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KKPZ/97.5 K248DD will shut down their OTA signal on April 30th

Besides that, their diplex partner, KDZR 1640 just applied to diplex with KPDQ, 16 miles away and on the other side of town! This seems to be the only remaining obstacle from them selling the property outright and deleting the station. It used to be a significant player! I believe it's been there since 1925.
 
I see no reason to think Salem would turn in the licenses for 800 or 1640. But KKPZ 1330 would appear to be in dire danger of being deleted.
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
But KKPZ 1330 would appear to be in dire danger of being deleted.
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I checked the FCC record, and they have shut down the existing site due to sale, and are silent pending a relocation from a new site.
 
So, in theory at least, 1330 will reappear with new ownership, and undoubtedly a new format? FWIW, as of yesterday, their website was still active, showing the usual (old) schedule. No mention of the station shutting down. I guess the web manager is as MIA as the station is MIA on the airwaves.
 
semoochie said:
I'll believe it when I see it. The NIMBYs are alive and well!
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They can always diplex with another station, possibly with a lower night power and non-directional.
 
DavidEduardo said:
They can always diplex with another station, possibly with a lower night power and non-directional.
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If they want to keep any semblance of a competitive signal, the only place that makes any sense at all is to triplex with 1080 and 910, near the Columbia River, east of town and I don't know how well that can cover the metro.
 
1330 has been back on the past couple nights, with religious teaching programming and IDing as "12-20 KLDC", which is a Crawford station in Denver. Maybe keeping the license alive?
 
1330 is still on at night, clearly audible here in the Evergreen State. Any news? Looks like they didn't get a sale, and Crawford decided to switch it back on? maybe there was something broken that got fixed?
 
Crawford must not have been able to sell KKPZ. They returned the license and it is now deleted! What used to be one of seven viable Portland stations that dates back to the early 1920s, is now gone forever! :cry:
 
A Crawford field engineer explained to me that Oregon Gov Kate Brown's new tax policy for corporate earnings may have been the final straw. It calls for taxing corporate earnings not just on income earned in Oregon but elsewhere. This expansion threatened Crawford's bottom line. (I understand through a posting on PDXradio.com that the 1330 FM translator K248DD was sold off at the last minute for $50K to the AM 1480 group.)
 
^^^^^^ Thanks for the info. I used to hear KKPZ frequently at night. Was wondering whether they'd return to the air or not. The short term return late last year was apparently just a curiosity.
 
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