KZNS (AM)

KZNS (1280 kHz, The KSL Sports Zone) is an AM commercial radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah.

On weekdays, KZNS-AM-FM have local hosts discussing Salt Lake City and national sports.

[3] The station was owned by the Granite District Radio Broadcasting Company with studios in the Continental Bank Building on South Temple at Main Street.

Salt Lake City had four other radio stations, network affiliates of CBS, NBC, ABC and the Mutual Broadcasting System.

KWMS began doing a local version of the all-news format using its own anchors and the services of the Mutual Broadcasting System.

[8] That same day, Simmons Media changed the format of the station, airing CNN Headline News in the daytime and sports talk in the afternoon and evening.

[19] As of February 1, 2011, KZNS' "The Zone" sports talk programming also began to be heard on co-owned KZNS-FM 97.5 licensed to Coalville, Utah, a Salt Lake City suburb.

[20] On September 30, 2021, it was announced that Bonneville International, owner of KSL and KSL-FM, would be taking over operations of The Zone sports network.

[23] On September 20, 2024, KZNS was announced as the flagship radio affiliate of the NHL's Utah Hockey Club beginning with the franchise's Inaugural campaign[24]