KDXU (890 AM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

broadcasting a

talk radio Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often featu ...

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. Licensed to St. George, Utah, United States, the station is currently owned by

Townsquare Media Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York. The company started in radio and expanded into digital media toward the end of the 2000s, starting wi ...

. KDXU is also an affiliate of the BYU Cougars Sports Network. KDXU signed on in 1957 on 1450 kHz. It moved to 890 kHz in September 1985; a three-tower

directional antenna A directional antenna or beam antenna is an antenna which radiates or receives greater power in specific directions allowing increased performance and reduced interference from unwanted sources. Directional antennas provide increased performanc ...

is used from sunset to sunrise to protect the nighttime skywave signal of co-channel

WLS (AM) WLS (890 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Radio License Holdings LLC, the station airs a talk radio format. WLS has its radio studios in the NBC Tower on North Columbus Dri ...

( class A) in Chicago. As a

station, KDXU is managed by James English, with program director Andy Griffin and news director Jordan Verdadeiro. Griffin hosts a 6 a.m.-9 a.m. morning show that also features news by Verdadeiro, plus Griffin hosts a morning political/current events call-in show from 9 a.m.-10 a.m. In January 2022, KDXU began simulcasting on 92.5 FM (K223DI) in St. George.

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FCC History Cards for KDXU
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