KOUU

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KOUU
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[[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]]1290 kHz
BrandingCountry Classics 1290 AM/96.5 FM
Programming
FormatClassic Country
AffiliationsABC Radio
Ownership
OwnerIdaho Wireless Corporation
History
First air date
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Former call signs
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  • KYTE (1956–1962)
  • KSNN (1962–1978)
  • KISU (1978–1981)
  • KZBQ (1981–1995)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
28255
ClassD
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Transmitter coordinates
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[[Broadcast relay station|TranslatorTemplate:Pluralize from text]]see below
Links
Public license information
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Websitecountryclassicsidaho.com

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KOUU (1290 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format, as well as local high school sports events.[3] Licensed to Pocatello, Idaho, United States, the station is currently owned by Idaho Wireless Corporation and features programming from ABC Radio.[4]

History

The station went on the air as KYTE on November 21, 1956.[1]Template:R/superscript J. Ronald Bayton, the original owner of the independent, music-minded KYTE, sold the station a year later for $60,000 to Thomas R. and A. H. Becker of Newport, Oregon.[5]

Further changes came during 1961 and 1962, when KYTE moved from its original base to a new downtown studio,[6] reopened after a month's silence under new management,[7] and changed its call letters to KSNN on February 26, 1962.[8] The new managers, Tommy Thompson and Daniel C. Libeg, also acquired the station itself: in 1965, Libeg bought out Thompson's share in KSNN.[9]

After a vandalism attempt in April 1967 in which someone shot out the tower lights with a .22-caliber rifle,[10] the station sought approval to move its transmitter site[11] as part of a $100,000 expansion that also included new studio facilities and the construction of an FM station at 93.7 MHz, KSNN-FM.[12] The new offices opened in September 1968,[13] while the FM outlet launched in 1969. KSNN also was hit with a lawsuit from the Associated Press in July 1969 for failure to pay a wire service bill.[14]

While the AM and FM outlets simulcast for the latter's first years in operation, the two stations split the simulcast in 1977, with the FM continuing to offer a Top 40 format while the AM flipped to oldies.[15]

In March 1978, KSNN-AM-FM was sold to the KSNN Broadcasting Company, composed primarily of three businessmen from Hutchinson, Kansas, for $159,000.[16] The new ownership changed the call letters of the AM station to KISU on May 1.[8]Template:R/superscript A format change in April 1981 resulted in new KZBQ call letters, allowing the television station at Idaho State University to pick up the KISU-TV calls later that year.[17]

KZBQ was acquired by its current owners, Idaho Wireless, in 1985 for $325,000; by this time, it ran an adult contemporary format.[18]

On January 23, 1995, the station changed its call sign to the current KOUU, call letters that had resided on the then-unbuilt 104.1 station at American Falls which became KORR.[19]

Translators

Three translators are listed as associated with the KOUU license:

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References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Radio KYTE To Open Here". Idaho State Journal. November 19, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KOUU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Country Classics Idaho". February 15, 2019.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KOUU Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KYTE is Sold For $60,000". Idaho State Journal. November 1, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KYTE Moves During Year". Idaho State Journal. February 27, 1962. p. B-4. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Managers To Reopen KYTE". Idaho State Journal. October 31, 1961. p. 11. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  8. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History Cards for KOUU". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KSNN Owner Sells Interest". Idaho State Journal. February 28, 1965. p. 8. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vandalism At Tower". Idaho State Journal. April 23, 1967. p. 11. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Zoners Favor Kennel South of City". Idaho State Journal. October 19, 1967. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Radio Station To Expand". Idaho State Journal. November 2, 1967. p. 19. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chiefs to Participate In KSNN Opening". Idaho State Journal. September 24, 1968. p. 2A. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AP Sues KSNN Radio, Charges Contract Broken". Idaho State Journal. July 25, 1969. p. A7. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KSNN Radio to Split AM, FM Operations". Idaho State Journal. June 7, 1977. p. A9. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 20, 1978. p. 58. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Station Changes Letters". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. December 9, 1981. p. A8. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. December 13, 1985. p. 12. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KOUU Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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