KID (590
kHz) is a commercial
AM radio station
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located in
Idaho Falls, Idaho
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, broadcasting on 590
AM. KID airs
news
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/
talk
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Communication
* Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people
* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
* Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct
...
programming which includes
syndicated programs like
Sean Hannity
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,
Glenn Beck, and
Ben Shapiro
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.
History
The station was first licensed under the call KGIO, and began broadcasting on December 3, 1928 on a frequency of 1320 kHz.
[
] On February 16, 1929, the call was changed to KID, and the station began broadcasting under this call.
[Idaho Radio Before 1950 on The History of Idaho Broadcasting, Inc. site]
/ref> The station had moved to 1350 kHz by 1942 (likely in the March 29, 1941 changes, pursuant to the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, which saw many stations change frequency, where it stayed for several years.[ In 1950, the station changed from 1350 to its current frequency 590 kHz.
]
Ownership
In October 2007, a deal was reached for KID to be acquired by GAP Broadcasting II LLC (Samuel Weller, president) from Clear Channel Communications as part of a 57-station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million.GapWest Broadcasting
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was folded into Townsquare Media
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on August 13, 2010.
References
External links
Rich Broadcasting Website
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FCC History Cards for KID
ID
News and talk radio stations in the United States
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