KPDA (FM)
{{short description|Radio station in Mountain Home, Idaho}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KPDA
| logo =
| city = Mountain Home, Idaho
| area = Boise, Idaho
| branding = La Poderosa
| frequency = 100.7 MHz
| translator = {{Radio Relay|92.7|K224EP|Boise}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1982}}
| format = Regional Mexican
| erp = 80,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|668|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = C
| licensing_authority = FCC
| facility_id = 72658
| coordinates = {{coord|43|14|43|N|115|26|12|W|region:US-ID_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = Poderosa
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KQKZ (1980–1984)|KJCY-FM (1984–1989)|KLVJ-FM (1989–1997)|KTPZ (1997–2007)|KTPD (2007–2007)|KTMB (2007–2008)|KQLZ (2008–2011)|KINF-FM (2011–2013)|KPDA (2013–2014)|KQBL (2014–2015)}}
| former_frequencies = 99.1 MHz (1982–2013)
| affiliations =
| owner = Kevin Terry
| licensee = Radio Rancho, LLC
| sister_stations = KDBI-FM
| webcast = [https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=KPDA Listen Live]
| website = [https://www.lapoderosaidaho.com lapoderosaidaho.com]
}}
KPDA (100.7 MHz, "La Poderosa") is a commercial FM radio station that is licensed to Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and serves the Boise, Idaho area. The station is owned by Kevin Terry, through licensee Radio Rancho, LLC{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KPDA |title=KPDA Facility Record |website=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |publisher=Federal Communications Commission }} and broadcasts a regional Mexican format.
History
The station, originally on 99.1 MHz, first signed on in 1982 as KQKZ and broadcast a soft rock format.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/80s-OCR-YB/1985-YB/1985-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0160.pdf |title=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |magazine=Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1985 |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=B-76 |date=1985 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/80s-OCR-YB/1984-YB/1984-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0158.pdf |title=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |magazine=Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1984 |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=B-74 |date=1984 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }} On November 1, 1984, the station changed its call sign to KJCY-FM to match that of its AM sister station (1240 AM, now KMHI), then to KLVJ-FM on June 1, 1989.{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=72658&Callsign=KPDA |title=Call Sign History: KPDA |website=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |publisher=Federal Communications Commission }}
In August 1992, Media Venture Management Inc., headed by Randolph George, sold KLVJ-FM and its AM counterpart KLVJ to William Konopnicki for $78,000. Both stations were silent at the time of the sale.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1992/RR-1992-08-21.pdf |title=Infinity Spends $100 Million For Cook Inlet Stations |magazine=Radio & Records |pages=9, 10 |date=August 21, 1992 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }} In April 1995, Konopnicki sold the combo to station manager Jack Jensen, doing business as Valley Mountain Broadcasting Inc., for $310,000; the FM station aired a country music format.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/95/RR-1995-04-14-OCR-Page-0006.pdf |title=Jacor's Michigan Radio Picks Up WAKX-FM For $3.75 Million |magazine=Radio & Records |page=6 |date=April 14, 1995 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }}
In November 1996, Jensen sold KLVJ-AM-FM to Wendell Starke's FM Idaho Company for $475,500.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/96/R&R-1996-11-29-OCR-Page-0006.pdf |title=Osborn Expands In Alabama |magazine=Radio & Records |page=6 |date=November 29, 1996 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }} FM Idaho changed the FM station's call letters to KTPZ on January 7, 1997.
In October 2000, FM Idaho sold six stations, including contemporary hit radio outlet KTPZ, to Horizon Broadcasting Group LLC for $10 million.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/00s/00/RR-2000-10-27-OCR-Page-0008.pdf |title=Horizon Acquires Quintet In Twin Falls |magazine=Radio & Records |page=6 |date=October 27, 2000 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }} The station became KTPD on March 30, 2007, then KTMB on June 28, 2007.
In 2008, then-owner Impact Radio Group acquired KTMB and moved the KQLZ call sign to the 99.1 FM frequency from 100.7 FM. The pre-existing talk radio format on 99.1 flipped to oldies, featuring programing from ABC Radio Network's The True Oldies Channel.{{cite web |publisher=Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel |title=Radio Stations |url=http://www.trueoldieschannel.com/html/stations.html |access-date=December 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728203304/http://www.trueoldieschannel.com/html/stations.html |archive-date=July 28, 2008 |url-status=dead }} (The KQLZ call letters previously resided at a station in Los Angeles which, like the satellite-delivered True Oldies Channel, was programmed by Scott Shannon.){{cite news |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/38943/an-old-pirate-calls-shannon-s-true-oldies-invade-b |title=An Old Pirate Calls: Shannon's True Oldies Invade Boise |website=All Access |publisher=All Access Music Group |date=April 16, 2008 |access-date=December 23, 2018 }})
On September 4, 2009, at Noon, KQLZ ended three days of stunting with "Thriller" by Michael Jackson to become country music-formatted "99.1 The Bronco".{{cite web |url=http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/09/04/boise-gets-another-country-station/ |title=Boise gets fourth country station |work=Idaho Radio News |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713002853/http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/09/04/boise-gets-another-country-station/ |archive-date=2011-07-13 }} The move came after the demise of True Oldies and the subsequent retirement of longtime Boise radio voice "Big" Jack Armstrong.{{cite web |url=http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/09/02/big-jack-hangs-up-the-mic/ |title=Big Jack hangs up the mic |work=Idaho Radio News |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713003158/http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/09/02/big-jack-hangs-up-the-mic/ |archive-date=2011-07-13 }} However, the country format lasted only a few hours; that same day at 3:49 p.m., KQLZ flipped to modern rock as "99.1 The Virus".{{cite news |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/1300/kqlz-boise-spreads-the-virus/ |last=Venta |first=Lance |title=KQLZ Boise Spreads "The Virus" |website=RadioInsight |publisher=RadioBB Networks |date=September 10, 2009 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }}{{cite web |url=http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/09/05/will-the-virus-infect-the-x/ |title=Will The Virus infect the X? |work=Idaho Radio News |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001214140/http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/09/05/will-the-virus-infect-the-x/ |archive-date=2009-10-01 }} Questions arose about the new name as it shared that of an XM Satellite Radio talk channel, The Virus. However, the general manager of Impact Radio didn't "consider it a problem".{{cite web |url=http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/09/10/impact-doesnt-think-virus-name-is-a-problem/ |title=Impact doesn't think Virus name is a problem |work=Idaho Radio News |url-status=dead |access-date=2010-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002024938/http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/09/10/impact-doesnt-think-virus-name-is-a-problem/ |archive-date=2009-10-02 }} Since the original launch, the station dropped the Virus name and rebranded as "V99.1 FM".{{cite news |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/71592/amy-black-and-josh-schlaich-join-team-at-v99-1-boi |title=Amy Black And Josh Schlaich Join Team At V99.1/Boise |website=All Access |publisher=All Access Music Group |date=March 2, 2010 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }}{{cite web |url=http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/12/14/x-meet-v/ |title=X, meet V |work=Idaho Radio News |url-status=dead |access-date=2010-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520050733/http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2009/12/14/x-meet-v/ |archive-date=2010-05-20 }}
On August 8, 2011, KQLZ flipped to a news/talk format as a simulcast of KINF (730 AM); a week later, on August 15, the station changed call signs to KINF-FM. On January 1, 2013, the KINF simulcast ended with the AM station becoming an ESPN Radio affiliate; KINF-FM retained the news/talk format.
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On November 26, 2013, KPDA swapped frequencies with KINF-FM, moving the former station's regional Mexican format known as "La Poderosa" from 99.1 to 100.7 FM. The 100.7 frequency adopted the KPDA call letters the following day.{{cite news |last=Venta |first=Lance |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/86969/flip-move-sales-in-boise/ |title=Flip, Move & Sales in Boise |website=RadioInsight |publisher=RadioBB Networks |date=December 16, 2013 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }} On February 12, 2014, the call sign changed again to KQBL; two days later, on February 14, the station changed its format to country, branded as "100.7 The Bull".{{cite news |url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/87698/bull-returns-to-boise/ |last=Venta |first=Lance |title=Bull Returns to Boise |website=RadioInsight |publisher=RadioBB Networks |date=February 14, 2014 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }}
On February 11, 2015, KQBL reverted to the KPDA call sign; the next day, JLD Media, LLC consummated the purchase of KPDA from Impact Radio Group, at a purchase price of $200,000.{{cite news |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/91512/impact-acquires-kdbi-boise-bull-on-the-move/ |title=Boise's Bull Moves to 101.9 |website=RadioInsight |publisher=RadioBB Networks |date=February 12, 2015 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }} KPDA restored the former "La Poderosa" regional Mexican format on March 1. On March 27, owner Kevin Terry transferred KPDA's license to Radio Rancho, LLC.{{cite news |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/92055/station-sales-week-of-220/ |title=Station Sales Week of 2/20 |website=RadioInsight |publisher=RadioBB Networks |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }}
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|72658|KPDA}}
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|156878|K224EP}}
- {{FXL|K224EP}}
{{Boise Radio}}
{{Spanish Radio Stations in Idaho}}