Boise State Public Radio Expands Into Lewiston & Pocatello

[David]

Thanks to a donation of a translator from the University of Utah, Boise State Public Radio will be expanding into Lewiston & Pocatello.

radioinsight.com/headlines/244131/boise-state-public-radio-expands-in-lewiston-pocatello/

[David]

The expansion of Boise State Public Radio continues: Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston has filed with the FCC to donate KLCZ 88.9 to Boise State Public Radio. KLCZ's adult alternative format has been dropped and will become an online station in the future.

www.insideradio.com/free/deal-digest-public-radio-deal-making-in-pennsylvania-carter-buys-kansas-city-translator/article_5c65fc76-6b07-11ed-bd30-7f0f803426d1.html

[amanuensis]

Wondering why Boise State is taking the lead on public radio in rural Idaho instead of the University of Idaho. www.uidaho.edu/class/jamm/opportunities/idaho-public-radio

[David]

The only thing I can think of is that there would be too much programming overlap if the FM stations & translators had been donated to Idaho State University. Based on the description of coverage area on the KISU-FM website, it appears that Idaho Public Radio already has most of the rural Idaho area covered. Boise State Public Radio carries more NPR programming and fewer local programs than KISU, so perhaps the goal is to bring more NPR coverage to areas that aren't adequately served by KISU.

www.kisu.org/about-us

[CAwasinNJ]

I think there's room for multiple public radio services, even when those services are affiliates of the same programming providers. We have that here with Utah Public Radio (KUSU) and NPR Utah (KUER), plus local stations like KCPW, KPCW and probably others I'm forgetting.