History
KAAZ-FM was originally broadcasting on 106.3, from a transmitter on Lake Mountain, closer to its current city of license (Spanish Fork). 106.5, broadcasting from Ogden at the time, was the original home of KBER which moved down the dial to 101.1, and relocated its transmitter to Farnsworth Peak. KOSY-FM was then assigned the call letters KQOL on March 20, 1990. Originally broadcasting a hybrid of adult contemporary and country, it switched to an easy-listening format in November of that year.
In June 1992, KQOL switched its format to all-sports 106.5 The Score. It was Utah's first sports radio station, as well as the first in the country to broadcast on the FM band. The format lasted until September 1993, after it lost to AM station KISN (now KNRS (AM)). Afterwards, it began simulcasting KMXB 107.5 (now KKLV).
On March 1, 1994, the station changed its call sign to KUJJ, and switched to country music, which then led to another call sign flip on August 22, 1995, to KBKK, known as "K-Buck". On December 31, 1997, the current call letters became KOSY. Before flipping to 106.5, KOSY was simulcast on what is now KEGH, Brigham City, Utah, to fill in the gaps created from Lake Mountain. KHTB and KKAT-FM suffer from the same signal problems to date. Most of KOSY-FM's programming has been automated since late 2000.
On December 21, 2012, after playing Rod Stewart's "Let it Snow", the station flipped its format to classic rock, branded as "Rock 106.5", launching with Boston's "Peace of Mind". Joan Peterson, who hosted Sounds of the Sabbath on Today's 106.5 along with Laura Bedore, confirmed the change on the program's Facebook page. "Many of you may have noticed that the format for 106.5 drastically changed today to a rock station. Because of the new format, Sounds of the Sabbath will no longer be part of the station. Thank you so much for listening to us and making us one of the best shows in the Salt Lake area. Love to you all and a merry Christmas. Joan." The Sounds of the Sabbath program moved to KMGR out of Richfield UT.
On March 1, 2013 KOSY-FM changd their call letters to KAAZ-FM.
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