 The FCC approved the deal on October 14, 1997.The new owners changed the format to progressive talk radio and had the FCC change the call sign to KUDO on January 25, 2002.In July 2005, Chinook Concert Broadcasters, Inc., contracted to sell KUDO to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1547 through a holding company called IBEW Local 1547 Investments, LLC.