KOUW
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 Rich Broadcasting, LLC, through licensee RP Broadcasting LS, LLC, and features programming from Westwood One.[2]
| City | Island Park, Idaho |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 102.9 MHz |
| Branding | KID Newsradio |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk (KID (AM) simulcast) |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Rich Broadcasting, LLC (RP Broadcasting LS, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KEZQ |
| 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 | |
| Facility ID | 83882 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 37,000 watts |
| HAAT | 842 meters |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°33′41″N 111°26′32″W |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
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.
On September 9, 2016 KOUW switched to a simulcast of news/talk-formatted KID 590 AM Idaho Falls.
References
- "KOUW Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- "KOUW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- KOUW in the FCC's FM station database
- KOUW on Radio-Locator
- KOUW in Nielsen Audio's FM station database