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KKOO (AM)

Coordinates: 44°03′44″N 116°54′22″W / 44.06222°N 116.90611°W / 44.06222; -116.90611
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KKOO
Broadcast areaBoise metropolitan area
Frequency1260 kHz
Branding101.5 Kool FM
Programming
FormatOldies
Ownership
Owner
  • Iliad Media Group Holdings Employee Stock Ownership Trust
  • (Iliad Media Group Holdings Inc.)
KIKX, KIRQ, KQBL, KSRV-FM, KTPZ, KWYD, KYUN, KZMG, KQBL-HD3, KSRV-HD2
History
First air date
December 1947; 76 years ago (1947-12) (as KWEI at 1240)[1]
Former call signs
KWEI (1947–2011)
KTRP (2011–2014)
KWEI (2014–2018)
KBXN (2018–2019)
Former frequencies
1240 kHz (1947–1957)
1220 kHz (1957–1959)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID42649
ClassD
Power8,400 watts day
36 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
44°03′44″N 116°54′22″W / 44.06222°N 116.90611°W / 44.06222; -116.90611
Translator(s)KZMG-HD2: 101.5 K268CU (Boise)
Repeater(s)102.7 KZMG-HD2 (Melba)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitekoolboise.com

KKOO (1260 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Weiser, Idaho, and serving the Boise metropolitan area. The station is owned by the Iliad Media Group Holdings Employee Stock Ownership Trust, through licensee Iliad Media Group Holdings Inc., and airs an oldies radio format, focusing on the hits of the 1960s and 70s. KKOO calls itself 101.5 Kool FM, with 101.5 MHz being the dial position of its FM translator in Boise. The studios and offices are on East Franklin Road in Nampa.

It transmits with 8,400 watts by day. At night, to avoid interfering with other stations on 1260 AM, it reduces power to 36 watts. It is also heard on FM translator station 101.5 K268CU in Boise.[3] It can also be heard on KZMG's second HD Radio digital subchannel, which feeds K268CU.

History

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Logo as "Radio Caliente"

In December 1947, the station first signed on, using the call sign KWEI and broadcasting on 1240 kilocycles.[1] On February 25, 2011, the call sign was changed to KTRP;[4] that March, the station changed to a classic country format. The KWEI call sign returned on March 25, 2014 (swapping with 1450 AM);[4] on April 17, 2014, the station adopted a Spanish language format.

On May 12, 2016, Educational Media Foundation purchased KKOO and KWEI. Both stations became K-Love affiliates and sister stations to Air1 affiliate KARO.[5] EMF took control of both stations on September 1, 2016;[6] that day, KWEI began stunting.

KWEI changed the call sign to KBXN on November 28, 2018. It changed the call sign to KKOO on March 12, 2019, and picked up the "Kool FM" oldies format from 1380 AM Ontario, Oregon.[7] The station at 1380 switched its call sign to KBXN and went dark in June 2019.

References

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  1. ^ a b Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-128. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KKOO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/K268CU
  4. ^ a b "Call Sign History (KWEI)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  5. ^ "EMF Acquires Boise Duo" from Radio Insight (May 12, 2016)
  6. ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  7. ^ "Call Sign History".
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