KWYD

KWYD
City Parma, Idaho
Broadcast area Boise, Idaho
Branding Wild 101.1
Slogan Idaho's Party Station
Frequency 101.1 MHz
Translator(s) 101.5 K269GI (Eagle)
(rebroadcasting "Oldies 101.5" at 101.1 HD2)
First air date 1990 (as KMCL in McCall)
30 October 2008 (as KWYD)
Format Rhythmic contemporary
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 305 meters (1001 feet)
Class C0
Facility ID 7377
Transmitter coordinates 44°45′54″N 116°11′54″W / 44.76500°N 116.19833°W / 44.76500; -116.19833
Callsign meaning WYlD = Play On The Word Wild
Former callsigns McCall:
KMCL (1989-2007)
KMXM (2007-2008)
Owner Impact Radio Group
Sister stations KNFL, KQBL, KSRV-FM
Webcast Listen Live
Website wild101fm.com

KWYD (101.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Rhythmic Contemporary format. Licensed to Parma, Idaho, USA, the station is currently owned by Impact Radio Group.[1]

History

The station was assigned the call sign KMCL on 1989-09-26, and on 2007-12-07 became Adult Contemporary KMXM.[2]

The station was sold in early 2008 to Impact Radio Group, and later moved the station into the Boise radio market on October 31, 2008. It flipped the format to Rhythmic Contemporary, along with picking up the call letters KWYD. It also increased its power to 100,000 watts, giving the station better coverage in the area. KWYD is also Idaho's first ever Rhythmic-formatted station.

According to PD Mickey Fuentes in an interview for the Idaho Statesman, "This radio station is here because we saw a need for it in the market." He went on to say that "We looked around and said, 'Where's the opportunity here?'" Fuentes later added "All we're doing is trying to reflect the audience," and cites that the station received over 160,000 to 170,000 text messages per month for music requests and contests since its debut.[3]

The KWYD FM call sign was once used by a Colorado Springs, Colorado area radio station that was a Christian Talk/Music format in the 1970s and 80's. The station was sold in 1989 and the format and call letters were changed. Today it's now known as KRDO-FM and broadcasts a news/talk format.

References

  1. ↑ "KWYD Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "KWYD Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "'Rhythmic' radio looks for the groove in the Valley" from The Idaho Statesman (February 5, 2009)

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