From our for what it's worth file...
It was noted in another newsgroup that Concord's KWUN (1480 kHz.) was finally deleted from the FCC's database on December 21, 2005. I don't know if anyone else noticed it or mentioned it.
KWUN started as a 500-watt daytimer in 1963; it was originally licensed in 1961, but didn't go on the air until November 17, 1963. The station was notable for its five antenna towers near Willow Pass Road in Concord, on the edge of the Naval Weapons Station at Myrtle and Holly Drives.
Among KWUN's alumni are Bob Gowa, Doug Pledger, Vic Ives, John Hawkins and Tom Richard. Richard Helzberg (of the Helzberg Diamonds family) once owned the station, paying $1-million for it in 1981. He sold it to its final owners, Chester Coleman and Joe Buerry, for $714,000 in 1986.
KWUN lost the lease on its studio/transmitter site and went off the air on January 31, 1993. It changed call letters a few times (to KKIS, KRHT and KABN) over the past twelve years, but returned to the air only with a 25-watt transmitter, broadcasting traffic and weather under a special authorization to keep from losing the FCC license completely. The station continued until June 1, 2004, under this authorization before going silent for the last time.
A copy of the FCC's letter terminating the station's license may be viewed at http://www.bayarearadio.org/stn_documents/kwun-kabn_fcc-deleted_2005.shtml
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It was noted in another newsgroup that Concord's KWUN (1480 kHz.) was finally deleted from the FCC's database on December 21, 2005. I don't know if anyone else noticed it or mentioned it.
KWUN started as a 500-watt daytimer in 1963; it was originally licensed in 1961, but didn't go on the air until November 17, 1963. The station was notable for its five antenna towers near Willow Pass Road in Concord, on the edge of the Naval Weapons Station at Myrtle and Holly Drives.
Among KWUN's alumni are Bob Gowa, Doug Pledger, Vic Ives, John Hawkins and Tom Richard. Richard Helzberg (of the Helzberg Diamonds family) once owned the station, paying $1-million for it in 1981. He sold it to its final owners, Chester Coleman and Joe Buerry, for $714,000 in 1986.
KWUN lost the lease on its studio/transmitter site and went off the air on January 31, 1993. It changed call letters a few times (to KKIS, KRHT and KABN) over the past twelve years, but returned to the air only with a 25-watt transmitter, broadcasting traffic and weather under a special authorization to keep from losing the FCC license completely. The station continued until June 1, 2004, under this authorization before going silent for the last time.
A copy of the FCC's letter terminating the station's license may be viewed at http://www.bayarearadio.org/stn_documents/kwun-kabn_fcc-deleted_2005.shtml
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