KOUW

KOUW
Frequency102.9 MHz
BrandingKID Newsradio
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
AffiliationsWestwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Richard Mecham
  • (Magic Valley Media, LLC)
History
First air date
1998 (as KWYS-FM)
Former call signs
KEZQ (9/1998-11/1998)
KWYS-FM (1998–2012)
KOUW (2012–2015)
KCHQ (2015)[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
83882
ClassC
ERP37,000 watts
HAAT842 meters
Transmitter coordinates
44°33′41″N 111°26′32″W / 44.56139°N 111.44222°W / 44.56139; -111.44222
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.590kid.com

KOUW (102.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a talk format. The station is licensed to serve the community of Island Park, Idaho, United States. The station is currently owned by Richard Mecham, through licensee Magic Valley Media, LLC, and features programming from Westwood One.[3]

History

The station was assigned the callsign KEZQ on September 25, 1998. On November 30, 1998, the station changed its call sign to KWYS-FM, on February 24, 2012, to KOUW, on December 7, 2015, to KCHQ, and on December 23, 2015, back to KOUW.[1]

Station back on-air

Though off-air for quite a while with issues ranging from signal strength to ice storm issues and lightning, as of Summer 2009, the station is on-air, 24 hours a day and at full-strength.

The station's coverage area is, as their slogan goes, from "Big Sky to Blackfoot" and it is one of very few stations available through the entirety of Yellowstone National Park and the only station most car scanners will stick on.[original research?]

On September 9, 2016, KOUW switched to a simulcast of news/talk-formatted KID 590 AM Idaho Falls.

References

  1. ^ a b "KOUW Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KOUW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "KOUW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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