KIDO
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Broadcast area | Boise metropolitan area |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 580 kHz |
| Branding | KIDO Talk Radio 107.5 FM 580 AM |
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| Format | Talk radio |
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| History | |
First air date | 1925 |
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Call sign meaning | Idaho |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | B |
| Power | 20,000 watts day 4,400 watts night |
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Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | kidotalkradio |
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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 20,000 watts by day using a non-directional antenna. But at night, to protect other stations on 580 kHz, KIDO reduces power to 4,400 watts and broadcasts a directional signal.
Programming
KIDO has a local wake up program, Kevin Miller in The Morning featuring local news and interviews. Nationally syndicated talk shows are carried the rest of the day, including Glenn Beck, Dave Ramsey, Sean Hannity, Lars Larson, Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis, and 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.
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.[2] In early 1926, station ownership was transferred to the Service Radio Corporation, still in Logan.[3] 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.[4]
KFXD moved to its current location of Nampa, Idaho, in mid-1930.[5]
For three weeks in February 1998 the call letters were changed to KBKK, before returning to KFXD.[6]
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 becoming KFXD. With this change, 580 inherited the legacy of the oldest surviving station in Idaho. The KIDO intellectual unit signed on in 1922 as KFAU, becoming KIDO in 1928.
For the general listening public, this resulted in the two familiar call signs appearing on new dial positions. The move was made so KIDO's news and talk programming could air on 580. While both stations operate at 5,000 watts, 580's location near the bottom of the AM dial allows its signal to travel farther. Additionally, while 580 operates at 5,000 watts around the clock, 630 had long been required to reduce power to an all-but-unlistenable 37 watts at night in order to protect several stations on adjacent channels. However, the FCC generally traces station identities by individual facilities rather than call signs. In this case, the "new" KIDO operates under the same license as the "old" KFXD.[7][6]
On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel Communications planned to sell 448 of its radio stations outside the top 100 markets[8] including KIDO, along with Boise sister stations KSAS-FM, KCIX, KTMY (now KAWO), KXLT-FM and KFXD. In March 2007, Peak Broadcasting LLC bought the Boise stations.
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; Townsquare concurrently swapped Peak's stations in Fresno, California, to Cumulus for its stations in Dubuque, Iowa, and Poughkeepsie, New York. Peak, Townsquare, and Dial Global were all controlled by Oaktree Capital Management.[9][10] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.[11]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KIDO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, September 1, 1925, page 3.
- ^ "Alterations and Corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, January 30, 1926, page 7.
- ^ "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).
- ^ "Alterations and Corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, June 30, 1930, page 15.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ "American Bandscan: Moving Day" by Doug Smith, Monitoring Times, November 11, 2002, page 70.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Clear Channel Agrees To $18.7B Buyout". Billboard. November 16, 2006.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official". RadioInsight. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cumulus-Townsquare-Peak Deal Closes". All Access. November 15, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
External links
- KIDO Website
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- KIDO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for KIDO (covering 1927–1981 as KFXD)
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- K298CN at FCCdata.org
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