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KIDO

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KIDO
KIDO TalkRadio107.5-580 logo.png
Broadcast areaBoise metropolitan area
Frequency580 kHz
BrandingKIDO Talk Radio 107.5 FM 580 AM
Programming
FormatNews/talk
AffiliationsFox News Radio
Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
KAWO, KCIX, KFXD, KSAS-FM, KXLT-FM
History
First air date
1925 (as KFXD at 1460)
Former call signs
KFXD (1925-1998)
KBKK (1998)
KFXD (1998-2002)
Former frequencies
1460 kHz (1925-1927)
1470 kHz (1927-1928)
1420 kHz (1928-1932)
1200 kHz (1932-1941)
1230 kHz (1941-1947)
Call sign meaning
K IDahO
Technical information
Facility ID17396
ClassB
Power5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
43°33′35″N 116°24′2″W / 43.55972°N 116.40056°W / 43.55972; -116.40056Coordinates: 43°33′35″N 116°24′2″W / 43.55972°N 116.40056°W / 43.55972; -116.40056
Translator(s)107.5 K298CN (Boise)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitekidotalkradio.com
For the station in Boise, Idaho that held the KIDO call sign from 1928 to 2002, see KFXD.

KIDO (580 AM) is a commercial radio station, owned and operated by Townsquare Media, which broadcasts a news/talk format. Licensed to Nampa, Idaho, it serves the Boise metropolitan area.

KIDO's studios are located at 827 East Park Blvd. in Boise, in the same building as co-owned 630 KFXD, 103.3 KSAS-FM, 104.3 KAWO, 105.9 KCIX, and 107.9 KXLT-FM. The transmitter site is on West Amity Road in Meridian, Idaho. KIDO operates with 5,000 watts around the clock. By day, the signal is non-directional, but at night, to protect other stations on 580 kHz, KIDO broadcasts a directional signal.

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Townsquare Media

Townsquare Media

Townsquare Media, Inc. 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 with the acquisition of the MOG Music Network. As of 2019, Townsquare was the third-largest AM–FM operator in the country, owning over 321 radio stations in 67 markets.

Talk radio

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City of license

City of license

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Nampa, Idaho

Nampa, Idaho

Nampa is the largest city in Canyon County, Idaho, United States. Its population was 100,200 at the time of the 2020 Census. It is Idaho's third-most populous city. Nampa is about 20 miles (32 km) west of Boise along Interstate 84, and six miles west of Meridian. It is the second principal city of the Boise metropolitan area. The name "Nampa" may have come from a Shoshoni word meaning either moccasin or footprint.

Boise metropolitan area

Boise metropolitan area

The Boise–Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is an area that encompasses Ada, Boise, Canyon, Gem, and Owyhee counties in southwestern Idaho, anchored by the cities of Boise and Nampa. It is the main component of the wider Boise–Mountain Home–Ontario, ID–OR Combined Statistical Area, which adds Elmore and Payette counties in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon. It is the state's largest officially designated metropolitan area and includes Idaho's three largest cities: Boise, Nampa, and Meridian. Nearly 40 percent of Idaho's total population lives in the area.

KFXD

KFXD

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KSAS-FM

KSAS-FM

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KAWO

KAWO

KAWO is a commercial radio station located in Boise, Idaho. KAWO airs a country music format branded as "Wow Country 104.3". Until 2007, the station was called "My Country 104.3" and its call letters were KTMY.

KCIX

KCIX

KCIX is a commercial radio station located in Garden City, Idaho, broadcasting to the Boise, Idaho, area. KCIX airs a hot adult contemporary music format.

KXLT-FM

KXLT-FM

KXLT-FM is a commercial radio station licensed to Eagle, Idaho, and serving the Boise metropolitan area. The station is owned by Townsquare Media with the license assigned to Townsquare License, LLC. It airs an adult contemporary radio format, switching to all Christmas music for much of November and December.

Meridian, Idaho

Meridian, Idaho

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Programming

KIDO has a local wake up program, with nationally syndicated talk shows the rest of the day. Weekdays start at 5 a.m. with Kevin Miller in The Morning featuring local news and interviews. At 9 a.m. Glenn Beck is heard, followed by Dave Ramsey at noon. At 3 p.m., it's Sean Hannity followed by Lars Larson at 6 p.m. and Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis at 9 p.m. Beginning at 11 p.m. and running all night, it's Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.

Weekends feature shows on money, real estate, gardening, firearms, farming and ranching. Computer expert Kim Komando and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell are heard. Some weekday shows are repeated and paid brokered programming also airs.

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Lars Larson

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Coast to Coast AM

Coast to Coast AM

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George Noory

George Noory

George Ralph Noory is an American radio talk show host. Since January 2003, Noory has been the weekday host of the late-night radio talk show Coast to Coast AM. The program is syndicated to hundreds of radio stations in the U.S. and Canada by Premiere Networks. Noory has also appeared in the History Channel series Ancient Aliens and in Beyond Belief, a subscription-based online video series presented by gaia.com.

Kim Komando

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Art Bell

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Brokered programming

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History

KIDO's first license was granted on September 2, 1925, with the sequentially assigned call letters of KFXD, to L. H. Strong (Packard Motor Co.) in Logan, Utah, transmitting on 1460 kHz.[1] In early 1926, station ownership was transferred to the Service Radio Corporation, still in Logan.[2] In early 1927 KFXD's license was allowed to lapse, but a few months it was relicensed to Service Radio, although now located in Jerome, Idaho, and broadcasting on 1470 kHz.[3]

KFXD moved to its current location of Nampa, Idaho in mid-1930.[4]

For three weeks in February 1998 the call letters were changed to KBKK, before returning to KFXD.[5]

2002 KIDO / KFXD call letter swap

On August 14, 2002, stations KIDO and KFXD exchanged call signs, with AM 580 becoming KIDO, and AM 630 assigned the KFXD call letters by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[5] Although for the general listening public this resulted in the two familiar call signs appearing on new dial positions, the FCC generally traces station identities by individual facilities rather than call signs. Thus, it was noted at the time that "As far as the FCC is concerned, this was not a frequency change at all. KIDO on 580 is the same station that used to be KFXD on 580 - the only thing that changed were the call letters. Likewise for KFXD on 630; it is the same station that was KIDO-630."[6]

On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel Communications planned to sell 448 of its radio stations outside the top 100 markets[7] including KIDO, along with Boise's sister stations including KSAS-FM, KCIX, KTMY (now KAWO), KXLT-FM and KFXD. In March 2007, Peak Broadcasting LLC bought the latter stations, making Boise one of the largest markets without any radio stations owned by the future iHeartMedia.

For 2011, KIDO announced it would become an affiliate for the BYU Cougars Sports Network.

On August 30, 2013, it was announced that Townsquare Media would purchase Peak Broadcasting's stations, including KIDO. The transaction was part of Cumulus Media's acquisition of Dial Global; with Townsquare swapping Peak's Fresno, California stations to Cumulus for its stations in Dubuque, Iowa and Poughkeepsie, New York, with Peak, Townsquare, and Dial Global all controlled by Oaktree Capital Management.[8][9] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.[10]

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KFXD

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KFXD is a commercial radio station, owned by Townsquare Media, which airs a rhythmic contemporary format branded as "Power 105.5". The station is licensed to serve Boise, Idaho.

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security.

IHeartMedia

IHeartMedia

iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc., a company founded by Lowry Mays and B. J. "Red" McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners through a leveraged buyout in 2008. As a result of this buyout, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., began to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of CC Media Holdings, Inc. On September 16, 2014, CC Media Holdings, Inc. was rebranded iHeartMedia, Inc., and Clear Channel Communications, Inc., became iHeartCommunications, Inc.

Media market

Media market

A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media such as newspapers and internet content. They can coincide or overlap with one or more metropolitan areas, though rural regions with few significant population centers can also be designated as markets. Conversely, very large metropolitan areas can sometimes be subdivided into multiple segments. Market regions may overlap, meaning that people residing on the edge of one media market may be able to receive content from other nearby markets. They are widely used in audience measurements, which are compiled in the United States by Nielsen Media Research. Nielsen measures both television and radio audiences since its acquisition of Arbitron, which was completed in September 2013.

KSAS-FM

KSAS-FM

KSAS-FM is a commercial radio station located in Caldwell, Idaho, broadcasting to the Boise, Idaho area. KSAS-FM airs a Top 40 (CHR) music format.

KCIX

KCIX

KCIX is a commercial radio station located in Garden City, Idaho, broadcasting to the Boise, Idaho, area. KCIX airs a hot adult contemporary music format.

KAWO

KAWO

KAWO is a commercial radio station located in Boise, Idaho. KAWO airs a country music format branded as "Wow Country 104.3". Until 2007, the station was called "My Country 104.3" and its call letters were KTMY.

KXLT-FM

KXLT-FM

KXLT-FM is a commercial radio station licensed to Eagle, Idaho, and serving the Boise metropolitan area. The station is owned by Townsquare Media with the license assigned to Townsquare License, LLC. It airs an adult contemporary radio format, switching to all Christmas music for much of November and December.

2011 BYU Cougars football team

2011 BYU Cougars football team

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Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media, Inc. is an American broadcasting company and is the third largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States behind Audacy and iHeartMedia. As of June 2019, Cumulus lists ownership of 428 stations in 87 media markets. It also owns and operates Westwood One. Its headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia. Its subsidiaries include Cumulus Broadcasting LLC, Cumulus Licensing LLC and Broadcast Software International Inc.

Fresno, California

Fresno, California

Fresno is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about 115 square miles (300 km2) and had a population of 542,159 in 2020, making it the fifth-most populous city in California, the most populous inland city in California, and the 34th-most populous city in the nation. The Metro population of Fresno is 786,000 as of 2022. As of 2023 it’s 795,000.

Dubuque, Iowa

Dubuque, Iowa

Dubuque is the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River. At the time of the 2020 census, the population of Dubuque was 59,667. The city lies at the junction of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, a region locally known as the Tri-State Area. It serves as the main commercial, industrial, educational, and cultural center for the area. Geographically, it is part of the Driftless Area, a portion of North America that escaped all three phases of the Wisconsin Glaciation.

Source: "KIDO", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, December 19th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIDO.

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References
  1. ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, September 1, 1925, page 3.
  2. ^ "Alterations and Corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, January 30, 1926, page 7.
  3. ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, June 30, 1927, page 3. (This notification incorrectly listed the state as Utah instead of Idaho, with the error corrected in the next month's issue).
  4. ^ "Alterations and Corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, June 30, 1930, page 15.
  5. ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  6. ^ "American Bandscan: Moving Day" by Doug Smith, Monitoring Times, November 11, 2002, page 70.
  7. ^ "Clear Channel Agrees To $18.7B Buyout". Billboard. November 16, 2006.
  8. ^ "Official: Cumulus Buys Dial Global, Spins Some Stations To Townsquare; Peak Stations Sold To Townsquare, Fresno Spun To Cumulus". All Access. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  9. ^ "Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official". RadioInsight. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  10. ^ "Cumulus-Townsquare-Peak Deal Closes". All Access. November 15, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
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