KID (590
kHz
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) is a commercial
AM radio station located in
Idaho Falls, Idaho, 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
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* Broadcast syndication, where individual stations buy programs outside the network system
* Print syndication, where individual newspapers or magazines license news articles, columns, or comic strips
* Web syndication, ...
programs like
Sean Hannity
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,
Glenn Beck
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, 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
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, 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
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as part of a 57-station deal with a total reported sale price of $74.78 million.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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