KINF-FM
| City of license | Mountain Home, Idaho |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Boise, Idaho |
| Frequency | 99.1 MHz |
| Format | News/Talk |
| ERP | 73,000 watts |
| HAAT | 668 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 72658 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°14′43″N 115°26′12″W / 43.24528°N 115.43667°WCoordinates: 43°14′43″N 115°26′12″W / 43.24528°N 115.43667°W |
| Former callsigns | KQKZ (1980-1984) KJCY-FM (1984-1989) KLVJ-FM (1989-1997) KTPZ (1997-2007) KTPD (2007-2007) KTMB (2007-2008) KQLZ (2008-2011) |
| Owner | Impact Radio Group |
KINF-FM (99.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format, simulcasting KINF 730 AM Boise, Idaho. Licensed to Mountain Home, Idaho, USA, the station serves the Boise area. The station is currently owned by Impact Radio Group.[1]
[edit] History
The station was assigned the call letters KQKZ on 1980-12-12. On 1984-11-01, the station changed its call sign to KJCY-FM, on 1989-06-01 to KLVJ-FM, on 1997-01-07 to KTPZ, on 2007-03-30 to KTPD, and on 2007-06-28 to KTMB. In 2008 Impact Radio Group acquired the station and moved the KQLZ calls to this frequency from the 100.7 frequency, and along with it replaced the Talk format with Oldies[2], featuring programing from ABC Radio Network's True Oldies Channel.[3]
On September 4, 2009 at 12 noon, KQLZ ended three days of stunting with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" to become "99-1 The Bronco," playing country music.[4] The move came after the demise of the syndicated "True Oldies Channel" and subsequent retirement of longtime Boise radio voice "Big" Jack Armstrong[5]. Then at 3:49pm on September 4, the Country format was abruptly stopped, and the station was again relaunched, this time as "99.1 The Virus."[6]
Questions arose about the new name, as it shared the name of XM Satellite Radio talk channel, The Virus. However, Impact Radio Group's GM didn't "consider it a problem".[7] Since the original launch, the station has dropped the Virus name and changed its name to V99.1 FM.[8]
On August 8, 2011 KQLZ changed their format to news/talk, simulcasting KINF 730 AM Boise, Idaho. On August 15, 2011 KQLZ changed their call letters to KINF-FM.
[edit] References
- ^ "KINF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KINF.
- ^ "KQLZ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=72658&Callsign=KQLZ.
- ^ "Radio Stations". Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel. Archived from the original on July 28, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080728203304/http://www.trueoldieschannel.com/html/stations.html. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
- ^ "Boise gets fourth country station". Idaho Radio News. http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/09/04/boise-gets-another-country-station/.
- ^ "Big Jack hangs up the mic". Idaho Radio News. http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/09/02/big-jack-hangs-up-the-mic/.
- ^ "Will The Virus infect the X?". Idaho Radio News. http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/09/05/will-the-virus-infect-the-x/.
- ^ "Impact doesn't think Virus name is a problem". Idaho Radio News. http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/09/10/impact-doesnt-think-virus-name-is-a-problem/.
- ^ "X, meet V". Idaho Radio News. http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/12/14/x-meet-v/.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KINF
- Radio-Locator information on KINF
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KINF
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