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KOUW
Frequency102.9 MHz
Programming
FormatTalk
AffiliationsWestwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Rich Broadcasting, LLC
  • (RP Broadcasting LS, LLC)
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 ID83882
ClassC
ERP37,000 watts
HAAT842 meters
Transmitter coordinates
44°33′41″N 111°26′32″W / 44.56139°N 111.44222°W / 44.56139; -111.44222

KOUW (102.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a talk format. The station is licensed to serve the community of Island Park, Idaho, USA. The station is currently owned by Rich Broadcasting, LLC, through licensee RP Broadcasting LS, LLC, and features programming from Westwood One.[2]

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.[original research?]

References

  1. ^ a b "KOUW Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ "KOUW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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