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{{Infobox Radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KORC
| name = KWDP
| image = [[File:KORC-AM logo.png|235px]]
| above = Currently [[Silent (broadcasting)|silent]]
| city = [[Waldport, Oregon|Waldport]], [[Oregon]]
| logo =
| area = [[Lincoln County, Oregon]]
| city = [[Waldport, Oregon]]
| branding =
| area = [[Lincoln County, Oregon]]
| slogan =
| branding =
| airdate = [[1988 in radio|1988]]
| frequency = 820 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| airdate = {{start date|1988|7|1}} (as KBBM at 850)
| frequency = 820 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| format = [[Dark (broadcasting)|Silent]]
| format = [[Adult standards]]
| power = 1,000 [[watt]]s ([[Daytime (astronomy)|day]])<br>15 watts ([[night]])
| power = {{ubl|1,000 [[watt]]s ([[Daytime (astronomy)|day]])|15 watts ([[night]])}}
| class = D
| class = D
| facility_id = 30574
| facility_id = 30574
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| coordinates = {{coord|44|26|05|N|124|01|20|W}}
| coordinates = {{coord|44|26|05|N|124|01|20|W}}
| callsign_meaning =
| callsign_meaning = Waldport
| former_callsigns = KBBM (1986-1990)<br/>KDRC (1990-1991)<ref name="fcc1" />
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KBBM (1986–1990)|KDRC (1990–1991)|KORC (1991–2011)<ref name="fcc1" />}}
| affiliations =
| former_frequencies = 850 kHzきろへるつ (1988–1993)
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| owner = KORC Radio, Inc.
| licensee =
| affiliations =
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| owner = David J. Miller
| sister_stations =
| webcast =
| licensee = Yaquina Bay Communications, Inc.
| sister_stations = [[KBCH]], [[KCRF-FM]], [[KNCU]], [[KNPT]]
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| website = [http://korc820.org/ korc820.org]
| webcast = [http://68.116.40.122:86/broadwave.pls?src=1&kbps=128 Listen Live]
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| website = [http://www.kwdpam.com/ kwdpam.com]
}}
}}
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'''KWDP''' (820 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is an American [[radio station]] [[broadcast license|licensed]] to serve the [[city of license|community]] of [[Waldport, Oregon]], United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1988, is owned by David J. Miller and the [[broadcast license]] is held by Yaquina Bay Communications, Inc. The station, which had been temporarily [[dark (broadcasting)|dark]] for financial reasons, returned to the air simulcasting [[KBCH]] (1400 AM, [[Lincoln City, Oregon]]) in May 2011.

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'''KORC''' (820 [[AM broadcasting|AM]], "The Crab") is a [[radio station]] [[broadcast license|licensed]] to serve the [[city of license|community]] of [[Waldport, Oregon]], USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1988, is currently owned by KORC Radio, Inc. {{As of|2010|11|01|df=US}}, the station is temporarily [[dark (broadcasting)|dark]] for financial reasons.


==Programming==
==Programming==
KORC long broadcast an [[easy listening]] music format until the station [[dark (broadcasting)|fell silent]] on April 1, 2009, due to "financial difficulties".<ref name="s1"/> After a sale to new owners was consummated in January 2010, KORC returned to the air with [[classic rock]] music format branded as "The Crab" on March 10, 2010. KORC fell silent again on November 1, 2010.
This station long broadcast an [[easy listening]] music format under the KORC [[call sign]] until the station [[dark (broadcasting)|fell silent]] on April 1, 2009, due to "financial difficulties".<ref name="s1"/> After a sale to new owners was consummated in January 2010, KORC returned to the air with a [[classic rock]] music format branded as "The Crab" on March 10, 2010. KORC fell silent again on November 1, 2010. After another new owner for the station was found, the station returned to the air as KWDP on May 2, 2011, simulcasting [[KNPT]] from Newport from 6:00&nbsp;a.m. to 10:00&nbsp;a.m. weekdays. The rest of the day, the station airs an [[adult standards]] format plus local news and sports including [[Waldport High School]] sports, [[Oregon State Beavers football]] and [[Oregon State Beavers men's basketball|basketball]], and [[Portland Trail Blazers]] basketball.


==History==
==History==
===The beginning===
===The beginning===
This station received its original [[construction permit]] from the [[Federal Communications Commission]] on April 1, [[1986 in radio|1986]].<ref name="fccp"/> The new AM station was authorized to broadcast with 250 [[watt]]s of power, daytime-only, on a frequency of 850 [[kHz]] to serve [[Waldport, Oregon]]. The new station was assigned the call letters '''KBBM''' by the FCC on April 23, 1986.<ref name="fcc1"/> KBBM received its [[broadcast license|license to cover]] from the FCC on November 21, 1988.<ref name="flic"/>
This station received its original [[construction permit]] from the [[Federal Communications Commission]] on April 1, [[1986 in radio|1986]].<ref name="fccp"/> The new AM station was authorized to broadcast with 250 [[watt]]s of power, daytime-only, on a frequency of 850 [[kHz]] to serve [[Waldport, Oregon]]. The new station was assigned the call letters KBBM by the FCC on April 23, 1986.<ref name="fcc1"/> KBBM signed on July 1, 1988,<ref name="by2010">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010|year=2010|page=D-457}}</ref> and received its [[broadcast license|license to cover]] from the FCC on November 21, 1988.<ref name="flic"/>


===Sold===
===Sold===
In November 1989, owner Edward C. McElroy, Jr., filed an application with the FCC to transfer the [[broadcast license]] for KBBM to a new company owned by James Girard called KBBM Radio, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on December 29, 1989, and the transaction was consummated on February 1, 1990.<ref name="fcc900201"/> The new owners immediately applied for new call letters and the station was assigned '''KDRC''' by the FCC on March 6, 1990.<ref name="fcc1"/> This change lasted just over a year as the station applied for another new, but similar, [[call sign]] and was assigned '''KORC''' on April 25, 1991.<ref name="fcc1"/>
In November 1989, owner Edward C. McElroy, Jr., filed an application with the FCC to transfer the [[broadcast license]] for KBBM to a new company owned by James Girard called KBBM Radio, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on December 29, 1989, and the transaction was consummated on February 1, 1990.<ref name="fcc900201"/> The new owners immediately applied for new call letters and the station was assigned KDRC by the FCC on March 6, 1990.<ref name="fcc1"/> This change lasted just over a year as the station applied for another new, but similar, [[call sign]] and was assigned KORC on April 25, 1991.<ref name="fcc1"/>
[[File:KORC-AM logo.png|thumb|left|Logo from station's days at KORC.]]

In April 1992, Rod Wolfe, acting as executor of the estate of James Girard, the now-deceased owner of KBBM Radio, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Jarvis Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 21, 1992, and the transaction was consummated on August 3, 1992.<ref name="fcc920803"/>
In April 1992, Rod Wolfe, acting as executor of the estate of James Girard, the now-deceased owner of KBBM Radio, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Jarvis Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 21, 1992, and the transaction was consummated on August 3, 1992.<ref name="fcc920803"/>


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===The Profitt era===
===The Profitt era===
This ownership change would prove short-lived as Total Access, Inc., reached an agreement in August 2003 to sell this station to Larry D. and Margaret E. Profitt, a General Partnership, for $185,000, just $500 short of the price they paid at the beginning of the year.<ref name="bc030922"/> At the time of the sale, the KORC was broadcasting an [[easy listening]] music format.<ref name="bc030922"/> The deal was approved by the FCC on November 30, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on October 7, 2003.<ref name="fcc031007"/>
This ownership change would prove short-lived as Total Access, Inc., reached an agreement in August 2003 to sell this station to Larry D. and Margaret E. Profitt, a General Partnership, for $185,000, just $500 short of the price they paid at the beginning of the year.<ref name="bc030922"/> The Profitts bought the station after Larry Profitt retired as the [[chief of police]] of [[Rio Vista, California]], and the couple took a vacation trip through Oregon.<ref name="slc090401"/> At the time of the sale, the KORC was broadcasting an [[easy listening]] music format.<ref name="bc030922"/> The deal was approved by the FCC on November 30, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on October 7, 2003.<ref name="fcc031007"/>


In December 2007, the station added an [[electrical generator|emergency generator]] to its studio facilities.<ref name="pow"/> This gasoline-powered equipment allows the station to continue broadcasting during a [[power outage]].<ref name="pow"/>
In December 2007, the station added an [[electrical generator|emergency generator]] to its studio facilities.<ref name="pow"/> This gasoline-powered equipment allows the station to continue broadcasting during a [[power outage]].<ref name="pow"/>


===Falling silent===
===Falling silent===
Owners Larry D. and Margaret E. Profitt put KORC up for sale in early 2008 for an asking price of $285,000 with plans to use the money for their retirement.<ref name="sil5"/> When no deal could be reached they dropped the asking price first to $199,000 then finally to $129,000 in March 2009.<ref name="sil5"/>
Owners Larry D. and Margaret E. Profitt put KORC up for sale in early 2008 for an asking price of $285,000 with plans to use the money for their retirement.<ref name="sil5"/> When no deal could be reached they dropped the asking price first to $199,000 then finally to $129,000 in March 2009.<ref name="sil5"/> On March 30, 2009, KORC management informed the FCC that the station would go [[dark (broadcasting)|dark]] on April 1, 2009, and applied for temporary authority to remain silent for up to six months.<ref name="s1"/> The reason stated in the application was "financial difficulties".<ref name="s1"/><ref name="fcc090330s"/>

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Just before the station was to fall silent, a tentative purchase deal was reached with Georgia Triangle Broadcasting.<ref name="slc090401"/> They operated the station with a [[hard rock music]] format with [[shock jock]] programming as the "Rocket Radio Network" for a short time before deciding not to complete the transaction.<ref name="slc090602"/><ref name="slc091201"/> The station fell silent on May 16, 2009, and a new application for remain-silent authority, again citing financial reasons, was accepted for filing on June 8, 2009.<ref name="sil68"/><ref name="slc091201"/> The Commission granted this temporary authority on January 6, 2010, with a scheduled expiration of May 17, 2010—at which time the station would have been off the air for a full year and their license subject to automatic forfeiture.<ref name="sil68"/>

===Reed-Nickerson era===
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Unable to sell the station or resume broadcasting, the Profitts had planned to have the broadcast tower disassembled on October 31, 2009, until a new ownership group made a successful bid to acquire the station.<ref name="slc091201"/> KORC filed an application with the FCC on November 23, 2009, to transfer the broadcast license for this station to KORC, Inc., for a reported total of $33,000.<ref name="fcc1127"/><ref name="rbr091125"/> KORC Radio, Inc., is wholly owned by Leighton M. Reed-Nickerson and Joan M. Reed-Nickerson. The Commission approved this application on January 7, 2010, and the transaction was consummated on January 25, 2010.<ref name="fcc1127"/> The station returned to the air on March 10, 2010, with a [[classic rock]] music format branded as "The Crab".<ref name="nnt100526"/>

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On March 11, 2010, KORC Radio, Inc., filed an application with the FCC for a daytime power increase to 5,000 [[watt]]s.<ref name="fcc11abt"/> The FCC granted a new [[construction permit]] for this change on July 28, 2010, with a scheduled July 28, 2013, expiration date.<ref name="fcc11abt"/> Also in March 2010, the KORC studios were moved to a larger facility at 140 Verbina Street in Waldport. A new transmitter building was constructed and a new generator and [[uninterruptible power supply]] were installed.<ref name="nnt100526"/>

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On April 19, 2010 KORC began an affiliation with the [[CBS Radio Network]]. The station fell silent on November 1, 2010, for "financial reasons" and applied to the FCC for special authority to remain silent until economic conditions improve.<ref name="slc101117"/> The FCC granted this authority on December 9, 2010, with a scheduled expiration date of June 7, 2011.<ref name="fcc02aaa"/> Even with this authority, the station's broadcast license would have expired automatically if KORC did not resume normal broadcast operations before November 2, 2011. The Reed-Nickersons, the station's current owners, announced to the press that they intended to disassemble the [[broadcast tower]] for use at another location.<ref name="slc101117"/> They hoped to sell the station's license and remaining assets for $35,000 before the license expired.<ref name="slc101117"/>


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===New owners===
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On March 30, 2009, KORC management informed the FCC that the station would go [[dark (broadcasting)|dark]] on April 1, 2009, and applied for temporary authority to remain silent for up to six months.<ref name="s1"/> The reason stated in the application was "financial difficulties".<ref name="s1"/><ref name="fcc090330s"/> This application was dismissed on June 8, 2009, when it was superseded by a new application for the same authority, citing the same financial reasons, but asserting a new fell-silent date of May 16, 2009.<ref name="sil68"/> The Commission granted this temporary authority on January 6, 2010, with a scheduled expiration of May 17, 2010—at which time the station would have been off the air for a full year and their license subject to automatic forfeiture.
In April 2011, KORC Radio, Inc., found a buyer in David J. Miller of Newport, Oregon. He agreed to purchase the station with his wholly owned Yaquina Bay Communications, Inc., as the [[broadcast license]] holder. The FCC accepted the station's filing on April 18, 2011, and approved the sale on June 21, 2011. The transaction was formally consummated on July 25, 2011.<ref name="fcc15aaw"/> Yaquina Bay Communications holds the licenses for KNPT and [[KYTE]]; owner David J. Miller's Pacific West Broadcasting, Inc., is the licensee for [[KBCH]], [[KCRF-FM]], and [[KNCU]].


On May 2, 2011, the station returned to the air as a [[simulcast]] of KBCH (1400 AM) in [[Lincoln City, Oregon]]. The station returned with a new [[call sign]] as well, switching to KWDP on April 19, 2011, just one week shy of a 20-year run as KORC.<ref name="fcc1"/>
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==New owners==
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KORC's owners filed an application with the FCC on November 23, 2009, to transfer the broadcast license for this station to KORC, Inc., for a reported total of $33,000.<ref name="fcc1127"/><ref name="rbr091125"/> KORC Radio, Inc., is wholly owned by Leighton M. Reed-Nickerson and Joan M. Reed-Nickerson. The Commission approved this application on January 7, 2010, and the transaction was consummated on January 25, 2010.<ref name="fcc1127"/> The station returned to the air on March 10, 2010, with a [[classic rock]] music format branded as "The Crab".


KWDP, along with its sister stations, shut down on December 31, 2023.<ref name="yn-ybcclosure"/>{{efn|KYTE had lost its license earlier in the year for operating at an unauthorized location for over three years.<ref name="ri-kyterevoked"/>}} The closure followed the August foreclosure of the stations' Newport studios, which were sold to Oregon Coast Bank in a sheriff's sale on December 5.<ref name="yn-ybcclosure"/>
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On March 11, 2010, KORC Radio, Inc., filed an application with the FCC for a daytime power increase to 5,000 [[watt]]s.<ref name="fcc11abt"/> The FCC granted a new [[construction permit]] for this change on July 28, 2010, with a scheduled July 28, 2013, expiration date.<ref name="fcc11abt"/> Also in March 2010, the KORC studios were moved to a larger facility at 140 Verbina Street in Waldport. A new transmitter building was constructed and a new generator and [[uninterruptible power supply]] were installed.


==Notes==
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On April 19, 2010 KORC began an affiliation with the [[CBS Radio Network]]. The station fell silent on November 1, 2010, for "financial reasons" and applied to the FCC for special authority to remain silent until economic conditions improve. The FCC granted this authority on December 9, 2010, with a scheduled expiration date of June 7, 2011.<ref name="fcc02aaa"/> Even with this authority, the station's broadcast license will expire automatically if KORC does not resume normal broadcast operations before November 2, 2011.
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="fccp">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-19850718AH) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=80295 |date=April 1, 1986}}</ref>
<ref name="fccp">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-19850718AH) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=80295 |date=April 1, 1986}}</ref>
<ref name="flic">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BL-19880616AC) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=114028 |date=November 21, 1988}}</ref>
<ref name="flic">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BL-19880616AC) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=114028 |date=November 21, 1988}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=30574&Callsign=KORC |publisher=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |accessdate=May 2, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=30574&Callsign=KWDP |publisher=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |access-date=May 20, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc900201">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=135134 |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19891106ED) |date=February 1, 1990}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc900201">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=135134 |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19891106ED) |date=February 1, 1990}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc920803">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19920420EE) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=172677 |date=August 3, 1992}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc920803">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19920420EE) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=172677 |date=August 3, 1992}}</ref>
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<ref name="sil5">{{cite news |first=Larry |last=Coonrod |work=South Lincoln County News |title=KORC radio to go silent on March 31 |url=http://www.southlincolncountynews.com/fe_view_article_window.php?story_id=807&page_id=72&heading=0 |date=March 23, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="sil5">{{cite news |first=Larry |last=Coonrod |work=South Lincoln County News |title=KORC radio to go silent on March 31 |url=http://www.southlincolncountynews.com/fe_view_article_window.php?story_id=807&page_id=72&heading=0 |date=March 23, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="sil68">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLSTA-20090608AAD) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1316633 |date=June 8, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="sil68">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLSTA-20090608AAD) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1316633 |date=June 8, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc02aaa">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLSTA-20101102AAA) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1405246 |date=December 9, 2010 |accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc02aaa">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLSTA-20101102AAA) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1405246 |date=December 9, 2010 |access-date=March 11, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc11abt">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-20100311ABT) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1359268 |date=July 28, 2010 |accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc11abt">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-20100311ABT) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1359268 |date=July 28, 2010 |access-date=March 11, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="slc090401">{{cite news |work=Newport News Times |title=Waldport's KORC says farewell, ready to rock |url=http://www.newportnewstimes.com/fe_view_article_window.php?story_id=7837&page_id=34&heading=0 |date=April 1, 2009 |access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="slc090602">{{cite news |first=Larry |last=Coonrod |work=South Lincoln County News |title=KORC deal falls through -- station is off the air |url=http://www.southlincolncountynews.com/fe_view_article_window.php?story_id=907&page_id=72&heading=0 |date=June 2, 2009 |access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="slc091201">{{cite news |first=Larry |last=Coonrod |work=South Lincoln County News |title=KORC Radio going back on air |url=http://www.southlincolncountynews.com/fe_view_article_window.php?story_id=1143&page_id=72&heading=0 |date=December 1, 2009 |access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="nnt100526">{{cite news |first=Dylan |last=McDowell |work=Newport News Times |title=KORC broadcasting loud and clear |url=http://www.newportnewstimes.com/fe_view_article_window.php?story_id=22761&page_id=72&heading=0 |date=May 26, 2010 |access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="slc101117">{{cite news |work=South Lincoln County News |title=Waldport AM station falls silent |url=http://www.southlincolncountynews.com/fe_view_article_window.php?story_id=1637&page_id=72&heading=0 |date=November 17, 2010 |access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="fcc15aaw">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20110414AAW) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1432290 |date=July 25, 2011 |access-date=September 14, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="yn-ybcclosure">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Quinton |title=Five longtime Lincoln County radio stations will sign off at midnight as owner closes shop, lays off employees |url=https://yachatsnews.com/five-radio-stations-end-their-run/ |access-date=December 31, 2023 |work=YachatsNews.com |date=December 31, 2023}}</ref>
<ref name="ri-kyterevoked">{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=FCC Report 1/8: Operating From Former Site Leads To KYTE’s Cancellation |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/247044/fcc-report-1-8-operating-from-from-former-site-leads-to-kytes-cancellation/ |access-date=December 31, 2023 |work=RadioInsight |date=January 7, 2023}}</ref>
}}
}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://korc820.org/ KORC official website]
*[http://www.kwdpam.com/ KWDP official website]
*[http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1359268.pdf FCC construction permit]
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*{{AM station data|KORC}}
*[http://www.ybcradio.com/ Yaquina Bay Communications]
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{{AM station data|KWDP}}


[[Category:Radio stations in Oregon|ORC]]
[[Category:Radio stations in Oregon|WDP]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1988]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1988]]
[[Category:Lincoln County, Oregon]]
[[Category:Lincoln County, Oregon]]
[[Category:1988 establishments in Oregon]]
[[Category:Adult standards radio stations in the United States]]

Latest revision as of 07:55, 28 April 2024

KWDP
Currently silent
Broadcast areaLincoln County, Oregon
Frequency820 kHz
Programming
FormatAdult standards
Ownership
Owner
  • David J. Miller
  • (Yaquina Bay Communications, Inc.)
KBCH, KCRF-FM, KNCU, KNPT
History
First air date
July 1, 1988 (1988-07-01) (as KBBM at 850)
Former call signs
  • KBBM (1986–1990)
  • KDRC (1990–1991)
  • KORC (1991–2011)[1]
Former frequencies
850 kHzきろへるつ (1988–1993)
Call sign meaning
Waldport
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID30574
ClassD
Power
Transmitter coordinates
44°26′05″N 124°01′20″W / 44.43472°N 124.02222°W / 44.43472; -124.02222
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitekwdpam.com

KWDP (820 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Waldport, Oregon, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1988, is owned by David J. Miller and the broadcast license is held by Yaquina Bay Communications, Inc. The station, which had been temporarily dark for financial reasons, returned to the air simulcasting KBCH (1400 AM, Lincoln City, Oregon) in May 2011.

Programming[edit]

This station long broadcast an easy listening music format under the KORC call sign until the station fell silent on April 1, 2009, due to "financial difficulties".[3] After a sale to new owners was consummated in January 2010, KORC returned to the air with a classic rock music format branded as "The Crab" on March 10, 2010. KORC fell silent again on November 1, 2010. After another new owner for the station was found, the station returned to the air as KWDP on May 2, 2011, simulcasting KNPT from Newport from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. weekdays. The rest of the day, the station airs an adult standards format plus local news and sports including Waldport High School sports, Oregon State Beavers football and basketball, and Portland Trail Blazers basketball.

History[edit]

The beginning[edit]

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on April 1, 1986.[4] The new AM station was authorized to broadcast with 250 watts of power, daytime-only, on a frequency of 850 kHz to serve Waldport, Oregon. The new station was assigned the call letters KBBM by the FCC on April 23, 1986.[1] KBBM signed on July 1, 1988,[5] and received its license to cover from the FCC on November 21, 1988.[6]

Sold[edit]

In November 1989, owner Edward C. McElroy, Jr., filed an application with the FCC to transfer the broadcast license for KBBM to a new company owned by James Girard called KBBM Radio, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on December 29, 1989, and the transaction was consummated on February 1, 1990.[7] The new owners immediately applied for new call letters and the station was assigned KDRC by the FCC on March 6, 1990.[1] This change lasted just over a year as the station applied for another new, but similar, call sign and was assigned KORC on April 25, 1991.[1]

Logo from station's days at KORC.

In April 1992, Rod Wolfe, acting as executor of the estate of James Girard, the now-deceased owner of KBBM Radio, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Jarvis Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 21, 1992, and the transaction was consummated on August 3, 1992.[8]

Move to 820[edit]

The FCC authorized KORC to add nighttime operation, albeit with just 10 watts of power, with a construction permit issued on April 22, 1993.[9] Less than three weeks later, the station applied for further authorization to change frequencies to 820 kHz, increase its daytime signal power to 1,000 watts, and boost its nighttime signal (which is limited to protect clear-channel station WBAP, also on 820 kHz) to 15 watts.[10]

In November 2002, Jarvis Communications, Inc. (Matt Jarvis, owner/general manager) announced an agreement to sell this station to Total Access, Inc., for a reported sale price of $185,500.[11] The deal was approved by the FCC on December 30, 2002, and the transaction was consummated on January 1, 2003.[12]

The Profitt era[edit]

This ownership change would prove short-lived as Total Access, Inc., reached an agreement in August 2003 to sell this station to Larry D. and Margaret E. Profitt, a General Partnership, for $185,000, just $500 short of the price they paid at the beginning of the year.[13] The Profitts bought the station after Larry Profitt retired as the chief of police of Rio Vista, California, and the couple took a vacation trip through Oregon.[14] At the time of the sale, the KORC was broadcasting an easy listening music format.[13] The deal was approved by the FCC on November 30, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on October 7, 2003.[15]

In December 2007, the station added an emergency generator to its studio facilities.[16] This gasoline-powered equipment allows the station to continue broadcasting during a power outage.[16]

Falling silent[edit]

Owners Larry D. and Margaret E. Profitt put KORC up for sale in early 2008 for an asking price of $285,000 with plans to use the money for their retirement.[17] When no deal could be reached they dropped the asking price first to $199,000 then finally to $129,000 in March 2009.[17] On March 30, 2009, KORC management informed the FCC that the station would go dark on April 1, 2009, and applied for temporary authority to remain silent for up to six months.[3] The reason stated in the application was "financial difficulties".[3][18]

Just before the station was to fall silent, a tentative purchase deal was reached with Georgia Triangle Broadcasting.[14] They operated the station with a hard rock music format with shock jock programming as the "Rocket Radio Network" for a short time before deciding not to complete the transaction.[19][20] The station fell silent on May 16, 2009, and a new application for remain-silent authority, again citing financial reasons, was accepted for filing on June 8, 2009.[21][20] The Commission granted this temporary authority on January 6, 2010, with a scheduled expiration of May 17, 2010—at which time the station would have been off the air for a full year and their license subject to automatic forfeiture.[21]

Reed-Nickerson era[edit]

Unable to sell the station or resume broadcasting, the Profitts had planned to have the broadcast tower disassembled on October 31, 2009, until a new ownership group made a successful bid to acquire the station.[20] KORC filed an application with the FCC on November 23, 2009, to transfer the broadcast license for this station to KORC, Inc., for a reported total of $33,000.[22][23] KORC Radio, Inc., is wholly owned by Leighton M. Reed-Nickerson and Joan M. Reed-Nickerson. The Commission approved this application on January 7, 2010, and the transaction was consummated on January 25, 2010.[22] The station returned to the air on March 10, 2010, with a classic rock music format branded as "The Crab".[24]

On March 11, 2010, KORC Radio, Inc., filed an application with the FCC for a daytime power increase to 5,000 watts.[25] The FCC granted a new construction permit for this change on July 28, 2010, with a scheduled July 28, 2013, expiration date.[25] Also in March 2010, the KORC studios were moved to a larger facility at 140 Verbina Street in Waldport. A new transmitter building was constructed and a new generator and uninterruptible power supply were installed.[24]

On April 19, 2010 KORC began an affiliation with the CBS Radio Network. The station fell silent on November 1, 2010, for "financial reasons" and applied to the FCC for special authority to remain silent until economic conditions improve.[26] The FCC granted this authority on December 9, 2010, with a scheduled expiration date of June 7, 2011.[27] Even with this authority, the station's broadcast license would have expired automatically if KORC did not resume normal broadcast operations before November 2, 2011. The Reed-Nickersons, the station's current owners, announced to the press that they intended to disassemble the broadcast tower for use at another location.[26] They hoped to sell the station's license and remaining assets for $35,000 before the license expired.[26]

New owners[edit]

In April 2011, KORC Radio, Inc., found a buyer in David J. Miller of Newport, Oregon. He agreed to purchase the station with his wholly owned Yaquina Bay Communications, Inc., as the broadcast license holder. The FCC accepted the station's filing on April 18, 2011, and approved the sale on June 21, 2011. The transaction was formally consummated on July 25, 2011.[28] Yaquina Bay Communications holds the licenses for KNPT and KYTE; owner David J. Miller's Pacific West Broadcasting, Inc., is the licensee for KBCH, KCRF-FM, and KNCU.

On May 2, 2011, the station returned to the air as a simulcast of KBCH (1400 AM) in Lincoln City, Oregon. The station returned with a new call sign as well, switching to KWDP on April 19, 2011, just one week shy of a 20-year run as KORC.[1]

KWDP, along with its sister stations, shut down on December 31, 2023.[29][a] The closure followed the August foreclosure of the stations' Newport studios, which were sold to Oregon Coast Bank in a sheriff's sale on December 5.[29]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ KYTE had lost its license earlier in the year for operating at an unauthorized location for over three years.[30]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KWDP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ a b c "Application Search Details (BLSTA-20090330AAA)". FCC Media Bureau. March 30, 2009.
  4. ^ "Application Search Details (BP-19850718AH)". FCC Media Bureau. April 1, 1986.
  5. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010. 2010. p. D-457.
  6. ^ "Application Search Details (BL-19880616AC)". FCC Media Bureau. November 21, 1988.
  7. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19891106ED)". FCC Media Bureau. February 1, 1990.
  8. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19920420EE)". FCC Media Bureau. August 3, 1992.
  9. ^ "Application Search Details (BP-19930119AC)". FCC Media Bureau. April 22, 1993.
  10. ^ "Application Search Details (BMP-19930510AA)". FCC Media Bureau. September 29, 1993.
  11. ^ "Changing Hands - 2002-12-09". Broadcasting & Cable. December 8, 2002.
  12. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-20021119ABQ)". FCC Media Bureau. January 1, 2003.
  13. ^ a b "Changing Hands - 2003-09-22". Broadcasting & Cable. September 21, 2003.
  14. ^ a b "Waldport's KORC says farewell, ready to rock". Newport News Times. April 1, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  15. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-20030814AET)". FCC Media Bureau. October 7, 2003.
  16. ^ a b "Storm reveals need for generator at KORC". South Lincoln County News. December 17, 2007.
  17. ^ a b Coonrod, Larry (March 23, 2009). "KORC radio to go silent on March 31". South Lincoln County News.
  18. ^ Profitt, Larry D. (March 30, 2009). "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA (BLSTA - 20090330AAA)". Federal Communications Commission.
  19. ^ Coonrod, Larry (June 2, 2009). "KORC deal falls through -- station is off the air". South Lincoln County News. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  20. ^ a b c Coonrod, Larry (December 1, 2009). "KORC Radio going back on air". South Lincoln County News. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  21. ^ a b "Application Search Details (BLSTA-20090608AAD)". FCC Media Bureau. June 8, 2009.
  22. ^ a b "Application Search Details (BAL-20091123AAD)". FCC Media Bureau. January 25, 2010.
  23. ^ "Transactions: 11/25/09". Radio Business Report. November 25, 2009.
  24. ^ a b McDowell, Dylan (May 26, 2010). "KORC broadcasting loud and clear". Newport News Times. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  25. ^ a b "Application Search Details (BP-20100311ABT)". FCC Media Bureau. July 28, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  26. ^ a b c "Waldport AM station falls silent". South Lincoln County News. November 17, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  27. ^ "Application Search Details (BLSTA-20101102AAA)". FCC Media Bureau. December 9, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  28. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-20110414AAW)". FCC Media Bureau. July 25, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  29. ^ a b Smith, Quinton (December 31, 2023). "Five longtime Lincoln County radio stations will sign off at midnight as owner closes shop, lays off employees". YachatsNews.com. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  30. ^ Venta, Lance (January 7, 2023). "FCC Report 1/8: Operating From Former Site Leads To KYTE's Cancellation". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 31, 2023.

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