SOLAR POWERED TRIBAL COMMUNITY RADIO – FIRST IN CALIFORNIA

Location of KIDE

KIDE is located behind Ray's Food Place in the Hoopa Valley Shopping Center off highway 96 in downtown Hoopa. Regular business hours are Monday - Friday from 8am to 5pm.

PO Box 1220
Hoopa CA 95546
(530) 625-4245

Community of KIDE

Located in the isolated areas of Northern California, the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation lies between two mountain ranges that create a beautiful valley. It is 12 miles long and five miles across at the greatest expanse with the emerald green Trinity River that flows through the community.

To reach the community, you must drive along a narrow road that hugs a mountain range 300-600 feet above the Trinity River on the valley floor. Hoopa is the gateway to tribes of the region that include the Yurok and Karuk. They are nestled along the river and on the mountain sides in villages named Pecwan, Weitchpec, Orleans and Happy Camp. To the south is Willow Creek, a small multi-cultural village. This is the territory of KIDE, community radio.

History of the KIDE Call Letters

K'IDE is a word in the Hupa language. It is an antler that is taken off the deer and used as a tool or it is decorated.

We needed a four letter word that started with "K" to be used for the radio station Call Letters. The Call Letters of this radio station were chosen by a Fourth Grade Hupa Language class in 1977.

KIDE has been a tool for the community since 1980.

Staff Members

Joseph R. Orozco: Station Manager, 530.625.4245, Ext 305
Jay Renzulli: Music Director/Announcer, Ext 304
Floriene McCovey: Traffic Control/Producer Announcer, Ext 303
Emilee Marshall: Radio Works/Clerical Assistant, Ext 301

Volunteers

Host - Dave Hamlin, Announcer/DJ - Program: Top Shelf Classic Soul Music
Host - Jeff Lewis, DJ – Program: "Thunder Roads"
Host- Wally Obie, DJ – Program: "T-Bone's Rez Blues"

Sport Casters:
Page Matilton, Warrior Football
Jack Jackson, co-announcer, Warrior Football
Warrior Sanchez, Warrior Boys & Girls basketball
Page Matilton, Warrior Baseball & Softball

Local Programs

Health Matters with Producer Cynthia Poten
Hupa Language segments produced by Salish Jackson, edited by KIDE Staff
Taking Charge of Your Health Written by Cynthia Poten, with production by KIDE Staff
Medicine Trails, The story of Karuk Medicine Woman Mavis McCovey read by her niece Floriene McCovey

National Affiliations

National Federation of Community Broadcasters, member station
Native American Media, charter member station
Native Voice One, member station
American Indian Radio On Satellite, member station
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, member station
Pacific Radio Foundation Network, member station
Seven Rivers Radio Network, co-founding member
KQED-FM, Health Dialogue Series, participating station
Public Radio Satellite System, member station

Special Programs

"Native America Calling", "National Native News", "The California Report", "Democracy Now!", "UnderCurrents", "WINGS", "The Hightower Report", "Hoopa High Warrior Basketball, live", "USA News", "CounterSpin", "Alternative Radio", "This American Life", "Earthsongs", "PRI The World", "The Bioneers", public affairs programming, including: tribal elections, Humboldt County elections, and live remote coverage of local events.

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