KMHI

Radio station in Mountain Home, Idaho

43°9′3″N 115°42′26″W / 43.15083°N 115.70722°W / 43.15083; -115.70722LinksWebsitecsnradio.com

KMHI (1240 AM) is a radio station that is licensed to Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and serves the Boise area. The station is owned by CSN International^[1] and broadcasts a Christian radio format.

History

The station first signed on March 20, 1962 as KFLI; it was originally owned by Northwest Broadcasters Inc., headed by Clyde M. Degler.^[2] In 1983, Mountain Valley Broadcasting purchased KFLI, which aired a country music format in the 1980s.^[3] On October 12, 1983, the station changed its call sign to KJCY, then to KLVJ on January 1, 1989.^[4]

In August 1992, Media Venture Management Inc., led by Randolph George, sold KLVJ and its FM counterpart KLVJ-FM to William Konopnicki for $78,000. Both stations were silent at the time of the sale.^[5] In April 1995, Konopnicki sold the combo to station manager Jack Jensen, doing business as Valley Mountain Broadcasting Inc., for $310,000; the AM station aired a news/talk format.^[6]

In November 1996, Jensen sold KLVJ-AM-FM to Wendell Starke's FM Idaho Company for $475,500.^[7] FM Idaho changed the FM station's call letters to KMHI on January 7, 1997.^[4] In May 2013, FM Idaho donated KMHI, which at the time was broadcasting a classic country music format, to Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls, Inc.^[8]

References

^ "KMHI Facility Record". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). 1963 Broadcasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1964. p. B-54. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
^ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada" (PDF). Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1985. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1985. p. B-76. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Call Sign History: KMHI". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
^ "Infinity Spends $100 Million For Cook Inlet Stations" (PDF). Radio & Records. August 21, 1992. pp. 9, 10. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
^ "Jacor's Michigan Radio Picks Up WAKX-FM For $3.75 Million" (PDF). Radio & Records. April 14, 1995. p. 6. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
^ "Osborn Expands In Alabama" (PDF). Radio & Records. November 29, 1996. p. 6. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
^ "Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Buys 3 In Calgary, Winnipeg From Bell, Astral". All Access. All Access Music Group. May 17, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2019.