Confederate radio started late one mystifying night

There came a time like it does in every tow truckers life, when I was sitting at the yard, guzzling down a few gallons of watermellon wine, I was tuned into this radio station down Utah yonder and they was doing a otr trucker show thing. I thought just dandy. But I thought, what about us tow truckers? Don’t we count? Back then us who drove a tow truck were seen as a necessary evil in driving a car or truck. Glad we’re here when needed, glad we ain’t when not.

The issues that were plaguing our industry, from image to new ways to tow were increasing ten fold. There was a need for a radio voice for us who tow.

A company name I had used prior to Dixie Toewing/Hazzard County Garage, was drummed in as the new overnight heavy haul tow truckers radio show. But where to air it? Oh we pitched the thing to every gall darn radio station in the valley and one out of Boise, no luck. An old Navy Recruiter buddy of mine said AM 1090 is open for licensing. But what call letters? After churning many over, we arrived on a set that matched. KTOW or KAY-TOW , that had even legendary announcers trying to pronounce it. It was pretty much at that time I said, put a hot set of hosed toes by the call letters. mash the words of toe and tow together as toew, and whala , KTOW was born December 12th 1983. The first programs that aired was we called Highway Hooker Radio. Hooker as in cb slang for tow truck, highway where we worked. After that we filled in space with everything we could find. Then a slight eavesdropping on KNBR out of San Francisco, and caught this now defunct thing called TalkNet, that had such radio pioneers as Sally Jessie Rafael, on there. So I called NBC in NYC, got in touch with the right people and little KTOW became the only, repeat ONLY , NBC Radio affiliate in Idaho. This was good since it gave us access to Doctor Ruth, as well as Doctor Demento. The program schedule ran with 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Road Resque Radio, 6:00PM to Midnight , Highway Hooker Radio, and over night Heavy Hooker Radio, that eventually became Dixie Diesel Trucker Radio. For 29 years little KTOW has been pumping out that tiny 1,000 watt signal keeping those who tow on their toes.

That changes this year. KTOW gets some muscle. In the fall of 2013 here a new tower will go up with new antenna and get the urges of 50,000 watts. Making KTOW the most powerful AM station in the Magic Valley in fact in this part of Idaho.

But let’s look at the rest of what KTOW brought to the radio table.

KTOW brought and will continue running full radio lap to lap coverage of all major NASCAR races, as KTOW is the only MRN (Motor Racing Network) affiliate in Idaho. Next KTOW will continue Highway Hooker Radio and target those who tow, but more KTOW is where kids can visit to dig on tunes as KTOW will be a Radio Disney station , all this from a mere dream and a magical night in that big house on the hill overlooking what we proudly call Hazzard Valley Idaho.

Stay Tuned.

 

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