KOUU

Radio station in Pocatello, Idaho

KOUU

* Pocatello, Idaho

Frequency| 1290 kHz
Branding| Country Classics 1290 AM/96.5 FM
Programming
Format| Classic Country
Affiliations| ABC Radio
Ownership
Owner| Idaho Wireless Corporation
History

First air date

| November 21, 1956[1]

Former call signs

| KYTE (1956–1962)
KSNN (1962–1978)
KISU (1978–1981)
KZBQ (1981–1995)
Technical information[2]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 28255
Class| D
Power| 50,000 watts day
24 watts night

Transmitter coordinates

| 42°57′28″N 112°25′46″W﻿ / ﻿42.95778°N 112.42944°W﻿ / 42.95778; -112.42944
Translator(s)| see below
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Website| countryclassicsidaho.com

KOUU (1290 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format, as well as local high school sports events.[3] Licensed to Pocatello, Idaho, United States, the station is currently owned by Idaho Wireless Corporation and features programming from ABC Radio.[4]

## History

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The station went on the air as KYTE on November 21, 1956.[1] J. Ronald Bayton, the original owner of the independent, music-minded KYTE, sold the station a year later for $60,000 to Thomas R. and A. H. Becker of Newport, Oregon.[5]

Further changes came during 1961 and 1962, when KYTE moved from its original base to a new downtown studio,[6] reopened after a month's silence under new management,[7] and changed its call letters to KSNN on February 26, 1962.[8] The new managers, Tommy Thompson and Daniel C. Libeg, also acquired the station itself: in 1965, Libeg bought out Thompson's share in KSNN.[9]

After a vandalism attempt in April 1967 in which someone shot out the tower lights with a .22-caliber rifle,[10] the station sought approval to move its transmitter site[11] as part of a $100,000 expansion that also included new studio facilities and the construction of an FM station at 93.7 MHz, KSNN-FM.[12] The new offices opened in September 1968,[13] while the FM outlet launched in 1969. KSNN also was hit with a lawsuit from the Associated Press in July 1969 for failure to pay a wire service bill.[14]

While the AM and FM outlets simulcast for the latter's first years in operation, the two stations split the simulcast in 1977, with the FM continuing to offer a Top 40 format while the AM flipped to oldies.[15]

In March 1978, KSNN-AM-FM was sold to the KSNN Broadcasting Company, composed primarily of three businessmen from Hutchinson, Kansas, for $159,000.[16] The new ownership changed the call letters of the AM station to KISU on May 1.[8] A format change in April 1981 resulted in new KZBQ call letters, allowing the television station at Idaho State University to pick up the KISU-TV calls later that year.[17]

KZBQ was acquired by its current owners, Idaho Wireless, in 1985 for $325,000; by this time, it ran an adult contemporary format.[18]

On January 23, 1995, the station changed its call sign to the current KOUU, call letters that had resided on the then-unbuilt 104.1 station at American Falls which became KORR.[19]

## Translators

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Three translators are listed as associated with the KOUU license:

Broadcast translators for KOUU  Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info

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K243CJ  | 96.5 FM | Pocatello | 153928 | 99 | 61 m (200 ft) | D | LMS
K275BL  | 102.9 FM | Pocatello | 152298 | 99 | 64 m (210 ft) | D | LMS
K294CD  | 106.7 FM | Pocatello | 152582 | 250 | 485 m (1,591 ft) | D | LMS

## References

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1. ^ a b "Radio KYTE To Open Here". Idaho State Journal. November 19, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KOUU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. ^ "Country Classics Idaho". February 15, 2019.
4. ^ "KOUU Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
5. ^ "KYTE is Sold For $60,000". Idaho State Journal. November 1, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
6. ^ "KYTE Moves During Year". Idaho State Journal. February 27, 1962. p. B-4. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
7. ^ "New Managers To Reopen KYTE". Idaho State Journal. October 31, 1961. p. 11. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
8. ^ a b "History Cards for KOUU". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
9. ^ "KSNN Owner Sells Interest". Idaho State Journal. February 28, 1965. p. 8. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
10. ^ "Vandalism At Tower". Idaho State Journal. April 23, 1967. p. 11. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
11. ^ "Zoners Favor Kennel South of City". Idaho State Journal. October 19, 1967. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
12. ^ "Radio Station To Expand". Idaho State Journal. November 2, 1967. p. 19. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
13. ^ "Chiefs to Participate In KSNN Opening". Idaho State Journal. September 24, 1968. p. 2A. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
14. ^ "AP Sues KSNN Radio, Charges Contract Broken". Idaho State Journal. July 25, 1969. p. A7. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
15. ^ "KSNN Radio to Split AM, FM Operations". Idaho State Journal. June 7, 1977. p. A9. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
16. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 20, 1978. p. 58. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
17. ^ "Station Changes Letters". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. December 9, 1981. p. A8. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
18. ^ "Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. December 13, 1985. p. 12. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
19. ^ "KOUU Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

## External links

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* Facility details for Facility ID 28255 (KOUU) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KOUU in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
* Facility details for Facility ID 152298 (K275BL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* K275BL at FCCdata.org

* v
* t
* e

Radio stations in the Pocatello metropolitan area (Idaho)

By AM frequency|

* 690
* 930
* 1240
* 1290

By FM frequency|

* 90.3
* 91.1
* 92.1
* 93.9
* 94.9
* 96.1
* 97.3
* 98.5
* 99.5
* 100.7
* 101.5
* 102.5
* 103.3
* 104.1
* 107.9

| Translators|

* 92.7
* 99.9
* 101.1
* K266AF
* K266BY
* 101.9
* 104.9
* 107.5

|

NOAA Weather Radio
frequency|

* 162.450
* 162.475
* 162.550

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 97.3-1
* 97.3-2
* 97.3-3
* 99.5-1
* 99.5-2
* 99.5-3
* 99.5-4
* 100.7-1
* 101.5-1
* 101.5-2
* 103.3-1
* 103.3-2
* 103.3-3
* 104.1-1
* 104.1-2
* 104.1-3
* 104.1-4
* 107.9-1
* 107.9-2

By call sign|

* K224EL
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* K266BY
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* K285CO
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* KAOX
* KCVI
* KEII
* KFTZ
* KIDG
* KISU
* KJY57
* KLCE
* KLLP
* KMGI
* KORR
* KOUU
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Defunct|

* KPCQ (1490 AM)

Radio stations in Southern Idaho
Boise
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
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Other nearby regions
Jackson
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See also
List of radio stations in Idaho

* v
* t
* e

Country radio stations in the state of Idaho

Stations|

* KART – Jerome
* KAWO – Boise
* KBRV – Soda Springs
* KCHQ – Soda Springs
* KDAD – Victor
* KDZY – McCall
* KEZJ – Twin Falls
* KIBR – Sandpoint
* KICR – Coeur D'alene
* KIZN – Boise
* KKEX – Preston
* KKMV – Rupert
* KLER – Orofino
* KMOK – Lewiston
* KOFE – Saint Maries
* KORT-FM – Grangeville
* KOUU – Pocatello
* KQBL – Emmett/Boise
* KQPI – Aberdeen
* KSRA-FM – Salmon
* KTHI - Caldwell/Boise
* KTHK – Idaho Falls
* KUPI – Rexburg
* KUPY - Sugar City
* KVSI – Montpelier
* KWFI-FM – Aberdeen
* KWFO-FM – Driggs
* KYUN – Twin Falls
* KYZK - Sun Valley
* KZBG – Lapwai
* KZBQ – Pocatello

See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in Idaho
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