Latter-day_Saints_Channel

Latter-day Saints Channel

Latter-day Saints Channel

Radio station of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Latter-day Saints Channel (formerly the Mormon Channel) is an over the air and Internet 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.[1][2][3][4]

Mormon Channel is also the name of a waterway in Stockton, California.
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Broadcasting 24/7 from facilities at the LDS Church's headquarters, Latter-day Saints Channel broadcasts over the Internet via the station website and over the HD2 and HD3 channels of seven FM stations: KIRO-FM in Seattle, KSL-FM in Salt Lake City, KTAR-FM in Phoenix, WARH in St. Louis, WSHE-FM in Chicago, KOSI-FM in Denver, and WYGY in Cincinnati. KIRO, KSL, KOSI and KTAR are owned by Bonneville International, itself owned by the LDS Church; WARH, WSHE-FM, and WYGY are owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, but were owned by Bonneville as well until 2011. KSWD in Los Angeles formerly aired the network on HD4 until the station's sale to Entercom.

History

On September 17, 2019, as part of an organization-wide effort to focus on the church's full name, the channel was changed to "The Latter-day Saints Channel."[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Bonneville Gets Behind New 'Mormon Channel'". Radio World. May 20, 2009. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. [2]
    "Cricket & Seagull on MormonTimes.com: Mormon Channel – LDS radio". The Deseret News. Salt Lake City, UT. July 17, 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  3. [3]
    "LDS Church launches new radio network". The Deseret News. Salt Lake City, UT. May 19, 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. [4]
    Perry, Steven Kapp (July 17, 2009). "Mormon Channel -- LDS radio". Mormon Times. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  5. [5]
    "Mormon Channel Is Now Latter-day Saints Channel". Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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