KUPI-FM is a commercial
radio station located in
Idaho Falls, Idaho, broadcasting on 99.1
FM. KUPI-FM airs a simulcasting
country music and format branded as "99 KUPI".
History
KADQ signed on in 1975 at 94.3 MHz. It was owned by Ted Austin until his 1977 death; his son sold the station three years later to Southwest Television Ltd., at the time owner of
KZAZ-TV in
Tucson, Arizona, for $240,000. However, Ted Austin Jr. later reacquired the station, owning it and an Idaho Falls construction permit until its sale to present owner Sand Hill Media in 2001 for $1.2 million.
KADQ became KSNA, a
contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ...
outlet known as Sunny 94.3, in 2006. In 2011, a large frequency shuffle involving dozens of stations swept the Mountain West. The 94.3 license was moved to 99.1 FM, and the existing 99.1 license was moved to 100.7. To keep the KUPI-FM country programming on 99.1, KSNA was relocated from one license at 94.3 to the other at 100.7, and the two stations also switched call signs.
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Country radio stations in the United States
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