Bonneville and Smith Entertainment Group have extended their partnership making “KSL Sports Zone” 1280 KZNS Salt Lake City/97.5 KZNS-FM Coalville UT the broadcast home for the NHL’s new “Utah Hockey Club”.
The stations and the franchise are owned by Smith Entertainment Group with the station operated by Bonneville, whose “Arizona Sports 98.7” KMVP-FM Phoenix served as its the franchise’s radio home as the Arizona Coyotes. Mike Folta will join the franchise at its new radio play-by-play voice. He had been Manager of Communications and Broadcasting and voice for the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs and previously called games for the ECHL’s Atlanta Gladiators and Florida Everblades along with Emory University, Florida Gulf Coast University, and Fort Myers Mighty Mussels baseball.
Utah Hockey Club General Manager Bill Armstrong said, “We try to grow our game; we try to get everybody involved. I think this partnership allows that to happen. The more things we put out about how interesting hockey is, some facts, our skilled players, it just increases our viewership which leads to more people following the team. It’s an exciting partnership. For us to be new in Utah and already have the buzz out there, its a great thing.”
Bonneville Salt Lake Sports Director Nate Dowdle said, “KSL Sports is now multi-platform serving audiences wherever they are—on social, streaming, websites, podcasts, apps, radio, and TV. This approach allows us to engage more deeply with fans, grow our audience, and provide the best sports content across every channel.”
KZNS/KZNS-FM also carries Utah Jazz basketball and Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals soccer with some broadcasts shared with News/Talk 1160 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM.
