KMHI
KMHI (1240 AM) is a radio station that is licensed to Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and serves the Boise, Idaho area. The station is owned by CSN International.[1] and broadcasts a classic country music format.
City | Mountain Home, Idaho |
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Broadcast area | Boise, Idaho |
Frequency | 1240 kHz |
Slogan | Classic Country AM 1240 |
Programming | |
Format | Classic country |
Ownership | |
Owner | CSN International |
History | |
First air date | March 20, 1962 |
Former call signs | KFLI (1962-1983) KJCY (1983-1989) KLVJ (1989-1997) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 72657 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts day and night |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°9′3″N 115°42′26″W |
History
The station first signed on March 20, 1962 as KFLI; it was originally owned by Northwest Broadcasters Inc., headed by Clyde M. Degler.[2] In 1983, Mountain Valley Broadcasting purchased KFLI, which aired a country music format in the 1980s.[3] On October 12, 1983, the station changed its call sign to KJCY, then to KLVJ on January 1, 1989.[4]
In August 1992, Media Venture Management Inc., led by Randolph George, sold KLVJ and its FM counterpart KLVJ-FM to William Konopnicki for $78,000. Both stations were silent at the time of the sale.[5] In April 1995, Konopnicki sold the combo to station manager Jack Jensen, doing business as Valley Mountain Broadcasting Inc., for $310,000; the AM station aired a news/talk format.[6]
In November 1996, Jensen sold KLVJ-AM-FM to Wendell Starke's FM Idaho Company for $475,500.[7] FM Idaho changed the FM station's call letters to KMHI on January 7, 1997.[4] In May 2013, FM Idaho donated KMHI, which at the time was broadcasting a classic country music format, to Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls, Inc.[8]
References
- "KMHI Facility Record". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Federal Communications Commission.
- "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). 1963 Broadcasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1964. p. B-54. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada" (PDF). Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1985. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1985. p. B-76. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- "Call Sign History: KMHI". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- "Infinity Spends $100 Million For Cook Inlet Stations" (PDF). Radio and Records. August 21, 1992. pp. 9, 10. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- "Jacor's Michigan Radio Picks Up WAKX-FM For $3.75 Million" (PDF). Radio and Records. April 14, 1995. p. 6. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- "Osborn Expands In Alabama" (PDF). Radio and Records. November 29, 1996. p. 6. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- "Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Buys 3 In Calgary, Winnipeg From Bell, Astral". All Access. All Access Music Group. May 17, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
External links
- KMHI in the FCC's AM station database
- KMHI on Radio-Locator
- KMHI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database