Re: [IRCA] KORC 820 Waldport OR

[mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Martin)]

Thanks Dennis for passing this along. Too bad. I remember meeting the
orig owner back in the 80s when he stopped by KSWB. He said he was going
to put KBBM onthe air in Waldport. Bob & I wondered if there was enough
advertising to support a station there as I think Waldport had like 1400
people then and it hasn't grown all that much since.  He built the 250w
(then on 850) from scratch. I think he said, he got the station on the
air for less than $50K. The gentleman (I don't remember his name at the
moment), was quite elderly then. He sold it several years later and the
new owner applied for 820 and boosted to 1 KW, later night operation
with 15w. But since the orig owner had the station, it never made money.
He was retired and money was not an issue with him. He just wanted
something to do and he had been in broadcasting his whole life.  The
station covered mainly Waldport,  and I doubt had many listeners. Not a
lot of ads when I listened through the years. He never got into Florence
or Newport well, so I am sure it was hard to sell time there. 
  There have been other stations in OR go silent and have never returned
through the years, KIVR 1400 Cave Junction and 1300 Myrtle Creek to name
two. Unknown if 1040 Portland will ever return or 660 Junction City.
Don't know if 1450 Eugene returned or not. The lst I heard they ere
still off.  KAPT 1220 Salem signed off back in the 70s and it took years
before a new Salem station applied for 1220. Then KWAY 1570 Forest Grove
OR that went off in 1966 and never returned. Probably KORC will be
another to never return as the owner said and I doubt anyone will ever
apply for an AM station in little Waldport. . Glad I got them QSL'd
under both freq,s KBBM on 850 and KORC on 820. I think I have a pic of
the outside of their studios somewhere too.

73,

Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR 
KGED QSL Manager

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