Brundage Mountain Air is out of the radio business after selling KMCL-AM. The buyer is is Holly Larsen, operating as “Mountain Air.” Larsen lives here in Boise - due to the holiday I haven’t tried to make contact. The new company will not only run the low-power AM via a time brokerage agreement, it will run KMCL-FM as well.
You’ll remember that KMCL-FM has been purchased by FM Idaho - and will be moved to Parma on 101.1 FM with 100 Kw of power - giving it a decent Boise-area signal pattern. Tester Broadcasting operates FM Idaho’s Boise-area properties. It appears Larsen’s company will operate KMCL via a time brokerage agreement with FM Idaho until the station is moved to Parma
Oldtimer, our resident FCC expert notes that Larsen may not have a tough time replacing KMCL in the McCall area if she chooses to. OT notes that there are four FM frequencies allocated to the area awaiting auction.
on Nov 24th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I am sure the citizens of Parma will be thrilled to know they have a radio station…They will just have to drive over to Nampa to visit it…like the citizens of Ontario do to see their old FM… and not withstanding all the other creative moves that have been done with other rural stations that used to have a local presence….
and so it goes…
on Nov 24th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Ok, let’s see if I get this straight. McCall station KMCL-Am is really in Boise, KMCL-FM is licensed in Parma, but really in Nampa, KSRV-FM used to be in oNtario and is now In Boise? This means KIOV is probably not in Notus but in hmmmm, Meridian, Emmett???
This is more confusing than the BCS. Can’t we have a radio station stay in one place for a change? At least I know where KBOI and KBGN are.
Oh, and by the way, Radio Free DC is not really in DC. It’s in Honolulu — or maybe the Philippines with Art Bell.
on Nov 25th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Just so you know, KSRV is still in Ontario. But the rest of the Tester Broadcasting stations are in Nampa. I do have prifict knowledge about this one. Also, What is Holly Larson going to do with KMCL AM. Remember, they do have an AM frequency. I think it is at 12 40 or 12 30 on the dial. Will she continue to own that one? I will talk to you later.
on Nov 25th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
KSRV AM is in Ontario. The FM is no longer a local concern as far as the programming or origination goes. It is being used as a BOISE station. That was the price of “Dumping and Bumping”
on Nov 25th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Is this the first major metamorphosis the Boise radio market has undergone? Does anyone else remember so many changes in ownership, formatting, and frequency changes occurring so rapidly?
on Nov 25th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
KMCL AM is 1240. They almost make it to McCall @ night since their transmitter’s just NNE of Donnelly. When I heard it last winter it was badly overmodulated/distorted.
KMXM’s comming back???
D. Prior to the Commencement Date hereunder, Licensee has also been acting as the broker of time on Radio Station KMCL-FM, FCC Facility ID #7377 (referred to hereafter as “KMXM”), McCall, Idaho, pursuant to that certain Time Brokerage Agreement (the “FMTBA”) dated as of September 14, 2007 between Licensee and FM Idaho, LLC (“FM Idaho”), and is willing to assign certain rights under the FMTBA to Broker for and during the common term thereof and hereof. The Station and KMXM are collectively referred to herein as the “Stations.”
on Nov 26th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
KMXM has been “reserved” with the FCC by FM Idaho, LLC for use in place of KMCL-FM once the move to Parma is finalized which is not expected until summer of 2008.
on Nov 26th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
I’ve always liked those calls. and cheese.
on Nov 27th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
ya know ive been out of radio since april 2007
(not by choice) after 33 years i just cant stomach these
so called radio sales and programming gurus coming in and
fooling the owners with deep pockets and getting all the authority in the world to just evaporate the workers who either made the stations the way they were and then spending money they cant even recoup for a couple of years and moving on. oh by the way ksrv-am is still
pluggin along despites the ceos poison fingers.
on Nov 28th, 2007 at 10:42 am
What is KMXM going to play once the move to Parma takes place. Another question I have is, Will you still get KMXM in Mccall once it moves to Parma? I will talk to you later.
on Nov 28th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Lumpy…according to the FCC coverage map for KMXM at Parma, the signal will NOT reach McCall. It is intended to be a Boise/Treasure Valley signal. Maybe call Dave Testor to get an answer on your format question.
on Jan 29th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Hmmm.
You call KMCL (AM) and Dave Combs answers the phone???
on Jan 29th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Yes, in a recent interview on a certian Boise TV station, on the Yellowpine Harmonica Festival… Dave was interviewed about the support KMCL and the McCall area were giving that small community after this summers firestorms… the 3/4 key at the bottom gave him as the “owner” if memory serves me right…
on Jan 29th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
As part of the research involved in getting the History of Idaho Broadcasting webpage in order, it is interesting to note that KMCL (AM) is still listed in the FCC records as owned by Dave Eaton, and the former KMCL-FM (Now KMXM) is now owned by FM Idaho Co., LLC … Same group that owns KSRV (Bob FM). That was stated in the story that started this thread, so that’s not news, but no change in FCC records for the AM yet… Now it is possible the records aren’t yet updated.
on Jan 30th, 2008 at 10:23 am
KMXM were the old calls for Maximum Country in Twin Falls 4-5 or 6 Format changes ago…Another Country signal? I imagine they still have all the logos…as stated in another thread….YEEEEEEE Haawwwwww.
on Jan 30th, 2008 at 11:55 am
The would be great! The country format is horribly under-represented in this market. (Yeah, right.)
Actually, last time I checked out Radio-Locator, it states KMXM’s format to be “80’s rock”.
on Jan 30th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Twaaaannngggg…..honkey tawnk…..dangdedang…….twang it alll, cryin’ my eyes out in my 19 wheeler thinkin’ of my drunken baby havin’ an affair with a toothless cowboy on the south side of a Wyomin’freeway type of music, huh? Why not rebroadcast old episodes of Heeeeeeeehaaaaawwwww?
on Jan 30th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Think I forgot to say that last ‘graph was heard on an Idaho cellular a while back, that is, uh, a CB!
on Jan 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
“but no change in FCC records for the AM yet”…
If the timeline is correct the sale of KMCL-AM to “Mountain Air” will be final after January 31st.