history...

KDYL first went on the air on May 8, 1922.  KDYL was a luck-of-the–draw government assigned call letter. Later, KDYL had sister TV and FM stations. The complete company was sold in about 1953 with the television call changing to KTVT, KCPX, and KTVX TV. The AM/FM was divested along the way.

When it went on the air in 1922, it shared a wavelength with two other commercial stations in Salt Lake City. At that time, the FCC had not been formed and several stations shared a “wavelength” by going on and off at pre-arranged times. Unlike today, radio receivers in 1922 were wavelength not frequency orientated.

The long-time owner of KDYL was a man by the name of Sidney S. Fox. He was a gambler and promoter and KDYL AM radio and television was one of his tools. Sid obtained the AM radio license in 1926 from a newspaper that couldn’t figure out what to do with it.

By the late 1930’s KDYL had become an NBC Radio affiliate. The KDYL calls were later licensed to Tooele, Utah for a few years before moving to 1280 AM in the 1990s and licensed to Salt Lake City, owned by Simmons Media Group.

1060 AM had been an oldies station previously in the 1980s, originally known as KRSP-AM. On September 24, 1990, KRSP-AM changed its call sign to KKDS and began broadcasting for children, first with The Imagination Station (Kids' Choice Broadcasting Network) through February 27, 1991, and then with Radio AAHS until January 1991. KKDS later switched to an Adult Standards/Music of Your Life format.

In 2004, Holiday Broadcasting Co filed for the KDYL call letters after Simmons Media dropped the KDYL calls, changing to KZNS.

The KDYL call letters returned to the air in 2004 as an Adult Standards radio station broadcasting Jones Radio Networks' Music of Your Life format.

On January 1, 2008, KDYL switched to a "Real Oldies" format with live and local personalities, spotlighting hits from the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s.  KDYL is currently now the only REAL oldies station in the Salt Lake metro area. Thanks for listening.