Programming
Programming on KOSY included a local program hosted by "Fisher and Peggy," Donny Osmond's Eight Track Playback, Lori Bradley, Delilah, and several other local and voice tracked programs. Weekend special programming included a Saturday night program dedicated to show tunes and a "Sounds of the Sabbath" program.
From 2006 to 2008, KOSY laid claim to being among the first non-stunting stations in America to change over to Christmas music for the season, traditionally changing formats at midnight local time on November 1. They were first in 2006 upon changing on October 30, and in 2007, they were second, having been beaten by KCKC in Kansas City, Missouri by only a few hours (though WEXM had been stunting with Christmas music as the "in-between" format since October 8).KOSY again changed formats at midnight local time November 1, 2008, good for third place, this time behind classic hits WRIT-FM and hot AC WMYX-FM, two rival stations in Milwaukee; these stations changed on October 31 at 3:13 and 3:21 p.m. local time respectively. (WMVN in St. Louis changed on October 10 of that year but again, used the format as an in-between format between its format change.)
In 2009, due to November 1 landing on a Sunday, KOSY forwent their move and continued airing their usual "Sounds of the Sabbath" that day. Listener demand prompted an announcement on November 3 that "Christmas music is coming soon!"
KOSY switched to Christmas music on November 4, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. local time, earlier than most stations but several days after the other first-in-the-nation stations. KOSY changed on the same date in 2011, this time at 8 a.m. local time. For 2012, the station changed on November 2 at 6:00 a.m.
After the December 21, 2012 format change, KOSY-FM, now self-branded as "Rock 106.5," "Utah's New Classic Rock," began airing a steady program of classic rock hits heavily weighted with songs from the '70s and '80s. The station regularly lists in it's top songs of the week songs from Boston, ZZ Top, Heart, Guns 'N' Roses, Styz, Billy Idol, Scorpions, Rush, AC/DC, The Who, Def Leppard, Tom Petty, Journey and J. Geils Band, among others.
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