KUDL (106.5 FM) is a radio station in Sacramento, California. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) format branded as 106-5 The End. Its studios are located in Foothill Farms (with a Sacramento address) and its transmitter is in Folsom.

The 106.5 frequency in Sacramento signed on in 1957 with the call letters KJML, which adopted a number of format changes before settling with the beautiful music format, commonly identified as "instrumental elevator music."

In 1967, KJML featured a brokered, block-programmed format. KJML featured the first "Underground/Progressive Rock" programming in Sacramento commercial radio. beginning in late 1967. Carey Nosler had a 9PM to Midnight shift each weekday evening from 9:00 PM until Midnight, where he played freeform Rock-based music on his "Fantasy Machine" program. Nosler continued with the program until he joined KZAP in November 1968, which became Sacramento's first full-time Progressive Rock station. Nosler continued at KZAP in various capacities until the mid-1970s, when he migrated to television and became a national advocate of natural foods, health and nutrition.

Royce International Broadcasting headed by Edward R. Stolz II acquired the station in 1977 and changed the format to a soft rock/jazz music hybrid with a change of call letters to KWOD, named after quadrophonic sound, as the station was one of the first to experiment with the technology that never caught on. The initial format was programmed by Kevin Childs, who created the method of transitioning from rock to jazz via what was called "The Crossroads of Jazz". With no advertising of promotion, KWOD succeeded in achieving a dedicated following across the Sacramento Valley.

In the late 1970s, Royce Broadcasting decided to drop the adult contemporary/jazz hybrid music format in favor of a Top 40 music format. The station's signal was briefly downgraded by the FCC due to a transmission violation, but full power was restored in early 1984.

By 1985, KWOD was the second rated station in the 12+ age demographic under the programming of Program Director Tom Chase and Music Director "Mr. Ed" Lambert behind crosstown CHUrban powerhouse (and future sister station) KSFM. The popular morning show of this period was "The Masters and Johnson Morning Radio Clinic" featuring Doug Masters and Marty Johnson. Other jocks throughout the Tom Chase and Ed Lambert era included Dave Diamond, Dean Stevens, Dave Skyler, Greg Lane, Melanie Evans, John Edwards, Panama Jack, Ron Brooks, Ally Knight, Rick Foster, Russ Martin, Pat "The Night Hawk" Garrett and Alex Cosper. Tom left in late 1987 to program competitor KROY and Ed followed to become KROY's MD in early 1988.

In 1988, KWOD became "Power Hits KWOD 106", and its morning show became "The Tom Sterling and Terry Steele Morning Show" featuring Program Director Jeff Hunter (Terry Steele) and Charlie Simons (Tom Sterling). Following the resignation of Marty Johnson, Doug Masters moved to middays. The rest of the full-time line-up of this period included Johnny "Jammin'" Edwards in middays, Panama Jack in afternoons, Pat "The Night Hawk" Garrett in evenings, and Alex Cosper in late nights. Tom and Terry left in 1989 to do mornings in San Jose, and were replaced by a temporary irreverent show that failed called "The Renegades."

Gerry Cagle arrived in late 1989 to oversee programming as Operations Manager. Ratings fell sharply beginning in 1988 (as documented in the Sacramento Bee) as KWOD fell into third place in a three-way battle with cross-town competitors KSFM and KROY. Even after KROY changed to The Eagle as a classic rock station, the ratings remained dismal, which lead to a change of format in May 1991 to a Top 40/modern rock music hybrid, which evolved into a full-fledged modern rock music format by June 1993.