Boise Station Dumps NPR For Talk

There’s an unusual change in Boise radio, and a somewhat cloaked one one too. It’s unusual for the shift in control of a frequency from non-commercial to commercial. And it looks to be cloaked for the gap between the way it’s being presented to the public just now, and what its corporate and other alliances suggest. What’s going away is the jazz, local news and National Public Radio offerings on KBSU AM 730 (FM broadcasts will remain), whose license is held by the state Board of Education. You might remember that the latter consists of conservative Republican Tom Luna and appointees of conservative Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter . The Board sold off the AM 730 frequency to a private radio company, Impact Radio Group, a pretty unusual thing. What’s coming in its place is “NewsRadio AM730 KINF”, which was scheduled to go on air today/ Randy Stapilus , Ridenbaugh Press. More here .

Question: Do you listen to talk radio? Who? Which station?