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Oregon Hermiston loses local radio

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crainbebo

KOHU and KQFM have ceased operations. Sad to see them go, they were satellite-fed, and in their Facebook post it was many different factors (guessing streaming was a factor, revenue going down, competition from Tri Cities FMs).
KOHU never had a translator on FM.

RIP KOHU 1956-2026. RIP KQFM, 1978-2026.

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KOHU/KQFM Cease Operations

Westend Radio has shut down its two stations in Hermiston OR. Classic Country "Real Country 1360" KOHU and AC "93.7
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For the record, I've been (unofficially) keeping track of radio stations streaming over the internet for the past 25 years or so and I don't recall either station ever streaming their programming outside of perhaps local sports. This was a very small outfit that was in a bind; it couldn't stream because it couldn't afford the music licensing fees but when they didn't, fewer of the locals listened to them. And, as another poster already pointed out, there weren't many businesses in the Hermiston area to begin with.

For the record, I did get a chance to hear the 1360 kHz radio station as we were traveling on Interstate 84W in January of 1980. Back then, the AM was also running a country format. The good news for radio buffs is that while these stations didn't reach into either the tricities (Washington) or Pendleton (Oregon) areas, the reverse was not true and those living in the area *will* be able to hear those outlets (especially those in the tri-cities area) on most of the radios they own.
 
The New Chico said:
These were two Hermiston-only stations.- neither one reached the Tri-Cities or Pendleton. Local ad money in that market had to be pretty scarse.
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Both reached the Tri-Cities decently, but not local-strength.
 


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