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| Broadcast area | Boise metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 670 kHz |
| Branding | News Talk KBOI |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Network | ABC News Radio |
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| Ownership | |
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| KBOI-FM, KIZN, KKGL, KQFC, KTIK | |
| History | |
First air date | August 11, 1947 (as KDSH at 950) |
Former call signs | KDSH (1947–1955) |
Former frequencies | 950 kHz (1947–1968) |
Call sign meaning | Boise |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 51211 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Repeater(s) | 93.1 KBOI-FM (New Plymouth) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KBOI (670 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Boise, Idaho. It is owned by Cumulus Media and it simulcasts a news/talk radio format with co-owned 93.1 KBOI-FM. Studios and offices are on Bannock Street in Downtown Boise, while the AM transmitter site with its six-tower array is on Cloverdale Road in Kuna.[2]
KBOI is Idaho's most powerful AM station, broadcasting with 50,000 watts around the clock. During the day, a single non-directional antenna beams the station's full power to Southwestern Idaho and Eastern Oregon. At night, power is fed to all six towers in a directional pattern to avoid interfering with WSCR in Chicago, the Class A clear-channel station on 670 AM. With a good radio, KBOI 670 can be heard across much of the Western United States and Western Canada at night, but is strongest in the Pacific Northwest. Because of this, KBOI is Idaho's designated primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.[3]