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Wild boombox – circa 1994

Don Day | October 1, 2009

Tommy & Curt Caldwell 4th parade

Tom Collins sent along this pic of himself and Curt Caldwell atop the then-KF94 boombox in the 4th of July parade in 1994ish.

Also – Darrell at Impact says his group steam cleaned the inside to “get rid of at least the last decade’s collection of germs,” and he says they are putting in a sound system and video screens for the iPod windows.

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Today’s the day…

Don Day | November 11, 2008

Broadcasting has been part of Idaho life for 80 years as of today – with the anniversary of KIDO.

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KIDO to celebrate 80 years

Don Day | November 2, 2008

KIDO celebrates 80 years on the Treasure Valley airwaves on November 11th. A YouTuber (and Peak employee) put together a tribute video with images and audio that haven’t ‘t seen the light of day in a long time…

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Let’s play Name Those People!

Don Day | October 4, 2008

An Idaho Radio News reader sent this photo along. Can you identify all three people?

No hints for now!

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Another from the dustbin

Don Day | August 27, 2008

Former Spud Brother Jerr Moore shared this piece of history from his archive (touching on this post about the old KF95 logo). If you have something, send it to idahoradio@gmail.com and I’ll share it.

This is the KARO/Arrow 103.3 logo – before the frequency went pop as KSAS/103.3 Kiss FM.

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The logo!

Don Day | August 5, 2008

Here’s that KF95 logo I was hoping someone would send. If you have an old Idaho station logo floating around – send it to me! I’ll post it here, and share it with Art Gregory and the History of Idaho Broadcasting Foundation guys for their archives.

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