Research finding · Research date 2026-09-15
Idaho First’s 2026 FCC records identify Richard Johnson as its governing contact and Targeted Platform Media as its television buyer
Recorded status: PRIMARY FCC VERIFIED local governing/contact and media-buy vendor. Funding-source direction, shared-vendor coordination and upstream earmarking are NOT established.
This is a dated research record. Its qualifications and open questions are part of the account. Association alone does not establish wrongdoing or control.
Primary 2026 FCC political-file records identify the Idaho-side steering and media-buying structure for Idaho First. An FCC issue-ad disclosure for Idaho First lists PO Box 334, Boise, Idaho 83701; identifies Richard Johnson as the organization contact; gives richard@idaho-first.com; and lists Richard Johnson as the sole named member of the chief executive officers/executive committee/board/other governing group field. The same record identifies Targeted Platform Media LLC of Crownsville, Maryland, with Cathie Herrick as contact, as the agency requesting station time. A KTVB contract for the same Idaho First buy identifies Targeted Platform Media as agency and reports 45 spots, $14,560 gross, a $2,184 agency commission and $12,376 net. A separate KYUU order reports two spots totaling $252. These records establish a named Idaho decision/contact point and a professional media-buying vendor through which Idaho First deployed political-advertising money in 2026. They do NOT establish that Richard Johnson personally received the advertising funds, that Targeted Platform Media selected Idaho First’s political targets, or that Way Back PAC, Western Futures Fund or another upstream donor earmarked its contribution for these particular television buys.