Kandersteg International Scout Centre

The Kandersteg International Scout Centre (KISC) is an international Scout centre in Kandersteg, Switzerland. The centre provides lodges, chalets and campsites covering 17 hectares of land. It is open to Scouts year round, as well as to non-Scouts for most of the year. More than 11,000 young people from over 40 different countries visit the centre every year.

KISC is one of the three World Scout Centres of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).

History

In 1921 the Chief Scout of Switzerland, Walther von Bonstetten, visited Kandersteg on holiday and found an old empty chalet. It was built in 1908 to house the construction workers for the Lötschberg Tunnel. In 1913, when the tunnel was finished, the chalet was left unused by the railway company. Von Bonstetten felt that this location could be the permanent international meeting place that Robert Baden-Powell had in mind where Scouts from all over the world could meet. Von Bonstetten wrote to him to let him know what he had found. The response was positive and in February 1923 the Scouts International Home Association was set up; on 12 April 1923 the chalet and adjacent land were bought for CHF 15,100, and the International Scout Centre came into existence. In 1930 Baden-Powell visited the site himself.

KISC

KISC (98.1 FM, "KISS 98.1") is an Adult Contemporary formatted radio station serving the Spokane, Washington, USA, area. The station's frequency is 98.1 MHz; programming is also available through the iHeart website. They are owned by iHeartMedia.

Featured weekday personalities include mornings with Murphy, Sam, and Jodi, Tammy in mid-days, Jeff Stevens in afternoons, and John Tesh nights.

Featured weekend personalities include Tom Kent with the Ultimate Party on Saturday nights, Maureen McClain, JT, Kari Steele, and Jack Kratoville.

In the 1980s KISC was a CHR/Top 40 station under the name of "Kiss FM 98". The station has competed with anothe CHR/Top 40 powerhouse KZZU. However, as hard rock and rap began to dominate Top 40 Radio, KISC shifted to Adult top 40 and eventually A very "hot" leaning AC format. In the 90s KISC would take pot shots at KXLY for playing too much "soft sleepy music". When KXLY flipped to Adult Alternative and then to Country, KISC became Spokane's only Adult Contemporary station. KISC has been Spokane's home of Casey Kasem. The station aired his weekley Adult Contemporary countdowns Sunday Mornings and now airs his 80's countdowns in about the same slot as they aired his Adult Contemporary Countdowns from 1992 to 2009. KISC has aired a locally produced request and dedication show in the 1990s then switched to the John Tesh show. Most recently KISC has brought back Delilah's love songs show to Spokane that aired on competitor KXLY in the 1990s