Company, which was also the partial owner of KUTV . At first, KALL-FM simulcast the AM station, carrying its full service , middle of the road format of popular music and ABC Radio News .

In the 1970s, the simulcast ended and the FM station switched to an automated Top 40 format, while still keeping the KALL-FM call sign .

Adult contemporary (1984?1991) [ edit ]

In May 1984, KALL-FM switched its call letters to KLCY-FM , and changed format to soft adult contemporary music as "Classy 94.1". ^[3] Over the next few years, the format moved a bit more uptempo to mainstream adult contemporary .

Oldies/classic hits (1991?present) [ edit ]

On September 30, 1991, the station's format was changed from AC to oldies . ^[4] The call letters were changed back to KALL-FM on July 10. Management wanted to recapture some of the listeners who had grown up on KALL-FM when it was a contemporary hits station.

On December 3, 1993, the call sign switched to the current KODJ . ^[5] The original KODJ call letters were originally found on a radio station in Los Angeles . ^[6]

The station used the branding name "Oldies 94.1" through the 1990s. In 1999, the station was acquired by Clear Channel Communications , based in San Antonio . ^[7] (The corporate name changed to the current iHeartMedia in 2014.) Clear Channel rebranded the station as "94.1 KODJ" in 2001.

Through this time, the station had a longtime staff line-up. Dickie Shannon became the morning drive time host in 1994 and was joined by co-host Angel Deville in 1995. ^[8] The pair married in 1997. ^[9] Their show was re-branded "Married with Microphones." Clear Channel dropped the pair in 2007. ^[10] They were replaced with "Steve Harmon and the Breakfast Club." ^[11]

Other past staff members include Rob Boshard, a former KISN DJ who was told early in his career that he did not have a voice for radio. ^[12] Boshard's "Rockin' Rob in the Afternoon" show ended in 2009. Ed Wright hosted the night shift as "The Music Professor." He left the station in 2004 following a bout of cancer. ^[13]

In the early 2000s, the station returned to the name "Oldies 94.1." On January 15, 2015, KODJ rebranded back to "94.1 KODJ, Salt Lake's Greatest Hits." The station also launched a new logo, and once again, removed the "oldies" wording from the station's branding.

Former logos [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• KODJ Website

• KODJ in the FCC FM station database
• KODJ in Nielsen Audio 's FM station database