KUMA (AM)

KUMA broadcasts a news/talk radio format which features programming from Westwood One and Premiere Radio Networks.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |title=Station Information Profile}} Local weekday programming includes The Morning Edition with Butch Thurman and Danny Houle plus a 30-minute program called The Coffee Hour.

Syndicated programming includes talk shows hosted by Lars Larson,{{cite web |publisher=LarsLarson.com |title=Radio Station Search Results: Oregon |url=http://www.larslarson.com/stationfinder?action=stateSearch&state=OR |accessdate=April 3, 2009 |archive-date=September 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926102747/http://larslarson.com/stationfinder?action=stateSearch&state=OR |url-status=dead }} Dave Ramsey, and Jim Bohannon,{{cite web |publisher=Jim Bohannon Show |title=Station Listings for Jim Bohannon Show in the state of Oregon |url=http://www.jimbotalk.net/stationfinder?action=stateSearch&state=OR&programID=309 |accessdate=April 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123114640/http://jimbotalk.net/stationfinder?action=stateSearch&state=OR&programID=309 |archive-date=November 23, 2010 |url-status=dead }} plus Coast to Coast AM hosted by George Noory.{{cite web|publisher=Capps Broadcasting Group |title=1290 KUMA |url=http://www.cappsbroadcastgroup.com/1290kuma |accessdate=April 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222231051/http://www.cappsbroadcastgroup.com/1290kuma |archivedate=February 22, 2009 }} KUMA also airs The Huckabee Report with former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee. Weekend programming includes syndicated shows hosted by Kim Kommando and Dr. Dean Edell plus At Home with Gary Sullivan.{{cite web |publisher=Premiere Radio Networks |title=At Home with Gary Sullivan Affiliate Update |url=http://www.premiereradio.com/news/view/668.html |accessdate=April 3, 2009 |date=March 10, 2009}}

KUMA began regular broadcasting on August 25, 1955, as a 1,000 watt daytime-only station broadcasting at 1370 kHz.{{cite book |title=1956 Broadcasting Yearbook-Marketbook |year=1956 |page=257 |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Stations and Market Data for the United States |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C.}} The station, owned and operated by the Pendleton Broadcasting Company, began unlimited 5,000 watt operation at 1290 kHz on January 3, 1956.{{cite book |title=1958 Broadcasting Yearbook |year=1958 |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C.}}{{rp|A-351}} Pendleton Broadcasting Company was owned by the Fisher family as one of four Oregon radio stations controlled by the Fisher Stations Group.{{rp|A-412}}

Pendleton Broadcasting Company, licensee of KUMA, was acquired by Theodore A. "Ted" Smith and his wife Phyllis on November 1, 1966.{{cite book |title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 |chapter=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C. |year=1979 |page=C-182}} Ted Smith had joined Pendleton Broadcasting Company in 1955, as general manager of KUMA, after his service in the United States Navy.{{cite news |work=East Oregonian |title=Theodore A. Smith |date=May 10, 2006 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=EOOR&p_multi=EORB&p_theme=eoor&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1162195B2DD18DA0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |quote=In 1963, he began KJDY Radio in John Day and in 1976, KUMA FM station in Pendleton.}}{{cite news |work=East Oregonian |title=Obituary: Phyllis M. Smith |date=June 25, 2008 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=EOOR&p_multi=EORB&p_theme=eoor&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1218D00385A3F458&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}} Ted Smith served as the president of the Oregon Association of Broadcasters in 1962.{{cite web |publisher=Oregon Association of Broadcasters |title=Past Presidents: 1960s |url=http://www.theoab.org/HallofFame/PastPresidents/tabid/460/Default.aspx |accessdate=April 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621215544/http://www.theoab.org/HallofFame/PastPresidents/tabid/460/Default.aspx |archive-date=June 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }} KUMA was joined by an FM sister station, dubbed KUMA-FM, in 1978. In September 1988, Ted and Phyllis Smith applied to the FCC to transfer control of the Pendleton Broadcasting Company to Gregory A. Smith, their son.{{cite web |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=118597 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BTCH-19880928EH) |date=November 18, 1988}}{{cite news |work=East Oregonian |title=Stations playing musical towers |date=August 15, 2002 |first=Kyle |last=Odegard |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=EOOR&p_multi=EORB&p_theme=eoor&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11621AE7DA4670C0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |quote=[Gregory] Smith and his father Ted Smith used to own KUMA-FM and KUMA-AM}} The deal was approved by the FCC on November 18, 1988.

In March 1993, Pendleton Broadcasting Company, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station and AM sister station KUMA to Capps Broadcast Group's Round-Up Radio, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 1, 1993, and the transaction was consummated on the same day.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BALH-19930311EC) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=182617 |date=July 1, 1993}}

KUMA switched to its current all-talk format in October 2002.{{cite news |work=East Oregonian |title=Radio stations change their tune |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=EOOR&p_multi=EORB&p_theme=eoor&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=116216E766E61D58&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |quote=KTIX now features 24-hour ESPN sports programming while KUMA has an all talk format. |date=October 7, 2002}} The station's initial talk lineup included syndicated news and talk programming hosted by Rush Limbaugh, Paul Harvey, Michael Reagan, Laura Ingraham, Jim Bohannon, and Art Bell.

Effective November 1, 2017, Capps Broadcast Group sold KUMA and nine other broadcast properties to Elkhorn Media Group for $1.75 million.

KUMA shares a studio building with sister stations KTIX (1240 AM), KWVN-FM (107.7 FM), and KWHT (103.5 FM).{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Fybush |work=Tower Site of the Week |title=The Big Trip 2007, part XI: Eastern Oregon to Boise |url=http://www.fybush.com/sites/2008/site-080718.html |date=July 18, 2008}} This multi-station Capps Broadcast Group facility is located at the west end of Eastern Oregon Regional Airport.{{cite web |publisher=Waymarking.com |title=NewsTalk 1290 KUMA - 'Pendleton - Oregon U.S.A.' Waymark |url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM11ZW |accessdate=April 3, 2009}}

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Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States

Category:Radio stations established in 1955

Category:Pendleton, Oregon

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