The History of Idaho Broadcasting Foundation will have its next meeting at the Impact Radio Group this Thursday at 7 p.m.
Art’s note after the jump
The History of Idaho Broadcasting Foundation cordially invites you to our next Public Meeting scheduled for Thursday April 24, 2008. from 7:00-9:00 P.M. at the new Impact Radio Group in Nampa (formerly Tester Broadcasting). Impact owns and operates 4 FMs, and 2 AMs, including: 96.1 KSRV-FM (”Bob FM”), 99.1 KTMB-FM (”The Man”), 100.7 KAYN-FM (”Boomer”), and 101.1 KMXM-FM (soon to be moved from McCall to Parma), KSRV-AM in Ontario, Oregon and KMHI-AM in Mountain Home. The two AMs operate out of studios in their respective cities, but the FM’s operate out of brand new state-of-the-art studios in Nampa, which is where we will be meeting.
Impact Radio Group’s address is 5560 Franklin Road in Nampa. They are located on the 2nd floor of the Title One Building. There will be signs welcoming you. To drive there, take I-84 to the Garrity Blvd or “Idaho Center” exit and proceed North to Franklin Road. The Title One Building is located on the North side of road about midway to the Cheese Factory.
The meeting will last from 7:00-8:30 P.M. and will feature an interesting program. The Foundation will be bringing some recently acquired photos, tapes, and artifacts to share with all who attend. Impact staffer (and new HIBF Member) Shawn Kimmel will be our host, along with Brandi Hulme, Senior Account Executive.
Following the meeting, those who wish, may stay for a brief tour of the recently completed studio facilities conducted by Shawn Kimmell. We hope to have one of Impact’s engineers there to answer questions, as with the move of KMXM-FM to Parma, the group’s FMs will operate from 3 different transmitter sites; Deer Point, Bennett Mountain, and The Owyhees. There are now microwave dishes for the respective STLs installed on the roof of the new studios. The recently completed control rooms and production room boast the latest in digital equipment, so this is one tour you won’t want to miss!
The History of Idaho Broadcasting Foundation held our September 2007 meeting at these same studios, but they were still under construction. The new studios are now complete, and we’ll be able to see them and hear about Impact’s plans for future expansion with KMXM.
Please join us for a fun and informative evening. Refreshments will be served, and it will still be light at 8:30 P.M. when the meeting is over. If you need a free ride to and from the meeting, please contact Art at 465-8007.
We hope to see you on the 24th at Impact Radio Group!
on Apr 25th, 2008 at 12:46 am
The History of Idaho Broadcasting Foundation held its April 24, 2008 Meeting from 7:00-9:00 P.M. at the studios of Impact Radio Group in Nampa. Impact G.M. Randy Hyatt and Sales Manager Darla Sturtevant hosted our group in grand style with a delicious array of fresh fruits, vegetables, sandwiches, cookies, and juice and coffee.
The actual meeting and tour were hosted by Impact staffer Shawn Kimmel, who is now the new afternoon announcer on 100.7 KQLZ-FM. KQLZ changed call letters from KAYN on April 8th and will soon change its music delivery system to the new Scott Shannon Satellite Oldies Network. Shawn indicated that he was officially named to the post that day (April 24th), but had been “filling in” in that time slot for the past couple of weeks. The popular AM-Drive Duo “Big Jack and Bryan” will remain on the air doing mornings, which along with Shawn in afternoon drive, who will be also do his show live.
HIBF President Art Gregory started the meeting off by welcoming the group and allowing everyone to give a brief introduction and “bio” of themselves and their involvement in the radio television industry. Attending were HIBF Members Tip Goss, Shawn Kimmell, Vice President Frank Aden Jr., Webmaster Rockwell Smith, Al Hale, Mike Pullin, Jon Adamson, and Larry Smith. Also attending were guests Corbett Larson, Dr. Ralph Smith, Karen Stiehl, and Jason Hendrie. Two additional guests, veteran broadcaster William R. Hatch, and Harold Homeier of Journal Broadcast Group, became new members and joined tonight.
After hearing some great “broadcasting stories” from both members and guests, Art played some audio clips starting with the recently acquired “The Cowboy’s Prayer” by Ken Bort. This wonderful spoken piece, which was written and read by Ken Bort, played on Boise radio station KATN-AM in the early to mid 60s. It was played off the original tape cartridge loaned to us by KATN owner Ralph Frazer, and still sounds great 40+ years later! Ken Bort was a popular Country disc jockey who hosted “The Snake River Stampede” Western Music Show on KFXD-AM, KGEM-AM, and KATN-AM in the 1950s and 1960s.
We also heard Caldwell AM station KBGN-AM’s actual “Emergency Broadcast System” cartridge read by John Runkle Jr, owner of several Deer Point Transmitter building and towers. This was the 1960s “cold war” tape that was to be played in the event of “an actual emergency.”
We then heard a variety of old radio jingles from KYME-AM, KFXD-AM, KSPD-AM, KIDO-AM, KUPI-AM and more! There were actual vintage commercials played too including a KFXD-AM spot for Waterbed Showcase read by Charlie Fox, two Gib and Jeanie Hochstrasser jingles for The Western Idaho State Fair and Idaho First National Bank. We also heard a 36 year old KBOI-AM air check from “Art Gregory Show” featuring a 1972 KBOI news promo voiced by Paul J. Schneider!
We also heard a 1978 60 second spot for Budget tapes and records that featured a sale on “bongs left over from our Christmas shipment.” The spot, voice by Art Gregory and played on both KUUZ-FM and KFXD-AM, was legal back then, as drug “paraphernalia” was legal in Idaho in 1978, and was advertised on both radio and television in the Boise market.
At the end of the meeting guest Karen Stiehl showed off her extensive collection of photos of radio and television stations and personalities dating back to the late 1970s. Included were “Shotgun Don Kelly,” Casey Keating, Bob Anthony, Larry Gebbert, Larry Lomax, Gary McCabe, and many others. We hope to obtain scans of them and feature them on our website.
Host Shawn Kimmell then gave the entire group an informative tour of the studios of 99.1 KTMB-FM, 96.1 KSRV-FM, and 100.7 KQLZ-FM. We also saw where the new studios will be for 101.1 KMXM-FM, which will soon move from McCall to Parma.
The History of Idaho Broadcasting Foundation wishes to thank Randy Hyatt, Darla, Shawn, and Brandi Hulme for their gracious hospitality. It was most appreciated and everyone was very impressed with the new facilities, which are indeed state-of-the-art.