| Broadcast area | Salt Lake City metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 1280 kHz |
| Branding | KSL Sports Zone |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports radio |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Jazz Communications LLC |
| Operator | Bonneville International |
| KZNS-FM, KSL, KSL-FM, KSFI, KRSP-FM, KSL-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | February 1945 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | K Zone Sports |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60458 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 40°51′7″N 111°58′4″W / 40.85194°N 111.96778°W |
| Repeater(s) | |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | kslsports |
KZNS (1280 kHz, The KSL Sports Zone) is an AM commercial radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah. It airs a Sports radio format and is owned by Jazz Communications LLC. Programming is simulcast on co-owned KZNS-FM 97.5, licensed to Coalville, Utah. On weekdays, KZNS-AM-FM have local hosts discussing Salt Lake City and national sports. Nights and weekends, programming is supplied by Fox Sports Radio. KZNS-AM-FM are the flagship radio stations for the Utah Jazz basketball team, the Utah Hockey Club of the NHL, the Salt Lake Bees Minor League Baseball team, Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer, Utah Royals FC of the National Women's Soccer League, and Utah State Aggies football and men's basketball of the Mountain West Conference. When multiple games are occurring simultaneously, the AM and FM signals will air different live sports.
KZNS's transmitter is near the Jordan River in North Salt Lake, and their headquarters are located inside the Delta Center in Salt Lake City.[2] It is a Class B radio station, running 50,000 watts by day, the maximum power for commercial AM radio stations in the U.S. But at night, to protect other stations on 1280 AM, it drops power to just 670 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times.