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| city = [[Boise, Idaho]]
| city = [[Boise, Idaho]]
| country = US
| area = [[Boise metropolitan area]]
| area = [[Boise metropolitan area]]
| branding = ''News Talk KBOI''
| branding = ''News Talk KBOI''
| airdate = 1947 (as KDSH at 950)
| airdate = {{start date and age|1947|8|11}} (as KDSH at 950)
| frequency = 670 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| frequency = 670 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| repeater = 93.1 [[KBOI-FM]] ([[New Plymouth, Idaho|New Plymouth]])
| repeater = {{Radio Relay|93.1|[[KBOI-FM]]|[[New Plymouth, Idaho|New Plymouth]]}}
| format = [[Talk radio|News/talk]]
| format = [[Talk radio|News/Talk]]
| power = 50,000 [[watt]]s
| power = 50,000 [[watt]]s
| class = B
| class = B
| facility_id = 51211
| facility_id = 51211
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| callsign_meaning = Boise
| callsign_meaning = Boise
| former_callsigns = KDSH (1947–1955)
| former_callsigns = KDSH (1947–1955)
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| network = [[ABC News Radio]]
| network = [[ABC News Radio]]
| affiliations = {{plainlist|
| affiliations = {{plainlist|
* [[Boise State Broncos]]
* [[Fox News Radio]]
* [[Fox News Radio]]
* [[Genesis Communications Network]]
* [[Seattle Seahawks]]
* [[Westwood One]]
* [[Westwood One]]
* [[Boise State Broncos]]
* [[Seattle Seahawks]]
}}
}}
| owner = [[Cumulus Media]]
| owner = [[Cumulus Media]]
| licensee = Radio License Holding<br>CBC, LLC
| licensee = Radio License Holding CBC, LLC
| sister_stations = [[KBOI-FM]], [[KIZN]], [[KKGL]], [[KQFC]], [[KTIK (AM)|KTIK]]
| sister_stations = [[KBOI-FM]], [[KIZN]], [[KKGL]], [[KQFC]], [[KTIK (AM)|KTIK]]
| webcast = {{listen live|http://www.kboi.com}}
| webcast = {{listen live|https://player.listenlive.co/21981}}
| website = {{URL|www.kboi.com}}
| website = {{URL|www.kboi.com}}
}}
}}
'''KBOI''' (670 [[Hertz|kHz]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[AM Broadcasting|AM]] [[radio station]] in the [[Western United States|western]] [[United States]], located in [[Boise, Idaho]]. It is owned by [[Cumulus Media]] and airs a [[Talk radio|news/talk]] [[radio format]]. [[Radio studio|Studio]]s and offices are on Bannock Street in Downtown Boise, while its transmitter is located at a six-[[tower array]] southwest of the city.
'''KBOI''' (670 [[Hertz|kHz]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[AM Broadcasting|AM]] [[radio station]] in [[Boise, Idaho]]. It is owned by [[Cumulus Media]] and it [[simulcast]]s a [[Talk radio|news/talk]] [[radio format]] with co-owned 93.1 [[KBOI-FM]]. [[Radio studio|Studio]]s and offices are on Bannock Street in Downtown Boise, while the AM [[transmitter]] site with its six-[[tower array]] is on Cloverdale Road in [[Kuna, Idaho|Kuna]].<REF>[https://radio-locator.com/info/KBOI-AM Radio-Locator.com/KBOI-AM]</REF>


KBOI is Idaho's most powerful AM station, broadcasting with 50,000 [[watt]]s around the clock. During the day, a single [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional antenna]] beams the station's full power to Southwestern Idaho and Eastern [[Oregon]]. At night, power is fed to all six towers in a [[directional antenna|directional pattern]] to avoid interfering with [[WSCR]] in [[Chicago]], the [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class A]] [[clear-channel station]] on [[670 AM]]. Even though it must direct its signal north-south as a result, KBOI can still be heard with across much of the western half of North America at night with a good radio, but is strongest in the Pacific Northwest. Because of this, KBOI is Idaho's designated primary entry point station for the [[Emergency Alert System]]. KBOI is licensed by the [[FCC]] to broadcast in the [[HD Radio]] hybrid digital format, although it currently does not have HD turned on.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=51211|title=Station Search Details}}</ref>
KBOI is Idaho's most powerful AM station, broadcasting with 50,000 [[watt]]s around the clock. During the day, a single [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional antenna]] beams the station's full power to Southwestern Idaho and Eastern [[Oregon]]. At night, power is fed to all six towers in a [[directional antenna|directional pattern]] to avoid interfering with [[WSCR]] in [[Chicago]], the [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class A]] [[clear-channel station]] on [[670 AM]]. With a good radio, KBOI 670 can be heard across much of the [[Western United States]] and [[Western Canada]] at night, but is strongest in the [[Pacific Northwest]]. Because of this, KBOI is Idaho's designated primary entry point station for the [[Emergency Alert System]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system/broadcasters-wireless |accessdate=2024-04-22 |title=Broadcasters and Wireless Providers |website=fema.gov}}</ref>


==Programming==
==Programming==
Weekdays begin with an news and information show, "Kasper and Chris," featuring Mike Kasper and Chris Walton. The KBOI morning newscaster is station news director Rick Worthington. KBOI's afternoon [[drive time]] slot is hosted Nate Shelman, who also serves as the station's program director.
Weekdays begin with an news and information show, "Kasper and Chris," featuring Mike Kasper and Chris Walton. The KBOI morning newscaster is station news director Rick Worthington. KBOI's afternoon [[drive time]] slot is hosted Nate Shelman, who also serves as the station's program director.


In middays and nights, the station features [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] [[conservative talk]] shows, including [[Dan Bongino]], [[Ben Shapiro]], [[Mark Levin]] and [[Red Eye Radio]] from the co-owned [[Westwood One (current)|Westwood One Network]]. Most hours begin with world and national news from [[ABC News Radio]].
In middays and nights, the station features [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] [[conservative talk]] shows, including [[Dan Bongino]], [[Ben Shapiro]], [[Mark Levin]], [[Michael J. Knowles|Michael Knowles]], [[Matt Walsh (political commentator)|Matt Walsh]], ''[[Red Eye Radio]]'' and ''[[America in the Morning]]'' from the co-owned [[Westwood One (current)|Westwood One Network]]. Most hours begin with world and national news from [[ABC News Radio]].


Weekends on KBOI include shows on money, real estate, home improvement, law and gardening, as well as religious and paid [[brokered programming]]. Syndicated shows include [[Bill Handel|Bill Handel on the Law]], Ben Ferguson and [[Bill Cunningham (talk show host)|Bill Cunningham]]. The station broadcasts [[National Football League|NFL]] [[American football|football]] as an [[network affiliate|affiliate]] of the [[Seattle Seahawks]]' Radio Network.{{nowrap|radio network.<ref name=wwrnet>{{cite web|url=https://www.seahawks.com/game-day/broadcasting/radio/ |publisher=Seattle Seahawks |title=Seahawks Radio Network Affiliates|access-date=September 23, 2018}}</ref>}}
Weekends on KBOI include shows on money, real estate, home improvement, technology, law and gardening, as well as religious and paid [[brokered programming]]. Syndicated shows include ''[[Bill Handel|Bill Handel on the Law]],'' ''[[The Tech Guy|Rich DeMuro on Tech]]'', ''[[Ben Ferguson|The Ben Ferguson Show]]'' and ''[[Bill Cunningham (talk show host)|Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham]]''. The station broadcasts [[National Football League|NFL]] [[American football|football]] as an [[network affiliate|affiliate]] of the [[Seattle Seahawks]]' {{nowrap|radio network.<ref name=wwrnet>{{cite web|url=https://www.seahawks.com/game-day/broadcasting/radio/ |publisher=Seattle Seahawks |title=Seahawks Radio Network Affiliates|access-date=September 23, 2018}}</ref>}}


==History==
==History==
===KDSH===
===KDSH===
The station first [[sign on|signed on]] {{Years or months ago|1947}} in 1947.<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1949/Radio-BC-YB-1949-B&W.pdf Information] from [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting Yearbook]] 1949 page 112</ref> The [[call sign]] was originally KDSH, founded by Boise Valley Broadcasters, with its studios at 311 North 10th Street. Boise Valley Broadcasters was a [[subsidiary]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].
The station first [[sign on|signed on]] the air on {{start date and age|1947|8|11}}.<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1949/Radio-BC-YB-1949-B&W.pdf Information] from [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting Yearbook]] 1949 page 112</ref> The [[call sign]] was originally KDSH with the studios at 311 North 10th Street. It was owned by Boise Valley Broadcasters, a [[subsidiary]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].


KDSH was originally on 950&nbsp;kHz, powered at 5,000 watts. It was a [[CBS Radio News|CBS Radio]] [[Network affiliate]], carrying its dramas, comedies, news, sports, [[soap opera]]s, [[game show]]s and [[big band]] broadcasts during the "[[Golden Age of Radio]]." In 1953, Boise Valley Broadcasters put a TV station on the air, Channel 2 [[KBOI-TV|KBOI]]. It was Boise's second TV station after Channel 7 [[KTVB|KIDO-TV]].
KDSH was originally on 950&nbsp;kHz, powered at 5,000 watts. It was a [[CBS Radio News|CBS Radio]] [[Network affiliate]], carrying its dramas, comedies, news, sports, [[soap opera]]s, [[game show]]s and [[big band]] broadcasts during the "[[Golden Age of Radio]]." In 1953, Boise Valley Broadcasters put a TV station on the air, Channel 2 [[KBOI-TV|KBOI]]. It was Boise's second TV station after Channel 7 [[KTVB|KIDO-TV]].


===KBOI===
===KBOI===
On February 11, 1955, the stations switched their call letters to KBOI<ref name="fcc-cards">{{cite web |title=KBOI history cards |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=31724 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=March 13, 2022 |format=PDF}}</ref> and KBOI-TV; the change was made possible by the relocation of the television station's [[city of license]] from [[Meridian, Idaho|Meridian]] to Boise.<ref name="bt-kdshtokboi">{{cite news |title=Boise Call Letter Changes |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1955/1955-03-07-BC.pdf#page=87 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting–Telecasting]] |date=March 7, 1955}}</ref> An FM radio station was added in 1960, 97.9 KBOI-FM (now [[KQFC]]). As network programming moved from radio to television, KBOI-AM-FM switched to a [[full service radio|full service]], [[middle of the road (music)|middle of the road]] (MOR) format of popular music, news and sports. In the late 1960s, KBOI-FM broke away from the simulcast and began playing [[beautiful music]].
On February 11, 1955, the stations switched their call letters to KBOI<ref name="fcc-cards">{{cite web |title=KBOI history cards |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=31724 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=December 16, 2023 |format=PDF}}</ref> and KBOI-TV. The change in call signs took place, along with the relocation of the television station's [[city of license]] from [[Meridian, Idaho|Meridian]] to Boise.<ref name="bt-kdshtokboi">{{cite news |title=Boise Call Letter Changes |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1955/1955-03-07-BC.pdf#page=87 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting–Telecasting]] |date=March 7, 1955}}</ref> An FM radio station was added in 1960, 97.9 KBOI-FM (now [[KQFC]]). For the first few years, the AM and FM stations simulcast their programming. As network programming moved from radio to television, KBOI-AM-FM switched to a [[full service radio|full service]], [[middle of the road (music)|middle of the road]] (MOR) format of popular music, news and sports. In the late 1960s, KBOI-FM broke away from the simulcast and began playing [[beautiful music]].


In the 1980s, as listeners switched from AM to FM for music listening, KBOI added more talk programming. It eventually completed the change over to all talk.
In the 1980s, as listeners switched from AM to FM for music listening, KBOI added more talk programming. It eventually completed the change over to all talk.
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The KBOI morning show, "Idaho's First Morning News/Idaho Talks Live" was anchored by Paul J. Schneider and Chris Walton until December 2018, when Schneider retired from full-time broadcasting after 51 years with KBOI-TV and KBOI Radio. Schneider, an [[Illinois]] native who moved to Idaho as a teen with his parents and brother, was a KBOI Radio morning host from 1976 to 2018. Walton, a native of [[Twin Falls, Idaho|Twin Falls]], joined the program in 2001, moving from the morning drive show at [[Citadel Broadcasting|Citadel]]-owned [[classic rock]] station [[KKGL-FM]].
The KBOI morning show, "Idaho's First Morning News/Idaho Talks Live" was anchored by Paul J. Schneider and Chris Walton until December 2018, when Schneider retired from full-time broadcasting after 51 years with KBOI-TV and KBOI Radio. Schneider, an [[Illinois]] native who moved to Idaho as a teen with his parents and brother, was a KBOI Radio morning host from 1976 to 2018. Walton, a native of [[Twin Falls, Idaho|Twin Falls]], joined the program in 2001, moving from the morning drive show at [[Citadel Broadcasting|Citadel]]-owned [[classic rock]] station [[KKGL-FM]].


Idaho native Mike Kasper, the former morning drive co-host of Boise station KCIX-FM, was hired by KBOI following Schneider's retirement. Since January 2019, the KBOI wake up program has been known as "Kasper and Chris".
Idaho native Mike Kasper, the former morning drive co-host of Boise station [[KCIX]], was hired by KBOI following Schneider's retirement. Since January 2019, the KBOI wake up program has been known as "Kasper and Chris".


The radio morning show was [[simulcast]] on then-local [[Fox Television Network]] station [[KTRV-TV]] from 8am to 10am Monday through Friday from 2003 through 2010. KTRV dropped the program after Boise CBS affiliate television station KBCI-TV changed its call letters back to [[KBOI-TV]] in 2010 (after spending the last 35 years as KBCI-TV) to reflect a renewed partnership with KBOI radio.
The radio morning show was [[simulcast]] on then-local [[Fox Television Network]] station [[KTRV-TV]] from 8am to 10am Monday through Friday from 2003 through 2010. KTRV dropped the program after Boise CBS affiliate television station KBCI-TV changed its call letters back to [[KBOI-TV]] in 2010 (after spending the last 35 years as KBCI-TV) to reflect a renewed partnership with KBOI radio.
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*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=31724 FCC History Cards for KBOI]
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=31724 FCC History Cards for KBOI]
*{{official website|www.670kboi.com}}
*{{official website|www.670kboi.com}}
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[[Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States]]

Latest revision as of 09:24, 24 July 2024

KBOI
Broadcast areaBoise metropolitan area
Frequency670 kHz
BrandingNews Talk KBOI
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
NetworkABC News Radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KBOI-FM, KIZN, KKGL, KQFC, KTIK
History
First air date
August 11, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-08-11) (as KDSH at 950)
Former call signs
KDSH (1947–1955)
Former frequencies
950 kHz (1947–1968)
Call sign meaning
Boise
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID51211
ClassB
Power50,000 watts
Repeater(s)93.1 KBOI-FM (New Plymouth)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.kboi.com

KBOI (670 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Boise, Idaho. It is owned by Cumulus Media and it simulcasts a news/talk radio format with co-owned 93.1 KBOI-FM. Studios and offices are on Bannock Street in Downtown Boise, while the AM transmitter site with its six-tower array is on Cloverdale Road in Kuna.[2]

KBOI is Idaho's most powerful AM station, broadcasting with 50,000 watts around the clock. During the day, a single non-directional antenna beams the station's full power to Southwestern Idaho and Eastern Oregon. At night, power is fed to all six towers in a directional pattern to avoid interfering with WSCR in Chicago, the Class A clear-channel station on 670 AM. With a good radio, KBOI 670 can be heard across much of the Western United States and Western Canada at night, but is strongest in the Pacific Northwest. Because of this, KBOI is Idaho's designated primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.[3]

Programming

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Weekdays begin with an news and information show, "Kasper and Chris," featuring Mike Kasper and Chris Walton. The KBOI morning newscaster is station news director Rick Worthington. KBOI's afternoon drive time slot is hosted Nate Shelman, who also serves as the station's program director.

In middays and nights, the station features syndicated conservative talk shows, including Dan Bongino, Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin, Michael Knowles, Matt Walsh, Red Eye Radio and America in the Morning from the co-owned Westwood One Network. Most hours begin with world and national news from ABC News Radio.

Weekends on KBOI include shows on money, real estate, home improvement, technology, law and gardening, as well as religious and paid brokered programming. Syndicated shows include Bill Handel on the Law, Rich DeMuro on Tech, The Ben Ferguson Show and Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham. The station broadcasts NFL football as an affiliate of the Seattle Seahawks' radio network.[4]

History

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KDSH

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The station first signed on the air on August 11, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-08-11).[5] The call sign was originally KDSH with the studios at 311 North 10th Street. It was owned by Boise Valley Broadcasters, a subsidiary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

KDSH was originally on 950 kHz, powered at 5,000 watts. It was a CBS Radio Network affiliate, carrying its dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio." In 1953, Boise Valley Broadcasters put a TV station on the air, Channel 2 KBOI. It was Boise's second TV station after Channel 7 KIDO-TV.

KBOI

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On February 11, 1955, the stations switched their call letters to KBOI[6] and KBOI-TV. The change in call signs took place, along with the relocation of the television station's city of license from Meridian to Boise.[7] An FM radio station was added in 1960, 97.9 KBOI-FM (now KQFC). For the first few years, the AM and FM stations simulcast their programming. As network programming moved from radio to television, KBOI-AM-FM switched to a full service, middle of the road (MOR) format of popular music, news and sports. In the late 1960s, KBOI-FM broke away from the simulcast and began playing beautiful music.

In the 1980s, as listeners switched from AM to FM for music listening, KBOI added more talk programming. It eventually completed the change over to all talk.

Cumulus Media

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Logo before FM simulcast

In 2005, its owner at the time, Citadel Broadcasting, switched KBOI's affiliation to ABC's Information Network, in advance of Citadel's 2007 acquisition of ABC Radio. Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[8] At the beginning of 2015, Cumulus switched KBOI and most of its other news/talk stations from ABC News to Cumulus-owned Westwood One News. In 2020, Westwood One News was discontinued and KBOI returned to ABC News affiliation.

KBOI was the contracted radio station for Boise State University Broncos football and men's basketball from 1973 through early 2008, with Paul J. Schneider as play-by-play announcer. The Broncos returned to KBOI during the 2010 season with Bob Behler serving as the Voice of the Broncos.

FM simulcast

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On January 3, 2022, KBOI began simulcasting on KTIK-FM (93.1), which concurrently took on the KBOI-FM call sign. KTIK-FM had previously simulcast the sports format of sister station KTIK.[9]

Morning show

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The KBOI morning show, "Idaho's First Morning News/Idaho Talks Live" was anchored by Paul J. Schneider and Chris Walton until December 2018, when Schneider retired from full-time broadcasting after 51 years with KBOI-TV and KBOI Radio. Schneider, an Illinois native who moved to Idaho as a teen with his parents and brother, was a KBOI Radio morning host from 1976 to 2018. Walton, a native of Twin Falls, joined the program in 2001, moving from the morning drive show at Citadel-owned classic rock station KKGL-FM.

Idaho native Mike Kasper, the former morning drive co-host of Boise station KCIX, was hired by KBOI following Schneider's retirement. Since January 2019, the KBOI wake up program has been known as "Kasper and Chris".

The radio morning show was simulcast on then-local Fox Television Network station KTRV-TV from 8am to 10am Monday through Friday from 2003 through 2010. KTRV dropped the program after Boise CBS affiliate television station KBCI-TV changed its call letters back to KBOI-TV in 2010 (after spending the last 35 years as KBCI-TV) to reflect a renewed partnership with KBOI radio.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KBOI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/KBOI-AM
  3. ^ "Broadcasters and Wireless Providers". fema.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  4. ^ "Seahawks Radio Network Affiliates". Seattle Seahawks. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  5. ^ Information from Broadcasting Yearbook 1949 page 112
  6. ^ "KBOI history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  7. ^ "Boise Call Letter Changes" (PDF). Broadcasting–Telecasting. March 7, 1955. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  8. ^ "Cumulus now owns Citadel Broadcasting". Atlanta Business Journal. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  9. ^ Cumulus Preparing January Boise Changes Radioinsight - January 3, 2022
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