The station was first licensed, as KGIO, on November 11, 1928, on a frequency of 1320 kHz,[1] and began broadcasting on December 3, 1928.[2] The original call letters were randomly assigned from an alphabetical list of available call signs, and were changed to KID on February 16, 1929.[3] In March 1941, most of the stations on 1320 kHz, including KID, moved to 1350 kHz, with the implementation of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement.[4] In 1950, KID changed to its final frequency 590 kHz.
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.[5] What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010;[6] Townsquare, in turn, sold its Idaho Falls–Pocatello stations to Rich Broadcasting in 2011.[7]
In its final years, KID simulcast its programming on two FM stations, KIDJ in Sugar City (serving Idaho Falls and Rexburg) and KIDG in Pocatello. They served to fill in gaps in the AM station's nighttime signal. KID operated at 5,000 watts during the day, but was required to drop to 1,000 watts at night.
The station went off the air in November 2021, when a farmer accidentally knocked down one of the station's transmission towers in Iona, Idaho. Rich Broadcasting applied for an insurance settlement, only to find out that the farmer, who claimed ownership of the property that KID was leasing for the transmitter, had collected the insurance payment. Rich Broadcasting hired an attorney to dispute the farmer's claims but, in the meantime, the farmer demolished two remaining towers on the site as well as the transmitter building, and also removed all broadcasting equipment. Rich Broadcasting determined that it would have cost between $1.5 and $2 million to keep the FCC license, build a new facility and replace the destroyed equipment, in addition to the cost of leasing a new property. Concluding that he could not justify the expense, company president Rich Mecham decided to not return to AM broadcasting and returned the 590 AM license to the Federal Communications Commission.[8] Rich Broadcasting surrendered the KID license on February 23, 2023;[9] the FCC cancelled it on March 3. The station's former schedule continued to be broadcast on KIDJ and KIDG.[8]
Referencesedit
^"New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, October 31, 1928, page 3.
^. Radio Business Report. August 13, 2010. Archived from the original on January 21, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
^"Townsquare spins six in Idaho". Radio & Television Business Report. January 24, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
^ abNelson, Rett (March 8, 2023). "Local radio station goes off the air after nearly 100 years". East Idaho News. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^O'Neill, David G. "Re: Rich Broadcasting Idaho LS, LLC KID(AM) Idaho Falls, Idaho Facility Id. No 22194 Cancellation of License" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
External linksedit
FCC Station Search Details: DKID (Facility ID: 22194)
FCC History Cards for KID (covering 1928-1980 as KGIO / KID)
commercial, radio, station, located, idaho, falls, idaho, broadcasting, aired, news, talk, programming, which, included, syndicated, programs, like, sean, hannity, glenn, beck, shapiro, kididaho, falls, idahobroadcast, areaidaho, falls, idahofrequency590, khzb. KID 590 kHz was a commercial AM radio station located in Idaho Falls Idaho broadcasting on 590 AM KID aired news talk programming which included syndicated programs like Sean Hannity Glenn Beck and Ben Shapiro KIDIdaho Falls IdahoBroadcast areaIdaho Falls IdahoFrequency590 kHzBrandingKID NewsradioProgrammingFormatDefunct formerly news talk AffiliationsFox News RadioCompass Media NetworksPremiere NetworksOwnershipOwnerRich Broadcasting Rich Broadcasting Idaho LS LLC HistoryFirst air dateDecember 3 1928 94 years ago 1928 12 03 Last air dateFebruary 23 2023 9 months ago 2023 02 23 Former call signsKGIO 1928 1929 Call sign meaningIdahoTechnical informationFacility ID22194ClassBPower5 000 watts day1 000 watts nightRepeater s 92 1 KIDG Pocatello 106 3 KIDJ Sugar City History editThe station was first licensed as KGIO on November 11 1928 on a frequency of 1320 kHz 1 and began broadcasting on December 3 1928 2 The original call letters were randomly assigned from an alphabetical list of available call signs and were changed to KID on February 16 1929 3 In March 1941 most of the stations on 1320 kHz including KID moved to 1350 kHz with the implementation of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement 4 In 1950 KID changed to its final frequency 590 kHz 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 5 What eventually became GapWest Broadcasting was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13 2010 6 Townsquare in turn sold its Idaho Falls Pocatello stations to Rich Broadcasting in 2011 7 In its final years KID simulcast its programming on two FM stations KIDJ in Sugar City serving Idaho Falls and Rexburg and KIDG in Pocatello They served to fill in gaps in the AM station s nighttime signal KID operated at 5 000 watts during the day but was required to drop to 1 000 watts at night The station went off the air in November 2021 when a farmer accidentally knocked down one of the station s transmission towers in Iona Idaho Rich Broadcasting applied for an insurance settlement only to find out that the farmer who claimed ownership of the property that KID was leasing for the transmitter had collected the insurance payment Rich Broadcasting hired an attorney to dispute the farmer s claims but in the meantime the farmer demolished two remaining towers on the site as well as the transmitter building and also removed all broadcasting equipment Rich Broadcasting determined that it would have cost between 1 5 and 2 million to keep the FCC license build a new facility and replace the destroyed equipment in addition to the cost of leasing a new property Concluding that he could not justify the expense company president Rich Mecham decided to not return to AM broadcasting and returned the 590 AM license to the Federal Communications Commission 8 Rich Broadcasting surrendered the KID license on February 23 2023 9 the FCC cancelled it on March 3 The station s former schedule continued to be broadcast on KIDJ and KIDG 8 References edit New Stations Radio Service Bulletin October 31 1928 page 3 The Museum of Idaho site Local History Items Idaho Radio Before 1950 on The History of Idaho Broadcasting Inc site Assignments of United States Standard Broadcast Stations Listed by Frequency page 1436 Deals Broadcasting amp Cable June 19 2006 Townsquare Media completes roll up of GAP Radio Business Report August 13 2010 Archived from the original on January 21 2011 Retrieved August 15 2010 Townsquare spins six in Idaho Radio amp Television Business Report January 24 2011 Retrieved March 10 2023 a b Nelson Rett March 8 2023 Local radio station goes off the air after nearly 100 years East Idaho News Retrieved March 9 2023 O Neill David G Re Rich Broadcasting Idaho LS LLC KID AM Idaho Falls Idaho Facility Id No 22194 Cancellation of License PDF CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission Retrieved March 4 2023 External links editFCC Station Search Details DKID Facility ID 22194 FCC History Cards for KID covering 1928 1980 as KGIO KID 43 33 35 N 111 55 15 W 43 55972 N 111 92083 W 43 55972 111 92083 nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Idaho is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KID AM amp oldid 1162396830, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
