KOUU

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KOUU
City Pocatello, Idaho
Frequency 1290 kHz
BrandingCountry Classics 1290 AM/96.5 FM
Programming
Format Classic Country
Affiliations ABC Radio
Ownership
OwnerIdaho Wireless Corporation
History
First air date
November 21, 1956 [1]
Former call signs
KYTE (1956–1962)
KSNN (1962–1978)
KISU (1978–1981)
KZBQ (1981–1995)
Technical information
Facility ID 28255
Class D
Power 50,000 watts day
24 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 42°57′28″N112°25′46″W / 42.95778°N 112.42944°W / 42.95778; -112.42944
Translator(s) see below
Links
Website countryclassicsidaho.com

KOUU (1290 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format, as well as local high school sports events. [2] Licensed to Pocatello, Idaho, United States, the station is currently owned by Idaho Wireless Corporation and features programming from ABC Radio. [3]

Contents

History

The station went on the air as KYTE on November 21, 1956. [1] 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. [4]

Further changes came during 1961 and 1962, when KYTE moved from its original base to a new downtown studio, [5] reopened after a month's silence under new management, [6] and changed its call letters to KSNN on February 26, 1962. [7] The new managers, Tommy Thompson and Daniel C. Libeg, also acquired the station itself: in 1965, Libeg bought out Thompson's share in KSNN. [8]

After a vandalism attempt in April 1967 in which someone shot out the tower lights with a .22-caliber rifle, [9] the station sought approval to move its transmitter site [10] 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. [11] The new offices opened in September 1968, [12] 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. [13]

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. [14]

In March 1978, KSNN-AM-FM was sold to the KSNN Broadcasting Company, composed primarily of three businessmen from Hutchinson, Kansas, for $159,000. [15] The new ownership changed the call letters of the AM station to KISU on May 1. [7] 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. [16]

KZBQ was acquired by its current owners, Idaho Wireless, in 1985 for $325,000; by this time, it ran an adult contemporary format. [17]

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. [18]

Translators

Three translators are listed as associated with the KOUU license:

Broadcast translators of KOUU
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)		 City of license Facility
ID 		ERP
(W)		 Height
(m (ft))		 Class FCC info
K243CJ96.5 Pocatello 1539289961 m (200 ft)D FCC LMS
K275BL102.9 Pocatello 1522989964 m (210 ft)D FCC LMS
K294CD106.7 Pocatello 152582250485 m (1,591 ft)D FCC LMS

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References

  1. 1 2 "Radio KYTE To Open Here". Idaho State Journal. November 19, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Country Classics Idaho". February 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ "KOUU Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "KYTE is Sold For $60,000". Idaho State Journal. November 1, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  5. ↑ "KYTE Moves During Year". Idaho State Journal. February 27, 1962. p. B-4. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  6. ↑ "New Managers To Reopen KYTE". Idaho State Journal. October 31, 1961. p. 11. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  7. 1 2 FCC History Cards for KOUU
  8. ↑ "KSNN Owner Sells Interest". Idaho State Journal. February 28, 1965. p. 8. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Vandalism At Tower". Idaho State Journal. April 23, 1967. p. 11. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Zoners Favor Kennel South of City". Idaho State Journal. October 19, 1967. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Radio Station To Expand". Idaho State Journal. November 2, 1967. p. 19. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Chiefs to Participate In KSNN Opening". Idaho State Journal. September 24, 1968. p. 2A. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  13. ↑ "AP Sues KSNN Radio, Charges Contract Broken". Idaho State Journal. July 25, 1969. p. A7. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  14. ↑ "KSNN Radio to Split AM, FM Operations". Idaho State Journal. June 7, 1977. p. A9. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  15. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 20, 1978. p. 58. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Station Changes Letters". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. December 9, 1981. p. A8. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. December 13, 1985. p. 12. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  18. ↑ "KOUU Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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