Posts Tagged ‘KQFC’

KAWO/Wow Country 104.3 is one of Boise’s top five radio stations - and beat long-time heritage station KQFC to take the silver medal in the country race. Despite all the good news, the station is still behind KIZN/Kissin’ 92.3 The station jumped 170% year-to-year - nearly tripling its audience from the final book as […]

We’ve been following the potential move of a rash of Idahos stations for several years now - and the deal is done, and stations have been ordered by the FCC to starting movin’.
The rundown:
- KQFC/97.9 FM will move to 102.7 FM
- KSAS/103.3 Kiss FM will move up just one tick to 103.5 FM.
- KTPZ/Music Monster […]

- KIZN/Kissin 92.3 is doing a flyaway to Chicago to see Rascal Flatts
- KRVB/Idaho’s 94.9 The River is putting two folks on a plane to Denver to see the Mile High Music Festival with Tom Petty, DMB, Jason Mraz and a bunch of others
- KKGL/96.9 The Eagle is giving away a “Tricked Out Truck” - […]

‘Tis the season for free station-supported concerts. KTHI’s 6th birthday bash last night is in the books - and KIZN/Kissin’ 92 and KQFC/97.9 FM will present a late-summer show with Sara Evans and James Otto later this summer. Folks who want in can listen, sign up online, or join the station’s text message […]

Is KQFC/97.9 Idaho Country tinkering? This weekend, the station played nothing but gold cuts - chucking the Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts tunes for a heaping helping of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Willie Nelson and Clint Black. For now - the normal rotation is back in place.
KQFC has been the lost […]

The spring ratings period is underway, and the usual array of promotions has started to unroll. A sampling:
- KQXR is giving away tickets/air/hotel to a music festival in Columbus in May.
- KTHI/107.1 K-Hits is helping the Warm Springs Counseling Center bring Tony Bennett to town - and is giving away tickets to the show […]

KIZN/Kissin’ 92.3 retired its old website for a new KIZN.com - powered by the MediaSpan network. Looks like they’re still moving all the furniture in - since it doesn’t appear to have nearly as much content as the old-school site.
KQFC/97.9 KQFC also overhauled its site.

KAWO/WOW Country 104.3 began to see its numbers rise - to a 3.7 in the fall, versus a 2.0 last spring. The Peak-owned station is still the country caboose, with KIZN/Kissin’ 92.3 topping the chart with a 6.3 and KQFC at a 5.4.

The radio dial is sounding quite festive this Christmas eve. As I headed to services this evening - I was pleasantly surprised at the number of stations that dropped their normal formats to get in the spirit - with 100% Christmas music:
KTSY/89.5 FM
KIZN/Kissin’ 92.3
KZMG/Magic 93.1
KRVB/Idaho’s 94.9 The River
KAYN/Boomer 100.7
KAWO/WOW Country 104.3
KBOI/News-Talk 670
KTHI/107.1 K-Hits
These stations […]

Here’s a look at what Boise-area stations are doing to help the community this year. The Idaho State Broadcasters Association notes that in 2005 (the most recent year available), Idaho radio stations took in $2.1 in fundraising donations (along with $20 million in PSA value).
KTSY - The station is holding a Christmas concert […]

It used to be the Citadel Broadcasting Boise websites were the best in the market. Now? Fat chance. Peak Broadcasting hired Stationality to put together a suite of sweet websites, and the Journal Broadcast Group got with the program as well. But the Citadel sties sites have pretty much stood still and […]

KQFC/Idaho Country 97.9 has a new logo:

The mark is also featured on a series of billboards around town. One features a woman’s high heel-adorned foot with the tagline “country is an attitude!”